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
Biking in Santa Rosa: A Survival Guide

Biking in Santa Rosa: A Survival Guide

Brandon McCapes, Opinion Editor
October 25, 2018
Fires rage in the hills of Fountaingrove over the ruins of Journey’s End Mobile Home Park on the morning of Oct. 9.

Sonoma County’s week from hell

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
May 3, 2018
Logologoa Tevaseu after his Nov. 5 arrest.

Stories that rocked the 100th year

Brandon McCapes, Albert Gregory
April 26, 2018
Dori Elder

Find Dori Elder at the head of SGA

Brandon McCapes, Editor-in-Chief
April 20, 2018
Crowds fill Bertolini Hall leaving standing room only during Tuesday's Board of Trustees meeting.

Centennial Series: Centennial clusterf*ck

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 17, 2018
Santa Rosa Junior College President Dr. Frank Chong will hold open office hours once a month after a series of scandals spring semester threatened to unseat him.

‘Ultimately I made the decision,” Chong tells The Oak Leaf

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 9, 2018
President Evelyn Navarro and her administration are preparing a resolution that would express no-confidence for the Santa Rosa Junior College administration and ask the Board of Trustees to institute policies checking senior management.

Navarro to condemn Chong at board meeting

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 9, 2018
Santa Rosa Junior College student body president Evelyn Navarro attends the Presidential Constituent Council with other campus leaders to work with SRJC President Frank Chong following the recent summer schedule cut scandal. Navarro, who wore an SRJC Strong shirt from the wildfires, said, "I wore this shirt for a reason. We all know what it says on the back: ‘After the smoke the love will remain.’”

Summer session restored, management pay cuts on table

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
April 4, 2018
President Frank Chong speaks to The Oak Leaf Student Media during a video interview about student reactions to the sudden summer cuts. Photo by staff writers.

A full reversal is anticipated from Chong and administration on summer cuts

Brandon McCapes and Rachel Edelstein
April 3, 2018
Brandon McCapes

Brandon McCapes

April 3, 2018
No habrá escuela para el verano: el administrador corta cursos de verano

No habrá escuela para el verano: el administrador corta cursos de verano

Brandon McCapes and Kevin Johnson
March 31, 2018
School’s out for summer: admin cuts summer courses

School’s out for summer: admin cuts summer courses

Kevin Johnson and Brandon McCapes
March 29, 2018
March Horoscopes

March Horoscopes

Adeira Sherpa and Brandon McCapes
March 15, 2018

Board of Trustees 3/13

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 15, 2018

SRJC students show solidarity in DACA walkout

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
March 6, 2018

SRJC police offer active shooter response training after Florida massacre

Brandon McCapes and José Gonzalez
February 23, 2018
While some may love it, others rather do without it.

10 Ways to avoid Valentine’s Day

Meghan Buckman, Brandon McCapes, and
February 13, 2018
Lauryn Gamble, 26, holds a flag representing Lilith in front of the Cry to God demonstration Feb. 6 in front of Bertolini.

God hates us: why I repented (satire)

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 7, 2018
Caminos guiados por California

Caminos guiados por California

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 5, 2018
Academic Senate votes to adopt controversial program

Academic Senate votes to adopt controversial program

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
February 1, 2018

You Can’t Fight City Hall: Guided Pathways is not a choice (EDITORIAL)

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 29, 2018
Our lives are utterly brief and unimportant when one considers the vastness of time and space.

February Horoscopes: Nihilism(!) Edition

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2018
Student Trustee Robert Martinez (center) speaks in favor of adoption, citing the need to provide more assistance to disenfranchised students and reduce confusion and length of enrollment.

Academic Senate torn as Board votes to adopt state proposal

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 25, 2018
AFA impasse overshadows centennial as faculty boycott celebrations

AFA impasse overshadows centennial as faculty boycott celebrations

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
January 23, 2018
Thompson to return to work after college ends investigation

Thompson to return to work after college ends investigation

Brandon McCapes, Co-Editor-in-Chief
December 23, 2017
SRJC religious studies instructor and president of the Academic Senate, Eric Thompson was accused of sexual misconduct in the '90s.

UPDATE: college investigates misconduct, accuser speaks out

Brandon McCapes and James Wyatt
December 12, 2017
Homes in Fountaingrove destroyed by the North Bay Fires.

Should I stay or should I go

Brandon McCapes, News Editor
December 11, 2017
Tifany Baze Make-up Artist

Tifany Baze Make-up Artist

José Gonzalez and Brandon McCapes
December 7, 2017
SRJC religious studies instructor and president of the Academic Senate, Eric Thompson was accused of sexual misconduct in the '90s.

President of Academic Senate accused of sexual assault

Brandon McCapes and James Wyatt
December 6, 2017

Removed SGA officer re-appointed

Brandon McCapes and Michael Barnes
November 26, 2017
Racially-charged fliers found posted around campus

Racially-charged fliers found posted around campus

Brandon McCapes, News Editor
November 16, 2017
A Fall 2017 portrait of 10 SGA members with Dean Robert Ethington and an adviser.

SGA hears from undocumented student and reprimands members

Brandon McCapes, News Editor
November 16, 2017
Through a Santa Rosa Junior College student reports she was sexually assaulted in this Maggini Hall stairwell on Oct. 27, police did not release a Nixle alert of the incident until two weeks later.

SRJC police fail to inform community of sexual battery

Chelsea Wood and Brandon McCapes
November 16, 2017
Vice President of Student Health Services Ryan Sansome helps a student at the Student Government Assembly and Phi Theta Kappa’s Wednesday food bank outside Bertolini Hall. The student organizations are working to institutionalize a food pantry to combat food insecurity on campus. Photo by Charlotte Maxwell.

Food insecurity: the worst crisis you can’t see

Brandon McCapes, News Editor
November 16, 2017
The Fifth, Sixth and Ninth Street homeless encampments were forced to vacate by Santa Rosa Police.

Homeless encampment forced to vacate

Michael Barnes and Brandon McCapes
November 15, 2017
With garbage bins full of personal belongings, several activists helped the homeless recover their things. One woman displays her hand-made sign and protests the removal of their camp.

SRPD to conduct mass eviction at downtown tent city

Brandon McCapes and José Gonzalez
November 14, 2017
Trial by fire

Trial by fire

Brandon McCapes, News Editor
October 31, 2017
A firefighter watches a controlled burn outside the juvenile correctional facility near Kenwood.

From the ashes we will rise

Brandon McCapes, News Editor
October 31, 2017
The Tubbs Fire rages in the hills over the destroyed Journey's End mobile home park North of Kaiser Hospital, Oct. 9.

Fire in the City

Brandon McCapes, News Editor
October 31, 2017
The sun rises over a smoky sky at SRJC on Monday Oct. 9.

#SRJCstrong

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
October 18, 2017
Nuns fire returns to threaten Eastern Santa Rosa

Nuns fire returns to threaten Eastern Santa Rosa

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
October 14, 2017
Day one: Santa Rosa fires

Day one: Santa Rosa fires

Ali Benzerara and Brandon McCapes
October 14, 2017
Rumor has it

Rumor has it

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
October 11, 2017
A fire blazes in Annadel State Park east of Annadel Heights.

Nuns fire shifts away from Bennett Valley

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
October 11, 2017
Fires continue to burn across Santa Rosa

Fires continue to burn across Santa Rosa

Brandon McCapes, Staff Writer
October 11, 2017
Fires rage in the hills of Fountaingrove over the ruins of Journey’s End Mobile Home Park on the morning of Oct. 9.

Day One: Fire in the City

Brandon McCapes and Ali Benzerara
October 10, 2017
Peaks ablaze in Annadell as they come over the ridge into Bennett Valley near Sonoma Mountain Rd.

Parts of Southeastern Santa Rosa under evacuation

Ali Benzerara and Brandon McCapes
October 10, 2017
The 2017-18 Student Government Assemby.

‘Young’ SGA struggles to maintain quorum

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
October 5, 2017
President Evelyn Navarro (far-left) and club founder Ryan Sansome (far-right) share their struggles on a five-student panel.

Third Recovery Night marks growth of campus club

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
October 5, 2017
Santa Rosa Junior College Student Government Assembly used Monday's weekly meeting to debate what is best for the wellness of students.

Student government takes steps to aid underrepresented students, debates motion

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
September 29, 2017
Santa Rosa Junior College Students can now ride the local buses for free

All public transit buses made available to SRJC students

Brandon McCapes, Deputy News Editor
September 29, 2017
Santa Rosa Junior College students lined up to get free food in the quad dispersed by the new food pantry as part of Welcome Week on Sept. 13 at the Santa Rosa campus.

New food pantry opens to feed hungry SRJC students

Brandon McCapes, Staff Writer
September 23, 2017
SRJC community members of all ages gather to remember Andy Lopez and also to protest President Donald Trump's threat to repeal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

SRJC DACA students can rest easy for now

Jesus Valencia and Brandon McCapes
September 14, 2017
Pills Spilling from Bottle

Day of the dead: SRJC students honor those affected by overdose

Brandon McCapes, Staff Writer
September 8, 2017
Congressman Mike Thompson addresses Trump's threat to repeal DACA

Congressman Mike Thompson addresses Trump’s threat to repeal DACA

Brandon McCapes and Roberta MacIntyre
August 31, 2017