Santa Rosa, California
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
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.
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.
References
- ↑ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ↑ "QuickFacts: Santa Rosa city, California". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
- ↑ Sudek, Julia Prodis (October 9, 2017). "Santa Rosa fire: How a sudden firestorm devastated a city". The Mercury News (Digital First Media). http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/09/santa-rosa-fire-how-a-sudden-firestorm-obliterated-a-city/. Retrieved October 9, 2017.