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Michael Combs

Santa Rosa
As seen in: The Oak Leaf
Covers:  Mental health, social justice, environment
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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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SRJC Theater Arts presents Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express"

SRJC Theater Arts presents Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express"

SRJC Theatre Arts is performing "Murder On The Orient Express," a play based on Agatha Christie's 1936 novel,…

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SRJC awarded $3 million HSI grant for Latinx and low-income students

SRJC awarded $3 million HSI grant for Latinx and low-income students

The U.S. Department of Education awarded Santa Rosa Junior College a nearly $3 million grant with goals of in…

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The California stop, explained

The California stop, explained

What happens when you drive up to a stop sign? You just want to drive right through it. You're human. You're …

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Cat Brooks: What is radical reform?

Cat Brooks: What is radical reform?

Cat Brooks, leader of Black Lives Matter and self-described "radical activist" with a national profile, spoke…

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Glass Fire Incident photo gallery

Glass Fire Incident photo gallery

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The downward spiral of the screen: Online education and motivation quagmire

The downward spiral of the screen: Online education and motivation quagmire

Open Zoom. Click. Login to Canvas. Click. Find theGoogle doc. Click. Wait, check Facebook. Click. Link to You…

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Opinion: I don't want ignorant people making decisions that affect my life

Opinion: I don't want ignorant people making decisions that affect my life

A confession: when I started voting, I entered the booth and filled out bubbles because I felt I was expected…

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Black lives more than matter: Being an agent of change against structural racism

Black lives more than matter: Being an agent of change against structural racism

Dr. Abdimalik Buul, an award-winning professor at San Diego City College, spoke with 65 Santa Rosa Junior Col…

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SRJC Board of Trustees announces new vaccination sites and emergency funding for students

SRJC Board of Trustees announces new vaccination sites and emergency funding for students

Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees announced emergency funding and the opening of vaccination sites …

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Opinion: I don't want ignorant people making decisions that affect my life

Opinion: I don't want ignorant people making decisions that affect my life

An opinion piece proposing that an educational requirement to voting may be beneficial.

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Board of Trustees announces new vaccination sites and emergency funding for students

Board of Trustees announces new vaccination sites and emergency funding for students

Event coverage: Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees meeting. 2/17/21

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Black lives more than matter: Viewing the SRJC vision statement through an anti-racist lens

Black lives more than matter: Viewing the SRJC vision statement through an anti-racist lens

Dr. Abdimalik Buul, an anti-racist activist, spoke with Santa Rosa Junior College students about the lack of …

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Sage wisdom from a lifetime of blues

Sage wisdom from a lifetime of blues

Children of legendary blues musicians gave advice to Santa Rosa Junior College students about becoming succes…

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Students and faculty react to SRJC remaining mostly online through 2021

Students and faculty react to SRJC remaining mostly online through 2021

The announcement that online instruction will continue into the Fall 2021 semester on April 8 evoked another …

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Review: King Falafel

Review: King Falafel

Review of local restaurant, King Falafel.

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BLAC, BSU and Black students and faculty to stage "BlackOut" walkout May 5

BLAC, BSU and Black students and faculty to stage "BlackOut" walkout May 5

Santa Rosa Junior College Black Leadership Association Collective (BLAC) is staging a "BlackOut" walkout duri…

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Board of Trustees schedules listening session in response to BLAC's protest against listening ses...

Board of Trustees schedules listening session in response to BLAC's protest against listening ses...

Santa Rosa Junior College Board of Trustees meeting May 11 2021.

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