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Michael Combs

Santa Rosa
As seen in: The Oak Leaf
Covers:  Mental health, social justice, environment
Doesn't Cover: Finance, sports

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I am in my third semester writing for the Santa Rosa Junior College newspaper, The Oak Leaf. I earned my degree from UCSD in neuroscience and mammalian physiology, originally pursuing a career in research. I've kept my interest in learning how people work, but recently I've switched my focus to climate change and social justice. As my writing progresses I hope to make a deeper impact on human culture than I ever could through science alone.

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Pomo Canyon Trail: A Sonoma County scenic sampler

Pomo Canyon Trail: A Sonoma County scenic sampler

From redwood forests to coastal prairies and beaches, the Pomo Canyon Trail offers the best sampling of Sonom…

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SRJC theater presents a pandemic miracle with "It's a Wonderful Life"

SRJC theater presents a pandemic miracle with "It's a Wonderful Life"

SRJC's Theater Arts prevailed through this unprecedented pandemic year of remote learning and arranged an inn…

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SRJC Theatre Arts presents "It's a Wonderful Life," its first online musical ever

SRJC Theatre Arts presents "It's a Wonderful Life," its first online musical ever

Santa Rosa Junior College Theatre Arts performs "It's a Wonderful Life" as its second online play and first o…

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Experienced backpacker reviews popular sleeping bag styles

Experienced backpacker reviews popular sleeping bag styles

Oak Leaf staff writer Michael Combs brings his backpacking experience to let beginners know of the basic diff…

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SRJC Board of Trustees formally recognizes SRJC sits on Pomo land

SRJC Board of Trustees formally recognizes SRJC sits on Pomo land

The Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees acknowledged that SRJC lies on territorial Pomo land by unani…

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Measure P: Increasing transparency and accountability over the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office

Measure P: Increasing transparency and accountability over the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office

Sonoma County's Measure P promises to expand civilian oversight of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office to incr…

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Articles

King of the Streets: Low and slow through the Mission and the mainstream

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By Adair Alvarez Rodriguez, Adair Rodríguez Rodríguez, Adair Alvarez Rodriguez, Michael Combs
| The Oak Leaf Verified
Hundreds of chrome bumpers gleamed in the sunlight as multicolored mechanical expressions of art cruised, hopped and three-wheeled through San Francisco’s Mission District Sept. 20 in King of the Streets, the first ever televised and live-streamed lowrider parade. The San Francisco Lowrider Council hosted the car show in partnership with the City of San Francisco, the Mission Merchants Association and the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District as part of Latine Heritage month.
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OPINION: Ghosting needs to be exorcised

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By Michael Combs
| The Oak Leaf Verified
The term “ghosting” arose from the idea that when one person ghosts another, they effectively become invisible, or a “ghost,” to them. Another eerie similarity shared with the name, however, is that a spirit comes into existence from unresolved emotions, usually in the form of trauma the act causes them. Nomenclature aside, ghosting is abusive behavior that shouldn’t be tolerated if an ethical society is to advance.
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Proposition 36 will implement harsher punishments for drug and theft offenders

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By Oliver Kindt, Michael Combs
| The Oak Leaf Verified
Proposition 36 on California’s General Election ballot Nov. 5 would cause crimes of certain drug possession and thefts under $950, which are currently classified as misdemeanors, to be charged as felonies. Individuals with two prior convictions of drug possession or thefts under $950 would face felony instead of misdemeanor charges.
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