A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

The Oak Leaf
A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

The Oak Leaf
A student-operated publication at Santa Rosa Junior College.

The Oak Leaf
The Rohnert Park Police incident report offers details on the arrest of Santa Rosa Junior College IT employee Jordan Mead outside of SRJC Vice President Kate Jolley's home on March 19, 2025.

Police incident report reveals SRJC employee called police before going to VP’s house

Emelle Raschein, Managing Editor
April 3, 2025
Sonoma State University students picket in Seawolf Plaza before the state legislative forum at Sonoma State University on Friday, Feb. 21, 2025.

Students, faculty and lawmakers voice their concerns over SSU budget cuts at public forum

Zoe Steiner, Reporter
February 24, 2025
Sonoma State University students watch on as President Emily Cutrer and Head of Academic Affairs Karen Moranski answer questions in Rohnert Park on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025.

SSU students and faculty protest budget cuts

Reid Carpenter, Rosemary Cromwell, Oliver Kindt, and Emelle Raschein
January 30, 2025
Sonoma State Sports Health facilities. Several players are rehabbing from injuries across all sports, and will likely have no playing time in the coming spring season. Without film they have a much lower chance of being recruited by another school to play their sport.

Sonoma State University cuts all athletics and multiple departments due to $23.9 million deficit

Hana Seals, Editor
January 23, 2025
Sonoma County Sheriff deputies, Petaluma Police, Petaluma Fire and EMTs surrounding the suspect in the middle of the Petaluma River near Lakeville Highway on Tuesday, Nov. 5.

Man arrested after fleeing traffic stop and driving into Petaluma River

Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto, Reporter
November 6, 2024
Call Child Center on the SRJC Santa Rosa Campus

Old Hand Grenade Found, Child Development Center Evacuates

Hana Seals and Cristan Molinelli-Ruberto
October 18, 2024
Garcia Hall empties out as classes are canceled due to the power outage on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024.

UPDATED: Power Outage Disrupts Classes at Santa Rosa Junior College

Sal Sandoval-Garduno, News Reporter
October 14, 2024
An Elsie Allen High School student was stabbed by a classmate on Friday, August 30, 2024,

Student Stabbed at Elsie Allen High School

Leilany Sosa, Reporter
August 31, 2024
A Siller Aviation Helitanker 35S flies over the Point Fire in Dry Creek Valley on Sunday, June 16, 2024.

Cal Fire Incident Management Team 4 activated for the 1,207 acre Point Fire

Hana Seals, Michael Combs, Nick Vides, Oliver Kindt, Emelle Raschein, and Yna Bollock
June 16, 2024
Live from the student demonstrations on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus

Live from the student demonstrations on the Santa Rosa Junior College campus

Hana Seals, Emelle Raschein, Peter Morales, Sal Sandoval-Garduno, Sean Shanks, and Evan Nazarov
May 2, 2024
"I'm going to be working till the job is done and it's time to turn the lights out," says Dr. Frank Chong during his report to the Board of Trustees Oct. 11.

SRJC President Dr. Frank Chong to retire summer 2023

Tony Moeckel, Sean Young, and Nick Vides
October 11, 2022
Rep. Mike Thompson's remarks on mob at U.S. Capitol

Rep. Mike Thompson’s remarks on mob at U.S. Capitol

Nick Vides, Editor-in-Chief
January 6, 2021
SRJC staff were shocked Tuesday when an English instructor's email invitation to an online diversity seminar was met with a hateful email from a former SRJC adult education instructor.

Faculty and staff furious at menacing response to diversity, inclusion workgroup

James Domizio, Editor-in-Chief
September 2, 2020
Kincade Fire Gallery

Kincade Fire Gallery

December 12, 2019
Firefights huddle in the driveway of a house on Gloria Drive after putting out flames.

Gloria Drive fire alarms Santa Rosa residents

Edgar Soria Garcia, Managing Editor
October 30, 2019
Inmate firefighters work contain the fire at Pine Flat and McDonald roads.

Gallery: In the fire zone in Healdsburg and Geyserville

Oak Leaf Staff
October 26, 2019
Cal Fire responds to Kincade fire in Geyserville.

Kincade fire coverage gallery

Oak Leaf Staff
October 24, 2019
Smoke and steam rise from fire at the entrance to River Rock Casino after fire helicopters dropped gallons of water.

Possible hazardous materials in Kincade fire at River Rock Casino

Zane Zinkl, News Editor
October 24, 2019
SRJC students respond to Kincade fire

SRJC students respond to Kincade fire

James Domizio and Marilyn Santos
October 24, 2019
SRJC students and friends Chris Morris, 19, and Duncan MacGregor, 19, connect on campus for the first time since the Kincade fire started. Morris's home and phone were without power, so they were grateful to meet on campus.

SRJC campus somber as fire rages in nearby Geyserville

Ian MacGregor, Jesse Kapukui, and Kayla Beaton
October 24, 2019
Capt. John Cregan updates the public with information about the shooting on Oct.22 at Ridgway High School.

Ridgway shooting suspect arrested

Zane Zinkl and James Domizio
October 22, 2019
Round 2: Power outages possible with new red flag warning

Round 2: Power outages possible with new red flag warning

Allison Khadoo, News Writer
October 22, 2019
Though SRJC students Azulito Bernal, 19, and Aurelio Aguilar, 20, appreciate the day off of classes, they are critical of PG&E for the lack of warning and details surrounding the impending power outage.

SRJC students, faculty weigh in on PG&E-mandated power outage

Ian MacGregor
October 8, 2019
Analy Hall, where a female student initially reported a sexual assault.

District Police arrest man for sexual assault on campus

Alex Nunez, Staff Writer
September 12, 2019
Hemp plants being unloaded at Shone Farm.

Santa Rosa Junior College to develop state’s first hemp agriculture program

Zane Zinkl, News Editor
August 27, 2019
A reunited mother and daughter embrace each other in front of Santa Rosa High School.

Suspected gunman puts Santa Rosa High on Lockdown

Dakota McGranahan, Features Editor
May 31, 2019
Smoky haze over Fountain Grove.

Camp Fire smoke affects students’ health, education

Kate Tornai, contributing writer
November 15, 2018
Remembering the fires one year later

Remembering the fires one year later

Jose Gonzalez, La Reva Myles, and Riley Palmer
October 30, 2018
Gowan's Ciders is a California company that was established in 1876. Gowan's 1876 is one of there ciders named after there first harvest of the same year.

On tap: 1876

Abraham Fuentes, Photo editor
October 28, 2018
Chelsea Connors lost her childhood home in the Nuns Fire of last October, and the rebuilding process has proven difficult.

After the embers: growth from loss

Zena Bounsall, Staff Writer
October 25, 2018
Kettles Vietnamese Bistro, located on 1202 Steele Ln in Santa Rosa, has been open for five years.

One fire, three stories

Riley Palmer and Miranda McCann
October 18, 2018
Photographs courtesy of Rafael Vasquez, Collage courtesy of Adeira Sherpa

Late incident alert raises concerns of campus security

Adeira Sherpa and Séamus Reed
October 16, 2018
Robo de punta de pistola en campus

Robo de punta de pistola en campus

Adeira Sherpa, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 16, 2018
Gunpoint robbery on SRJC campus

Gunpoint robbery on SRJC campus

Adeira Sherpa, Co-Editor-in-Chief
October 12, 2018

Reflecting on last October’s fires

Eileen Rodriguez, Tom Miller, and Kirk Tiestsort
October 11, 2018
Video: Housing after the Sonoma County Fires

Video: Housing after the Sonoma County Fires

LeReva Myles, Staff Writer
October 11, 2018
Community decorated flameless luminaries lined the pathway.

One community one year later

Adeira Sherpa and Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editors-In-Chief
October 10, 2018
Photo courtesy of Gloria Anrade

SRJC mourns loss of beloved custodian

Séamus Reed, News Editor
September 26, 2018
Marcus Len Walton, 18

Police arrest alleged aggressive flirter

Jose Gonzalez, Managing Editor
September 14, 2018
Santa Rosa Junior College's planetarium is closed for the Fall 2018 semseter, with plans to assess for a possible renovation.

Lark Hall Planetarium feasibility assessment underway

Lauren A. Spates and Eileen Rodriguez
September 13, 2018
Identity Evropa stickers at SRJC's Santa Rosa campus.

White supremacist stickers found on campus

Mark Fernquest, Staff Writer
September 13, 2018
President Dr. Chong attends the Board of Trustees meeting. He will accept a 5 percent pay cut and ongoing reviews in response to fallout from his unpopular attempt to cancel a majority of Summer 2018 classes. Photo by Andrés Pimentel.

President Chong will hold office hours open to the public

Séamus Reed, News Editor
September 6, 2018
Newly-elected Student Government Assembly President Eduardo Osorío Juárez presides over the first meeting of the Santa Rosa Junior College fall semester next to Vice President of Student Life Jocelyn Toscano-Contreras.

Fully-staffed SGA begins semester

Séamus Reed, News Editor
August 21, 2018

Police arrest SRJC chemistry instructor after alleged verbal assault on student, faculty member

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Editor-in-Chief
July 25, 2018
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) removes lethal electrical wiring in Coffey Park during the October wildfires that devastated Sonoma County.

PG&E responsible for some October fires

Matthew Wreden, Co-editor-in-Chief
June 9, 2018
SRJC student killed in suspected DUI accident

SRJC student killed in suspected DUI accident

Seamus Reed, Staff Writer
May 10, 2018
Campus police respond to reports of man photographing women in bathroom stalls at Southwest center

Campus police respond to reports of man photographing women in bathroom stalls at Southwest center

Kevin Johnson, News Editor
May 9, 2018
Trustee Jordan Burns at the board of trustees meeting on 5/8.

Faculty, administration optimistic about restoring relations

Kevin Johnson, News Editor
May 9, 2018
A small commercial brewing system at Shone Farm.

Centennial Series: SRJC crafts brewing program

Kevin Johnson and David Tamayo, News Editor and Staff Writer
May 3, 2018
Students and faculty march at the "Walk a mile in her shoes" event.

Men walk a mile in high heels for sexual violence awareness

Abraham Fuentes, Staff Writer
May 3, 2018
The panelists discuss initiatives towards gun violence prevention on April 21.

Aiming for safety with Rep. Thompson

Jennifer Do, Staff Writer
May 1, 2018
Bad weather doesn't deter Yanise Ho in her blading journey across the country.

Bravery and the bladress

Adeira Sherpa, Co-Photo Editor
April 30, 2018
Profanity: Read between the lines

Profanity: Read between the lines

Chelsea Wood, Opinion Editor
April 29, 2018
The Wallows' 'Spring: EP' mixes teenage angst and nostalgia

The Wallows’ ‘Spring: EP’ mixes teenage angst and nostalgia

Dakota McGranahan, Co-Photo Editor
April 26, 2018
Patrick Keamoi warming up with catcher Cole Brodnansky before his second career start.

Bear Cubs pitching implodes in seventh inning, results in a loss

Attila LS Gero, Staff Writer
April 24, 2018
Eduardo Osorío Juarez espera ser la voz de los estudiantes de SRJC.

Juárez is new SGA Prez

Michael Barnes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 24, 2018
Santa Rosa police oversee the final stages of shutting down the 'Camp Macaela" homeless encampment behind the Dollar Tree in Roseland. Sonoma County officials need the area cleared to begin development of an affordable housing project.

Camp Macaela cleared to make room for affordable housing development

Dylan Kerzin and Seamus Reed
April 23, 2018
In the 1870s, Santa Rosa’s Chinatown took up a couple blocks along the creek in between where D Street and the Roxy Theater now sit.

Centennial Series: New Burbank, new name?

Julia Modell, Features Editor
April 19, 2018
Cristal Lopez, de 21 años, usa el tiempo de laboratorio que proporciona Connections para completar la tarea.

Centennial Series: Puente and Connections: bridging the gap to education for first-generation college students

Jose Gonzalez, Multimedia/Spanish Editor
April 19, 2018
Former SRJC President Dr. Robert Agrella (left) abused school funding in a more reprehensible manner than his successor and current SRJC President Dr. Frank Chong (right).

Centennial Series: Not every SRJC dollar makes sense

Michael Barnes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 18, 2018
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