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When I found my seat in the Burbank Auditorium Main Theatre to see Santa Rosa Junior College’s production...

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Part 4: Is it worth it? In our final episode, host Rebecca Bell asks some important questions: Given the fact that climate change is affecting...

Part 3: The Spirit Episode 3 examines how losing everything — or packing and preparing to lose it all — affects the spirit and identities...

Part 2: The Body Hosted by Lauren Spates, episode 2 looks at the impact of more-fierce fire and flood on our immune system, our lungs and...

Sweat flies across the room like rain on a windy day. The sounds of grunts, punches and kicks echo throughout the building, which is filled with bodies exerting more energy than one would think is humanly possible without passing out. Some people around...

When I found my seat in the Burbank Auditorium Main Theatre to see Santa Rosa Junior College’s production of “Clue,” I looked up at the stage and was awestruck. The set had an incredibly satisfying color palette and geometry. The walls consisted...




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Erik Castro, photojournalist and presenter, answers questions about his 14-month project, “Broken,” noon Feb. 12 in the Newman Auditorium, with his photo of Steve and Michelle going for a late night ride in the background.
In a rare rejoicing moment, Steve and Michelle embrace in their new home off the streets, The Palms Inn on Santa Rosa Avenue, with their dog, Missy, on April 2 2018.
Steve and Michelle at Santa Rosa Memorial hospital on May 19 2017, supporting a friend who is deathly ill with cancer. “It just seemed so clear to me. She really was willing to deal with this emotional pain to give this guy some comfort,” Castro said, reflecting on the giving nature of Michelle.
Michelle holds Missy, her new pit-bull puppy who provides stress relief to her difficult life on the streets, according to Steve, on June 20, 2017 on the streets of Santa Rosa.
Steve gets a reprieve from life on the streets during a holiday visit in late December 2017 with his son Chad, daughter-in-law Alli and his grandson Brett.