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08/31/2024

An Elsie Allen High School student was stabbed by a classmate Friday afternoon, according to a Santa Rosa Police Department spokesperson.

SRPD Public Information Officer Patricia Seffens said the SRPD was still investigating where the incident occurred on campus. A school employee called 911, but Officer Seffens said they could not provide the name of the employee, but it was from the main office.

The incident resulted in a minor injury, according to Seffens.

08/25/2024

Representatives of ballot Measure J gathered Aug. 22 at Santa Rosa Junior College’s Bertolini quad to advocate for the end of factory farming in Sonoma County by defining its benefits for students.

According to the advocates webpage, ballot Measure J would phase out and prohibit Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations, or CAFOs. This would result in a set limit on the number of animals allowed to be held for the purpose of factory farming.

📝: Emelle Raschein

07/30/2024

The top two drivers in the NHRA Funny Car standings met in the semifinals Sunday at Sonoma Raceway. Heading into the week Austin Prock led with 1044 points, 256 points ahead of Bob Tasca III, who’s first round 338.77 was the top speed of the weekend in the division. Tasca III beat Prock off the line by .022, and after losing the lead heading into the midsection was able to outpace Prock’s Camaro and sneak across the line with a .03 second lead, securing his place in the final.

📝: Michael Combs, Yna Bo***ck and Nick Vides
📸: Yna Bo***ck & Nick Vides

07/28/2024

Doug Kalitta continued to dominate Saturday afternoon in the third and fourth round of qualifying, but his track record-breaking run on Friday night of 3.649 ET at 336.40 mph gave him a smooth ride into pole position into Sunday’s finals. He will face 14 seed Ron August Jr. in the first round of eliminations.

📝:Michael Combs, Nick Vides, Yna Bo***ck, Sean Shanks
📸: Yna Bo***ck & Nick Vides

07/27/2024

The thunder of tens-of-thousands of horsepower reverberates again through the golden hills of Sonoma Valley as some of the most powerful vehicles in existence race in the DENSO National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Sonoma Nationals at Sonoma Raceway July 26 to 28. The Friday night winds and cool temperature led to a series of wild events at day one of the series.

📝Michael Combs, Yna Bo***ck and Nicholas Vides
📸:Nicholas Vides

06/17/2024

1,013 acre Point Fire calms as winds die down Sunday night.

Santa Rosa Junior College to remain open on Monday despite poor air quality

Per Cal Fire’s X account, formerly known as twitter, “Sensor aircraft mapped the fire at 1,013 acres at 9:15 p.m. Containment remains at 15%. Three helicopters are conducting aerial night firefighting operations to support the resources on the ground working to build and strengthen containment lines overnight.” Cal Fire also said, “Overnight there will be 36 fire engines on the fire with seven dozers, six hand cr
ews and three water tenders in addition to the three helicopters.”

📝: Hana Seals, Nicholas Vides, Michael Combs, Emelle Raschein and Yna Bo***ck
📸: Yna Bo***ck

06/17/2024

BREAKING NEWS
Live Coverage and Updates regarding the Point Fire. Click the link in our bio for more information!

05/30/2024

The sun was out, the music was loud and the mood was high as BottleRock 2024 came to an epic conclusion on day 3.

📝: Cameron Romanik, Michael Combs and Hana Seals
📸: Hana Seals

05/27/2024

While the lines might have felt quicker to get through as BottleRock Day 2 started, it definitely didn’t stay that way as BottleRockers packed the Napa Valley Expo center to the brim by the time the mid-afternoon bands took stage

📸Yna Bo***ck

05/25/2024

Concert goers were met with a soul-filled rock and roll afternoon as BottleRock 2024 kicked off with young talent before the sun set and Stevie Nicks and Megan Thee Stallion took over the crowds.

📝: Cameron Romanik, Nick Vides, Sean Young, Michael Combs and Yna Bo***ck
📸: Yna Bo***ck

05/23/2024

Butker’s speech was around 20 minutes long — 20 minutes I can’t get back and neither can those students. He mentioned “bad leaders who don’t stay in their lane” yet here you are not staying in yours, sir. Butker said he had originally declined to speak at the graduation, and I’m sure that when all is said and done, the Swift backlash that he and his team are feeling will be more than enough for him to wish he had.

📝: Leilany Sosa

05/23/2024

In this episode of “I Have Something to Say,” three uneducated punks talk everything New York hardcore, from skinheads to … more skinheads! Join us as we make fun of N***s!

05/16/2024

After navigating 15 minutes down a bumpy gravel road cohabited by a herd of cattle, Santa Rosa Junior College students Bailey Glashan and Natalie Kozlowski pull into a small turnout and hop out of their car.

📝&📸: Parker Stagnoli

05/14/2024

Morning traffic. Tax season. Las Vegas Raiders fans. This is the price we pay to live in “modern” society.

Well, I’d had enough.

My girlfriend seemed to sense my mood and recommended a weekend escape into the redwoods. Together we would drive into the mountains to revitalize, maybe even to get… hairier.

📸&📝: Sal Sandoval-Garduno

05/13/2024

💐📝THE SPRING 2024 MAGAZINE IS HERE📝💐

Our Spring 2024 magazine is hot off the press and ready to read. This edition holds a wide variety of articles that can appease any readers appetite! Pick up a hard copy around any SRJC campus or access magazine articles online!

05/06/2024

The Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team defeated San Mateo in the first round of CCCAA regional playoffs, winning 2-1 in the best-of-three series at home on Thursday and Friday.

📝: Oliver Kindt
📸: Yna Bo***ck

04/22/2024

Former Santa Rosa Junior College communications instructor Michael “Ken” Beyries apologized for disrupting his students’ education when he brought a loaded C**t .380 caliber ACP semiautomatic pistol into Garcia Hall, in a telephone interview Saturday from his home where he will spend the next six months under house arrest.

📝: Amy Moore
📸: Michael Kenneth Beyries

04/19/2024

Former Santa Rosa Junior College communications studies instructor Michael “Ken” Beyries was sentenced at the Sonoma County Superior Court Thursday morning to 180 days of house arrest followed by two years of probation for bringing a loaded gun onto SRJC’s Santa Rosa campus in November.

📝: Amy Moore & Sean Shanks
📸:California Superior Court of Sonoma

04/17/2024

A world-renowned art piece, “A Prayer For The Earth,” created by local artist Bruce Johnson is to be restored to its former glory at Santa Rosa Junior College

📸&📝:John Greenwood

04/14/2024

The 16th Annual Sonoma County Student Film Festival took center stage April 5 in the Carole L. Ellis auditorium at Santa Rosa Junior College’s Petaluma campus, and showcased short films under 15 minutes in length and across a spectrum of different genres. Sonoma County students, from junior high school students to college students, created the films exhibited at the festival, where film studies instructor Mike Traina served as host.

📸 & 📝: Max Millan

04/14/2024

A total solar eclipse basked America in its glory on Monday, April 8. At Santa Rosa Junior College’s Santa Rosa campus, astronomy instructors Keith Waxman and Laura Sparks hosted a viewing on the Lark Hall lawn with free eclipse glasses for students to witness the 32.4% coverage provided by Earth’s moon.

📸 & 📝: Rosemary Cromwell

04/08/2024

Unlock 25% off your entire order at Tlahco Mexican Grill, exclusively for students and staff! Savor the flavors of authenticity at a fraction of the price.

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04/04/2024

The Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team picked up their seventh straight win in walk off fashion over San Joaquin Delta College at home on Tuesday.

📝: Oliver Kindt
📸: Yna Bo***ck

04/03/2024

On paper, the idea of successfully mixing ballads, funk, pop, R&B and hip-hop into an album that reclaims a genre historically inaccessible to black artists would be considered a musical impossibility. But to also cover songs from The Beatles and Dolly Parton, along with duets featuring Post Malone and Miley Cyrus? Plus a little opera, psychedelia and Willie Nelson, for the hell of it. The sheer creative audacity of such a project would be breathtaking in its magnitude. But that’s exactly what “COWBOY CARTER,” the country-inspired new album by Beyoncé, manages to accomplish. It is a must-listen labor of love and celebration of culture that takes you on a musical journey with surprises and excitement at every turn.

📝: Max Millan

04/03/2024

It’s time to reflect on the love and respect we show others and build a deeper understanding of neurodivergent brains for World Autism Awareness Day, April 2.

📝Michael Combs
📸Autistic Empire

04/01/2024

Brice Cox pitched a gem to give the Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team their sixth straight win and a sweep of Cosumnes River College at home on March 30.

📝Oliver Kindt
📸Yna Bo***ck

03/29/2024

✨CONTEST ALERT✨

The Oak Leaf News is holding its inaugural poetry contest (it’s been a while, at least). We know how much artistic talent there is in Sonoma County, and we would love to highlight some of that work. We plan on holding other artistic contests in the near future, so remember to keep an eye on our contests page and Instagram feed.

03/28/2024

The Santa Rosa Junior College baseball team dominated on all fronts in a 15-3 win over Cosumnes River College at home on Tuesday.

📝: Oliver Kindt
📸: Nicholas Vides

03/27/2024

Today the crew tells stories of games from our childhoods. Some we’ve replayed, others we haven’t touched since, but they all hold a special place in our hearts!

Stream now through Spotify or the Oak Leaf podcast category!👾

03/26/2024

College journalists Jesus Lopez Cruz, Emelle Raschein and Hana Seals introduce themselves and their new political podcast ‘Over the Party Line.” In episode one the democrat, centrist and republican tackle the political divide plaguing America and what could be done to break down the division among citizens.

📸: Hana Seals

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Climate Rally 4.22.22

Sonoma County Sunrise Movement Activists Lily and Rachel speak on campus about climate issues and the current lack of justice for indigenous groups and people of color before marching along with other community members to the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors to advocate for a three-step plan for Transit Justice; increased bus service hours, frequency, and a fare-free service for youth and beyond in the County. Video by Albert Levine. #santarosajuniorcollege #SRJC #santarosajuniorcollege #EarthDay #climatechange #publicspeaking

Sonoma Mayor Jack Ding hosts the Ukrainian Consul General Dmytro Kushneruk in front of the Sonoma Plaza.

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The first two weeks of Santa Rosa Junior College’s in-person coronavirus vaccination mandate were largely a success, despite some technical difficulties and the occasional angry student. To read the full article, click the news link in our bio! 🖋: The Oak Leaf Staff

Santa Rosa Junior College’s football team lost their first conference game of the year to the Butte Roadrunners 29-21 in a thrilling, double overtime game Saturday night at Bailey Field. 🖋: Tony Moeckel 📸: Christian Vieyra To read the full article, click the sports link in our bio!

Rep. Jared Huffman on trauma for "Chronic Catastrophe"

U.S. Representative Jared Huffman understands that climate change isn't only about the environment; it's about our mental health too. In Episode 1: The Mind, Huffman, who reps the California coast from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Oregon border, said: "It's a very real trauma experience. Anyone who has lived through either the loss of a home or having to evacuate, and all of the uncertainties and the fear that go along with being hunkered down, maybe during a planned power shut off, where the wind is blowing, and we're we're just crossing our fingers, hoping that there won't be more fires sparked, or suffering from the air quality impacts that that keep you locked indoors for days at a time -- I mean, that's real trauma. That's a real thing." Search "Chronic Catastrophe" on NPR, NPR One app, Spotify and Apple Podcasts to hear more from Rep. Huffman on his and his constituents' experiences with relentless environmental disaster. 🎙: Maritza Camacho 💻: Lauren Spates, Nick Vides, Rebecca Bell

Daniel Swain on Chronic Catastrophe

Get started with our newest podcast's first episode, The Mind, for more information like this from Daniel Swain/Weather West, climate scientist at UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. When it comes to storms, as Swain puts it, climate change is making "the biggest and baddest ones bigger and badder." It's why we coined the phrase "chronic catastrophe," because "natural disasters" just doesn't seem to cut it anymore. And even though Sonoma County is in the climate crosshairs, nationwide, disasters are getting worse. Search "Chronic Catastrophe" on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, NorCal Public Media and NPR! 🎙: Maritza Camacho 💻: Lauren Spates, Nicholas Vides, Rebecca Bell

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Check out our NPR-syndicated four-part podcast that examines the impacts of cumulative climate change-induced disasters on our minds, bodies and spirits. Ultimately, we ask the question: Is it worth the risk to our mental and physical health, and to our psyches, to continue to live in a place where disaster is unrelenting? And disasters don’t only happen here in Sonoma County. What do chronic catastrophes mean for people everywhere? The podcast was produced by The Oak Leaf thanks to a grant from California Humanities and is available on NPR, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and at The Oak Leaf. 🖋🎙: Lauren Spates, Nick Vides, Maritza Camacho and Rebecca Bell

Having trouble getting around campus? Need some tips for online classes? Check out our fall 2021 guide to the SRJC Santa Rosa campus. Click the News link in our bio! 🖋: The Oak Leaf 📸: Cass Stewart

Want to be a photojournalist? Enroll in Journalism 52A this fall semester to join The Oak Leaf, SRJC’s award-winning student run publication.

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