Santa Rosa, California

Historic Rosenberg's Dept. Store Building in Santa Rosa.

Santa Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States.^[1] At the 2020 census its population was 178,127.^[2] In the beginning of October, 2017, a firestorm burnt 5% of the homes in the city, killing atleast 19 people.^[3]

Santa Rosa, California Media

María Ygnacia López de Carrillo, a Californio ranchera and founder of Santa Rosa
The former Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railroad station
Panoramic map of Santa Rosa in 1871
The Empire Building at Old Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa
The Empire Building, completed in 1910 and a Sonoma County landmark, seen in the film Shadow of a Doubt by Alfred Hitchcock, in December 2021
The historic Fountaingrove Round Barn, previously found at the southwestern base of Fountaingrove, was lost to fire in 2017.
Restaurants and other retail stores occupy several historic buildings in Santa Rosa's Railroad Square district in the downtown area, including these along Fourth Street.
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The rotating sign at the east end of Coddingtown Mall facing US Route 101
While the most expansive vineyards in Sonoma County are in the Alexander, Russian, and Sonoma Valleys, Santa Rosa is home to several vineyards, including this one near Fountain Grove.