Santa Rosa (California)
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Location in California
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| Basic data | |||
| Foundation : | 1868 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Sonoma County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 27 ′ N , 122 ° 42 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
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Inhabitants : - Metropolitan Area : |
175,155 (as of 2016) 503,070 (as of 2016) |
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| Population density : | 1,685.8 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 104.6 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) of which 103.9 km 2 (approx. 40 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 50 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 95401-95409 | ||
| Area code : | +1 707 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-70098 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1659601 | ||
| Website : | ci.santa-rosa.ca.us | ||
| Mayor : | Bob Blanchard | ||
Santa Rosa is a city in Sonoma County in the US state of California .
Santa Rosa is the largest city in the Northern California wine-growing region Wine Country and with 175,155 inhabitants (as of 2016) one of the largest cities in the San Francisco Bay Area . The Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery was laid out in 1854.
sons and daughters of the town
Born in Santa Rosa:
- Lee C. Bollinger (born 1946), lawyer, professor, and president of Columbia University
- Jim Dodge (born 1945), writer
- Chad Channing (* 1967), musician (drummer for the band Nirvana )
- Rebecca De Mornay (* 1959), actress, director and film producer
- Jonathan González (* 1999), American-Mexican soccer player
- Julian Lage (* 1987), musician
- John Laird (born 1950), politician
- Julie London (1926–2000), actress and singer
- Robert Quarry (1925–2009), actor
- Robert Ripley (1890–1949), comic book artist and radio reporter
- Jussie Smollett (born 1982), actor
- Morgan Spector (born 1980), actor
Live or have lived in Santa Rosa:
- Luther Burbank (1849–1926), plant breeder
- William Mark Felt (1913–2008), FBI agent in the United States
- Norman Greenbaum (* 1942), musician
- Thomas Lake Harris (1823–1906), preacher, winemaker, and community founder
- Richard Heinberg (* 1950), journalist, author and educator
- Dan Hicks (1941-2016), musician
- John Howard (1913–1995), actor
- Levi Leipheimer (* 1973), racing cyclist
- Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000), comic artist and the inventor of the comic series The Peanuts
- Tom Waits (* 1949), singer, composer, actor and author
- Natalie Wood (1938–1981), actress
Film set
Santa Rosa has been the location of many film productions, including
- In the Shadow of Doubt : Santa Rosa Railroad Depot, NWP Engine # 140, Old Courthouse Square, City Library, and McDonald Avenue. The plot of the film also takes place in Santa Rosa, then a small town with around 15,000 inhabitants.
- A totally, totally crazy world : Sonoma County Airport
- Cujo
- The Goonies , Goat Rock Beach, 50 minutes from Santa Rosa
- Peggy Sue got married : Santa Rosa High School
- Die Hard 2 : Santa Rosa Air Center
- Stop! Or my mommy shoots! : Santa Rosa Air Center
- Phenomenon - The impossible comes true : Santa Rosa Junior College and The Wagon Wheel, a bar on Highway 101
- Scream! : McDonald Avenue, a greengrocer and a video store
- Bandits! : Flamingo Hotel
- The Man Who Wasn't There
- Cheaper by the dozen : Railroad Square
City fire in October 2017
In October 2017, several residential areas in Santa Rosa were almost completely destroyed due to the strong winds of rapidly spreading forest and bush fires in northern California. The historic round barn Fountaingrove Round Barn burned down there. A curfew was then imposed to avoid looting .
Web links
Commons : Santa Rosa, California - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ US Census Bureau, State & County Quick Facts, Santa Rosa , as of July 10, 2009, accessed August 2, 2009.
- ↑ a b California forest fires: "It's pure destruction" . In: Spiegel Online . October 11, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed October 17, 2017]).