
The fourth issue of The Oak Leaf Magazine, and the first since 2019. https://issuu.com/theoakleafnews/docs/oak_leaf_mag_spring22

Grimly relevant with the near-weekly mass shootings in the country, The Imaginists in Santa Rosa are...

A vegetation fire ignited Tuesday afternoon off Old Soda Springs Road in Napa and within five hours had...

After a year-long battle with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, Santa Rosa...

Hundreds of graduates, faculty and supporters gathered at Bailey Field Sunday for Santa Rosa Junior College's...
- How to get involved with community organizing
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- Humans vs. feral hogs: Why can't we be friends?
- The good and the bad of the decade's worst video games
- Tips to be a good customer — from your waitstaff
- Summer pool party: SRJC swim and dive receives Olympic-sized upgrade

Four professional journalism associations recognized The Oak Leaf with one national, three Western-region and 24 state-level awards for articles...

NPR recognized the work of four Santa Rosa Junior College journalists by publishing their podcast “Chronic Catastrophe” to NPR.org Monday,...

Chronic Catastrophe is a four-episode podcast about the impacts of cumulative climate change-induced disasters on our minds, bodies and spirits....

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...

The fourth issue of The Oak Leaf Magazine, and the first since 2019. https://issuu.com/theoakleafnews/docs/oak_leaf_mag_spring22

Grimly relevant with the near-weekly mass shootings in the country, The Imaginists in Santa Rosa are putting on a new production centering on gun violence in America. Gun violence never falls out of relevance in the United States. A country...

A vegetation fire ignited Tuesday afternoon off Old Soda Springs Road in Napa and within five hours had grown to 570 acres with 5% contained,...

Tony Moeckel, Christian Vieyra, and Sean Young
March 16, 2022

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March 16, 2022

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March 9, 2022
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.