The Mojave stretches before me, shimmering under a sky too blue to feel real. The cool air clings to my skin, the wind cutting deep into my bones sending a chill up my spine. This isn’t the blazing ...

Bryan Fructuoso-Zurita (He/Him/Él) is in his third semester at The Oak Leaf. He enjoys meeting new people and listening to their stories because everyone has one to tell. His passion lies in covering ...

The Washoe House, on the corner of Stony Point Road and Roblar Road, has been a stop for highway travelers for over 160 years. Built as an inn and stable house during the burgeoning years of the ...

Most Sonoma County locals enjoy the county’s regional parks for the wonderful opportunities to get fresh air, exercise and see the beautiful landscape of the North Bay. However, besides the scenic ...

Benjamin Heckman (he/him) is a second year SRJC student studying abroad in London with the Oak Leaf. He enjoys political reporting, opinion writing, and local color stories. He expects to continue his ...

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 ...

Simeon Van Izquierdo was fresh out of high school and checking out the Santa Rosa Junior College campus in the summer of 2012 when he heard music blasting from the second floor of Tauzer Gym. What he ...

In the outskirts of England by the Welsh border, a revolutionary idea sparked from a vintage ambulance in 2011 when Deborah Alma, then 47, decided to use poetry as a form of medicine. She became known ...

Journalism is a staple to a functioning society and, for decades, the public at-large has trusted reporters to disseminate unbiased information. However, within the last decade, media integrity and ...

Faced with Trump’s second presidency, marginalized groups once again fear for their rights. Trump’s first term separated immigrant families and enacted a a travel ban directed at Muslim Countries.

Standing under the awning of his London fruit stall, Mick Szilágyi gestures with his cigarette at the surrounding buildings and says that none of them used to be here when he started his business.

As a 20-year-old Persian student from California studying in London, I’ve been missing the comforting flavors of home-cooked Persian food. So, when my uncle offered to take me to Berenjak a couple of ...