Petaluma health fair seeks to shrink racial disparity in outcomes 
Austin Murphy
Press Democrat
10/1/2022
Basic Needs Coord. Benjamin Wilson
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/petaluma-health-fair-seeks-to-shrink-racial-disparity-in-outcomes/

 

Supervisors approve funding to keep Sonoma County Transit free for college students, local routes
Charles Swanson
Press Democrat
10/5/2022
Free bus, transportation
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/supervisors-approve-funding-to-keep-sonoma-county-transit-free-for-college/

 

Benefield: The return of in-person Indigenous Peoples Day is ‘everything’
Kerry Benefield
Press Democrat
10/10/2022
Brenda Flyswithhawks
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/benefield-the-return-of-in-person-indigenous-peoples-day-is-everything/

 

Santa Rosa Junior College President Frank Chong to retire after 11 years
Mary Callahan
Press Democrat
10/11/2022
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/srjcs-frank-chong-to-announce-retirement-tuesday/

Also in:

https://www.ksro.com/2022/10/12/srjc-president-chong-retiring-after-this-school-year/

https://www.ccdaily.com/2022/10/newsmakers-214/

 

Melita Combs, Juvenile Correctional Counselor III named Bay Area Region Outstanding Line Staff of the Year 2022
County of Sonoma
10/11/22
SRJC Second Chance program, Rising Scholars, Melita Combs
https://sonomacounty.ca.gov/melita-combs-juvenile-correctional-counselor-iii-named-bay-area-region-outstanding-line-staff-of-the-year-2022

 

How a Petaluma family escaped the Taliban
Lina Hoshino
Petaluma 360
10/12/22
SRJC Petaluma
https://www.petaluma360.com/article/news/how-a-petaluma-family-escaped-the-taliban/

 

Is Santa Rosa Junior College’s new Olympic pool big enough for everyone?
Marisa Endicott
Press Democrat
10/15/22
Pool, Measure H, KAD Renovation
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/is-santa-rosa-junior-colleges-new-olympic-pool-big-enough-for-everyone/

Also in:

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/opinion/saturdays-letters-to-the-editor-521/

 

Capturing vibrant stories for future generations
Matt Villano
SF Gate
10/20/2022
Memoir writing, Older Adults
https://www.sfgate.com/living/article/Capturing-vibrant-stories-for-future-generations-17524063.php

 

These Rare-Varietal Wines from Sonoma Are Having a Moment
Sarah Doyle
Sonoma Magazine
October 2022
Shone Farm, viticulture program, educational vineyard
https://www.sonomamag.com/these-rare-varietal-wines-from-sonoma-are-having-a-moment/

 

Graton Community Club sells flowers to fund local scholarships
Charles Swanson
Press Democrat
10/20/2022
Scholarships to west county high school and SRJC students continuing to 4-year institutions
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/graton-community-club-sells-flowers-to-fund-local-scholarships/

 

SVHS construction classes prime students to enter red-hot job market
Daniel Johnson
Press Democrat
10/26/22
Grant, North Bay Regional Construction and Building Trades Employment Center, SRJC Petaluma, project delay
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/svhs-construction-classes-prime-students-to-enter-red-hot-job-market/

 

California's Santa Rosa Junior College Moves its Identity Access Management to the Cloud – Migrating to BIO-key's PortalGuard® Identity-as-a-Service Platform
10/31/22
Bio Key, enrollment, migration
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/10/31/2544504/0/en/California-s-Santa-Rosa-Junior-College-Moves-its-Identity-Access-Management-to-the-Cloud-Migrating-to-BIO-key-s-PortalGuard-Identity-as-a-Service-Platform.html

 

 

THE OAK LEAF

SRJC President Dr. Frank Chong to retire summer 2023
Tony Moeckel and Sean Young
10/11/22
https://www.theoakleafnews.com/news/2022/10/11/srjc-president-dr-frank-chong-to-retire-in-summer-2023/

 

Santa Rosa Junior College Ethnic Studies Departments opens with new courses and faculty
Michael Combs
10/11/22
https://www.theoakleafnews.com/news/2022/10/11/santa-rosa-junior-college-ethnic-studies-departments-opens-with-new-courses-and-faculty/

 

Covid protocol change: Asymptomatic unvaccinated students can return to campus without testing
Fatima Zarco Gomez
10/19/22
https://www.theoakleafnews.com/news/2022/10/19/covid-protocol-change-asymptomatic-unvaccinated-students-can-return-to-campus-without-testing/

 

Why the Main Cafeteria is closed
Fatima Zarco Gomez
10/31/22
https://www.theoakleafnews.com/news/2022/10/31/why-the-main-cafeteria-is-closed/