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Jan 23, 2025 · In the chilly late-morning of March 1, 2023, the students and staff of Montgomery High School experienced a tragedy that shook their community to its core. Just after 11 a.m., Jayden Pienta, a 16-year-old junior, along with another student entered an art classroom to confront freshman Daniel Pulido. The confrontation quickly escalated and turned violent....

Jan 24, 2025 · With the 2025 baseball season just around the corner, the Santa Rosa Junior College Bear Cubs will feature several returners and several new faces all of whom are looking to build off of a strong 2024. Headlining the lineup for the Bear Cubs is first baseman Josh Martin. As a middle-of-the-order bat for SRJC in...

2 days ago · Santa Rosa Junior College administration affirmed its efforts to assuage student, faculty and staff anxiety in response to the Trump administration’s aggressive agenda against immigrants. In his first week in office, President Donald Trump has already begun acting on his campaign promise to enforce “the largest domestic deportation operation in …

Nov 5, 2024 · Proposition 4, authorizing the sale of a $10 billion state bond for water, wildfire, and climate risks, passed with 57.9% of the vote, according to electionresults.sos.ca.gov.. Proposition 4 on California’s Nov. 5 general election ballot authorizes the sale of a $10 billion state bond for the purpose of funding programs aimed at conserving natural resources and responding to …

5 days ago · Santa Rosa Junior College announced the Shone Farm campus near Forestville is closed through Feb. 6 due to forecasted heavy rains that may swell the Russian River beyond flood levels. Sections of River Road and other routes could become impassable and an evacuation order for low lying areas along the river from unincorporated Healdsburg to...

Jan 26, 2025 · The Santa Rosa Junior College athletics programs were in full swing over the winter break. From men’s wrestling, men’s and women’s basketball to cheerleading regionals, the Bear Cubs represented in every competition, taking home medals and plaques in recognition of the exemplary work that the department continues to build on. Wrestling State Championships 12/14 Individuals...

Jan 30, 2025 · Sonoma State University students and faculty voiced their frustrations at an on-campus protest Thursday while SSU administrators conducted a virtual town hall meeting to discuss controversial budget cuts. Hundreds of protestors gathered in Seawolf Plaza around 1 p.m. and spoke out during the meeting on zoom. Students, faculty and community members expressed their concerns over...

Dec 20, 2024 · The Fall 2024 issue of The Oak Leaf Magazine investigates problems at Polly O’Meara Doyle Hall, highlights SRJC’s dance program, gets up close and personal with new mascot Roscoe the Bear, ventures into Sonoma County’s haunted venues, tries to exorcise the practice of “ghosting” and much more.

Dec 19, 2024 · Mason Koski sat bundled in his car with the heater running, attempting to keep warm on a cold, rainy October night. He stayed there for two hours while smoke slowly cleared out of the windowless kitchen on the first floor of Polly O’Meara Doyle Hall. Koski and 351 other residents had begrudgingly evacuated the building...