Santa Rosa, California

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City of Santa Rosa, California
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Location of Santa Rosa, California
Country	United States
State	California
County	Sonoma
Area
- City	40.4 sq mi (104.6 km²)
- Land	40.1 sq mi (103.9 km²)
- Water	0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²)
Population (2005)
- City	156,200
- Density	3,678/sq mi (1,420.1/km²)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Website: http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/

Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, USA. As of July 1, 2005, the population of Santa Rosa was approximately 156,200 residents. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont.

Santa Rosa's Metropolitan Statistical Area is approximately 466,477 residents, making it the 12th largest in California and the 102nd largest in the United States.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Seismicity 3 Nature & wildlife 4 Neighborhoods 5 Demographics 6 City image 7 Growth and development 8 Government 9 Council goals/projects 10 Sister cities 11 Education 11.1 Public High Schools 11.2 Private High Schools 11.3 Colleges 12 Major employers 13 Media 13.1 The Press Democrat 13.2 North Bay Business Journal 13.3 North Bay Bohemian 13.4 KFTY TV50 14 Tourism 14.1 Local Attractions 15 Performing and Visual Arts 16 Law enforcement and crime 17 History 18 Notable Natives and Residents 18.1 Luther Burbank 18.2 Robert Ripley 18.3 Charles M. Schulz 18.4 William Mark Felt 18.5 Dan Hicks 18.6 Tom Waits 18.7 Levi Leipheimer 18.8 Natalie Wood 19 Film locations 20 Notable facts 21 See also 22 References 22.1 Footnotes 22.2 External links

[edit] Geography

Santa Rosa is located at 38°26'55" North, 122°42'17" West (38.448611, -122.704646)^GR1. According to the United States Census Bureau, it has a total area of 104.6 km² (40.4 mi²). 103.9 km² (40.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.6 km² (0.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.62% water.

The city is part of the North Bay region, which includes such cities as Sonoma, Healdsburg and Napa. It lies along the U.S. Route 101 corridor, approximately 55 miles (90 km) north of San Francisco, via the Golden Gate Bridge.

Santa Rosa lies on the Santa Rosa Plain; its eastern extremities stretch into the Valley of the Moon, and the Sonoma Creek watershed known as the Sonoma Valley, while its western edge lies in the Laguna de Santa Rosa catchment basin.

The city is in the watershed of Santa Rosa Creek, which rises on Hood Mountain and discharges to the Laguna de Santa Rosa. Tributary basins to Santa Rosa Creek lying significantly in the city are Brush Creek, Matanzas Creek, Colgan Creek and Piner Creek. Other water bodies within the city include Fountaingrove Lake.

The prominent visual feature is Hood Mountain seen to the east. To the southeast Taylor Peak and Sonoma Mountain are readily visible from much of the city.

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[edit] Seismicity

Santa Rosa lies atop the Healdsburg-Rodgers Creek segment of the Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault System. The U.S. Geological Survey estimates a 20% chance of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake on this segment by 2030.[1]

On 14 April 2005, the United States Geological Survey released a map detailing the results of a new tool that measures ground shaking during an earthquake. The map determined that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake was most powerful in an area between Santa Rosa and what is now Sebastopol, causing more damage in Santa Rosa (for its size) than any other city affected.^[1]

Two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.6 and 5.7 shook Santa Rosa October 1, 1969, damaging about 100 structures. They were the strongest quakes to affect the city since 1906. The epicenters were about two miles north of Santa Rosa.

[edit] Nature & wildlife

Due to its population, Santa Rosa's only remaining undisturbed areas are on its urban fringe and comprise the principal corridors of Santa Rosa Creek and its tributaries. Great blue herons, great egrets, snowy egrets and black-crowned herons nest in the trees of the median strip on West Ninth Street. Deer often are spotted roaming the neighborhoods nearer the eastern hills; flocks of wild turkeys are relatively common in some areas, and mountain lions are occasionally observed within the city limits.

[edit] Neighborhoods

Santa Rosa can be seen as divided into four quadrants: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. Highway 101 runs roughly north and south through the city, and divides it into east and west sides. State Highway 12 runs roughly east and west, and divides the city into north and south sides.

There are many neighborhood associations, and a recent coalition called the Neighborhood Alliance, which supports the principles of The New Urbanism.

Neighborhood associations include:

• Cherry Street Historic District
• Juilliard Park Neighborhood Association
• Junior College Neighborhood Association
• Burbank Gardens Historic District
• North JC Neighborhood Association
• North West Santa Rosa Neighborhood Assoc.
• Olive Park Neighborhood
• Rosalinda (Roseland)
• St. Rose Historic District
• Stonegate Neighborhood Association
• Town & Country/ Grace Tract Neighborhood
• West End Historic District
• West JC Neighborhood Association

[edit] Demographics

As of July 1, 2005, Santa Rosa's population was approximately 156,200 residents.

Per the 2000 Census, the population density is 1,420.1/km² (3,678.3/mi²). There are 57,578 housing units at an average density of 554.0/km² (1,434.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 77.60% White, 2.15% African American, 1.42% Native American, 3.84% Asian, 0.26% Pacific Islander, 10.28% from other races, and 4.44% from two or more races. 19.19% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 56,036 households out of which 30.9% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% are married couples living together, 11.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% are non-families. 27.8% of all households are made up of individuals and 11.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.57 and the average family size is 3.14.

The median age of individuals residing in Santa Rosa is 36 years. 24.3% are under the age of 18, 9.5% are aged 18 to 24, 30.0% are aged 25 to 44, 22.3% are aged 45 to 64, and 13.9% are 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there are 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 91.8 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $50,931, and the median income for a family is $59,659. Males have a median income of $40,420 versus $30,597 for females. The per capita income for the city is $24,495. 8.5% of the population and 5.1% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 9.5% of those under the age of 18 and 4.7% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

[edit] City image

Horticulturalist Luther Burbank lived in Santa Rosa for over 50 years. He said of Sonoma County, "I firmly believe, from what I have seen, that this is the chosen spot of all this earth as far as Nature is concerned." For many years the City's slogan was, "The City Designed For Living".

But today, early in 2007, the Chamber of Commerce, the City, and Santa Rosa Main Street (a Downtown booster group funded by the City), are searching for a new slogan, to "help the City of Santa Rosa discover its identity". The Chamber says it wants to develop "a strategic community message for marketing the city to visitors, residents, and businesses in the year 2007 and beyond."

Local historian Gaye LeBaron, in a March 4, 2007 Press Democrat column, commented that:

"There is a disconnect between the average Santa Rosan's perception of the town and reality. ... What we have are a lot of people, some old-timers, some fairly new residents, who never, ever intended to live in the fifth-largest city in any area. And, frightened by new crimes, stalled in old traffic, watching tall buildings rise, they're mad as hell! When you stop to think about it, this revelation explains a lot. We have spent decades wondering why we couldn't save the Carrillo Adobe or the Hoag House, why we can't have a plaza like Healdsburg's or Sonoma's, why we've never achieved a proper historical museum like all the other towns around, why it takes so long (20 years for ANYthing) to reach the simplest civic goal, why we have to hire an image consultant to tell us what we represent. It's because we have outgrown the hometown, small-town advantage. We've become a real city while we were busy complaining about our farm town."

[edit] Growth and development

Santa Rosa grew substantially in the 25 years after the end of World War II, in 1945. The population enlarged by 2/3 between 1950 and 1970, an average of 1,000 new residents a year over the 20 years. Some of the increase was from immigration, and some from annexation of portions of the surrounding area.

When the City Council adopted the City's first modern General Plan in 1991, the population was about 113,000. In the 21 years since 1970, Santa Rosa had grown by about 3,000 residents a year--triple the average growth during the previous twenty years.

Santa Rosa 2010, the 1991 General Plan, called for a population of 175,000 in 2010. The Council expanded the City's urban boundary to include all the land then planned for future annexation, and declared it would be Santa Rosa's "ultimate" boundary. The rapid growth that was being criticized as urban sprawl became routine infill development.

At the first five-year update of the plan, in 1996, the Council extended the planning period by ten years, renaming it Vision 2020 (Now Santa Rosa 2020), and added more land and population. Now the City projects a population of 195,000 in 2020.

Today, early in 2007, the population is more than 157,000. There are about 127,000 more Santa Rosans than there were in 1950--an average of about 2,225 a year over the 57 years.

[edit] Government

Santa Rosa is a Charter city [2], governed by an elected seven-member City Council [3]. The current Councilmembers (as of November 2006) are Mayor Bob Blanchard, Jane Bender, Susan Gorin, Veronica Jacobi, Mike Martini, Lee Pierce, and John Sawyer. The Council appoints the members of a number of Boards and Commissions [4].

The Council meets weekly, usually on Tuesday, at 4:00 p.m., in the Council Chamber at City Hall. It often meets prior to this nominally regular meeting for one or more "Study Session(s)", in a conference room in the City Manager's Office, upstairs from the Chamber; and may hold other meetings earlier in the day.

The Council recently renamed the Housing and Redevelopment Department the Department of Economic Development and Housing [5]. With the new stress on "Economic Development", the Department, the Housing Authority, and the Redevelopment Agency, appear to be almost a second city council for developers and other commercial interests.

[edit] Council goals/projects

The City Council adopted in January these Strategic Planning Goals for 2005-2007 [6]:

• Economic Development: Attract and retain business to ensure jobs for our citizens and revenue for our City, while preserving quality of life and the environment.

• Customer Service: Attract, maintain, and train high quality City employees to provide a consistent level of excellent customer service.

• Technology: Ensure Santa Rosa is on the leading edge for technology.

• Gangs: Effectively increase gang prevention, intervention, and enforcement activities while involving the community.

• Environment: Continue to preserve and enhance the environment and promote responsible use of natural resources.

• Downtown: Create an environment (within our Downtown footprint) that encourages its positive evolution.

• Inclusivity: Better serve our diverse community in everything we do.

• Traffic Safety, Enforcement and Calming: Engage the community in reducing traffic congestion and increasing safety.

• Budget and Infrastructure: Create a structurally sound budget that (a) addresses funding needs for infrastructure, construction, and maintenance, and (b) the community will support.

• Neighborhood Safety: Create and maintain vital and safe neighborhoods.

As part of their goal-setting process, the Council also determined to maintain an ongoing focus on these projects:

• Prince Greenway

• A Place to Play

• Courthouse Square

• Food and Wine Center

• Farmers Lane Exit

• Library

• Senior Center

[edit] Sister cities

• Cherkassy, Ukraine
• Jeju City, South Korea
• Los Mochis, Mexico

[edit] Education

The Santa Rosa City Schools district, including an Elementary School and a High School division, operates 30 schools in Santa Rosa. The district is governed by an elected Board of Education, which meets at City Hall.

Santa Rosa students are increasingly the children of Spanish-speaking immigrants, mostly from Mexico. A May 2, 2004 Press Democrat story said,

"Santa Rosa schools have grown increasingly segregated in the past decade, dividing white and Latino majorities onto separate campuses as the number of white students has plummeted in the city's core and west side.

The trend, which is most dramatic in 10 of the city's elementary schools, reflects a rapid influx of Latino students and the accelerated flight of middle-class white students from schools with the lowest test scores and the largest numbers of low-income students."[7]

[edit] Public High Schools

• Santa Rosa High School
• Montgomery High School
• Maria Carrillo High School
• Piner High School
• Elsie Allen High School

[edit] Private High Schools

• Cardinal Newman High School
• Ursuline High School
• Rincon Valley Christian School
• Sonoma Academy
• Santa Rosa Christian School

[edit] Colleges

• Empire College
• New College of California
• Santa Rosa Junior College
• University of San Francisco (USF) - Santa Rosa

The nearest major four-year university campus is Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, specializing in liberal studies, business/economics, and mathematics.

[edit] Major employers

According to the City's Community Profile 2006 [8], five of Santa Rosa's major employers are government agencies, four are manufacturers, two are hospitals, and one is a public utility:

Government:

• City of Santa Rosa

• County of Sonoma

• Santa Rosa City Schools

• Santa Rosa Junior College

• State of California

Manufacturers:

• Agilent Technologies

• Amy's Kitchen

• JDS Uniphase (formerly OCLI)

• Medtronic

Hospitals:

• Kaiser Permanente

• Sutter Medical Center

Public utility:

• AT&T

[edit] Media

[edit] The Press Democrat

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat is the largest newspaper in California's north coastal strip between San Francisco and the Oregon border. Ernest L. Finley, his wife Ruth, daughter Ruth, and son-in-law Evert Person owned and published the "PD" between 1897 and 1985. Evert and Ruth Finley Person sold the paper to the New York Times Company in 1985. The NYT Company also owns the Petaluma Argus Courier, and recently acquired the North Bay Business Journal.[[9]]

E. L. Finley also founded radio station KSRO in 1936, controlling both Santa Rosa's print and broadcast media. Today, with a readership of about 250,000, the PD has a near-monopoly on print news and advertising in Sonoma County and the North Bay Area.

Finley already owned The Evening Press when he bought the Sonoma Democrat from Thomas Thompson in 1897. He merged the papers, calling it The Press Democrat, then bought the competing Santa Rosa Republican in 1927. Under the Finleys, the PD's editorial stance was conservative Republican. The NYT Company's position might be described as moderate Democrat.

As an advertising medium, the PD has a vested interest in the continuing growth and development of the City, County, and region. Located on Mendocino Avenue, in the historic Downtown Area, the paper also has an interest in the redevelopment of the Downtown/Railroad Square commercial district, and maintains a close relationship with the Santa Rosa Chamber of Commerce.

[edit] North Bay Business Journal

The New York Times Company, which owns the Press Democrat, bought the North Bay Business Journal in January 2005 from founders Ken Clark and Randy Sloan. PD publisher Bruce Kyse is the Publisher, and Brad Bollinger is Editor and an Assistant Publisher. Bollinger previously edited the PD's business section. The paper is a strong advocate for local business.

[edit] North Bay Bohemian

The North Bay Bohemian is a free weekly newspaper, specializing in food, arts, and entertainment. It has a letters to the editor page, regular columns, and substantial feature stories. The "Boho" is written for a younger, hipper, and trendier readership than the Press Democrat's. It publishes on Wednesday, and is distributed from vending machines and racks around the city.

[edit] KFTY TV50

KFTY TV50 is Santa Rosa's only private television station. Its offices are downtown at 533 Mendocino Avenue. KFTY recently made news by laying off its entire professional news staff.

[edit] Tourism

Santa Rosa sits at the southwestern gateway to the Sonoma and Napa Valleys of California's famed Wine Country. Many wineries and vineyards are nearby, as well as the Russian River Resort Area, the Sonoma Coast along the Pacific Ocean, Jack London State Historic Park and the redwood trees of Armstrong Redwoods State Reserve.

The City sprawls along Highway 101, about an hour north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge. New airline service by Horizon Air, from the Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport, just north of Santa Rosa, to Los Angeles and Seattle, is scheduled to begin March 20, 2007. The City Council is also encouraging major new commercial and residential development along a proposed Sonoma-Marin Rapid Transit (SMART) railway from Larkspur to Cloverdale--parallel to the congested 101 freeway--which will be developed if local voters approve a new sales tax surcharge.

The City Council pays the Chamber of Commerce to operate the Santa Rosa Convention & Visitors Bureau.[10] The Chamber's visitors center is in the City-owned old railroad depot at the bottom of Fourth Street, in Historic Railroad Square. The SRC&VB has been a California Welcome Center since 2003.

Downtown Santa Rosa, including the central Old Courthouse Square and historic Railroad Square, is a shopping, restaurant, nightclub, and theatre area. Downtown also includes City Hall, State, and Federal office buildings, many banks, and professional offices. The Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital medical center area is just to the east.

The City Council funds a private booster group, Santa Rosa Main Street, which lobbies the City to revitalize the traditional business district. Three new mixed-use, high-rise buildings, and a new City parking garage, are under development. The Council and Downtown business boosters hope condos atop the new buildings will house a population to keep the area alive 24 hours a day.

The neighboring towns of Bodega Bay, Calistoga, Guerneville, Healdsburg, Petaluma, Sebastopol, Sonoma and Windsor are popular with tourists, and readily accessible from Santa Rosa.

[edit] Local Attractions

• Carrillo Adobe. Built in 1837 for Dona Maria Ignacio Lopez de Carrillo (General Mariano Vallejo's mother-in-law), the Carrillo Adobe was the first home on the site of the future Santa Rosa. The remains of the Carrillo home rest behind a cyclone fence off Montgomery Drive, on property owned by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa in California, adjacent to its Cathedral of St. Eugene.
• Luther Burbank Home and Gardens
• Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center
• The Redwood Empire Ice Arena ("Snoopy's Home Ice")
• Sonoma County Museum
• Safari West
• Annadel State Park
• Spring Lake County Park

[edit] Performing and Visual Arts

Santa Rosa has a strong arts scene and is home to many influential performing and visual artists.

The performing arts in Santa Rosa are represented by the Santa Rosa Symphony, the Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts (formerly the Luther Burbank Center), and the Santa Rosa Players and the Actors Theatre, both located at the 6th Street Playhouse. Santa Rosa is the home of the North Bay Theatre Group, an alliance of some 40 theatre companies, theatre departments and individual performance companies from five North Bay counties. Santa Rosa High School is the home of ArtQuest, an arts program that attracts many students from outside the district and city.

The visual arts are represented by the Sonoma County Museum and numerous independent art galleries. The Arts Council of Sonoma County is also based there. The annual ARTrails event showcases the work of local visual artists from around Sonoma County, who open their private studios for two weekends in the fall to the public.

[edit] Law enforcement and crime

The Santa Rosa Police Department currently has 259 employees, of which 172 are sworn peace officers. Its budget is more than $40,000,000, comprising more than one third of the city's entire General Fund Budget. Edwin F. Flint, who also is a Colonel in the United States Army Reserves, has been Police Chief since January 20, 2004 [11].

The fatal shooting of a mentally disturbed 16-year-old Sebastopol boy, by two Sonoma County Sheriff's Deputies on March 12, 2007, has led to renewed requests for an independent civilian police review board. The Santa Rosa Police Department is investigating the shooting, at the same time as the Sheriff's Department is investigating the February shooting death of a fleeing homicide suspect, by a Santa Rosa SWAT team ^[2].

[edit] History

Local historian Gaye LeBaron, a retired Press Democrat columnist, is the author of two modern histories: Santa Rosa: a 19th Century Town; and Santa Rosa: a 20th Century Town. The Sonoma State University Library, in Rohnert Park, holds the Gaye LeBaron Collection: 700 file folders of her research notes and primary source materials, containing some 10,000 documents.

The Santa Rosa Central Library, the largest branch of the Sonoma County Library system, has a Local History and Genealogy Annex, located behind the Central Library [12].

[edit] Notable Natives and Residents

[edit] Luther Burbank

Santa Rosa was the home of horticulturalist Luther Burbank, who said of Sonoma County, "I firmly believe, from what I have seen, that this is the chosen spot of all this earth as far as Nature is concerned." Burbank lived in Santa Rosa for more than 50 years in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, working to develop new strains of plants and toward improving the world's food supply. During that time, he introduced more than 200 varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, and ornamental flowers, including the Shasta daisy and the Santa Rosa plum. (Note: Burbank introduced the Russet Burbank Potato prior to his move to Santa Rosa.) His home and the surrounding gardens, now called the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, are located in downtown Santa Rosa and have been designated a California Historical Landmark and a National Historic Landmark. Burbank is buried under an oak tree on the property.

[edit] Robert Ripley

Santa Rosa is the birthplace of cartoonist Robert Ripley, creator of Ripley's Believe It or Not!. The Church of the One Tree, a church built entirely of the wood from a single redwood tree, and popularized by Ripley, stands on the north side of Juilliard Park in downtown Santa Rosa, across the street from the Luther Burbank Home and Gardens. Ripley is buried in the Oddfellows Lawn Cemetery, next to the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery.

[edit] Charles M. Schulz

For over 30 years, Santa Rosa was home to Charles M. Schulz, the world-famous cartoonist and creator of the beloved comic strip Peanuts. The Charles Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa celebrates his life's work and the art of cartooning. A bronze statue of Charlie Brown and Snoopy stands in Depot Park at the northwest corner of 4th and Wilson Streets in downtown Santa Rosa's Railroad Square District.

In 2000, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors rechristened the "Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport" in his honor. The airport's amusing logo features Snoopy with goggles and scarf, taking to the skies on top of his red doghouse.

Charles Schulz's drawings were first published by Santa Rosa's Robert Ripley in Ripley's Believe It or Not!

[edit] William Mark Felt

Since 1993, Santa Rosa has been the home of William Mark Felt, who revealed in 2005 that he had been the Washington Post's Watergate source known to the public only as "Deep Throat".

[edit] Dan Hicks

Singer-song writer Dan Hicks grew up in Santa Rosa. He started playing drums in grade school, played snare drum in marching band, and was playing gigs with area dance bands when he was 14. Thinking about a career in broadcasting, he had a spot on the local radio program "Time Out for Teens", while going to Montgomery High in the '50s.

Dan began playing guitar and singing while going to San Francisco State College (where he earned a degree in Broadcasting), and became part of the SF coffeehouse folk music scene. By 1965 he was playing drums with the San Francisco folk-rock group The Charlatans. They were the house band at the new Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City, Nevada; and were among the groups that inspired the SF '60s psychedelic dancehall scene. He began recording in 1969 as Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, an acoustic group with two female backup singers.

Dan lives in Mill Valley, tours with the current version of the Hot Licks, and also sings with the group Bayside Jazz.

[edit] Tom Waits

Santa Rosa (and nearby Sebastopol) is the home of noted musician and actor Tom Waits. Known for his thick, raspy voice, and songs that vary from love ballad to freakish storyline, he has been considered a cult music icon for decades. It is not uncommon for locals to see him browsing the racks of The Last Record Store or at Copperfield's Books.

[edit] Levi Leipheimer

Professional cyclist Levi Leipheimer ('līp-"hī-mər) calls Santa Rosa his home when not racing in Europe. He was a member of the United States Postal Service cycling team that saw Lance Armstrong win the Tour de France. Then, as leader of the Gerolsteiner team, Leipheimer won the Tour of Germany and finished in the top five in the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España, and notched a podium finish in the Dauphiné Libéré. He still competes in the UCI Pro Tour, which includes the Tour, Giro, and Vuelta. On 26 February 2006, Leipheimer finished sixth overall (riding first through Santa Rosa) in the inaugural Amgen Tour of California (designed to rival the Tour de France in the United States) but, true to his strength (climbing), he captured the King of the Mountain title.^[3] In 2007, now as leader of the Discovery Channel team, he returned to capture 1st overall at the 2007 Tour of California.

[edit] Natalie Wood

A native of San Francisco, actress Natalie Wood lived in Santa Rosa with her parents when she appeared at age four in her first film, The Happy Land (1943).

[edit] Film locations

Santa Rosa has served as a location for many major films, including (courtesy of oldmovies.com):

• The Happy Land (1943) Shot in Santa Rosa and Healdsburg. Natalie Wood's first movie, at age four.
• Shadow of a Doubt (1943) Alfred Hitchcock's personal favorite, filmed at Santa Rosa Railroad Depot, NWP Engine #140, Old Courthouse Square, Public Library, and McDonald Avenue. The 1991 telefilm involved eight weeks' filming on McDonald Avenue.
• The Sullivans (1944) Shot on Morgan Street.
• All My Sons (1948) Shot on McDonald Avenue.
• The Wonderful World of Disney The "Inky the Crow" episodes (beginning in the late 1960s) filmed in the Fountain Grove area.
• Storm Center (1956) Bette Davis spent six weeks on location at the Santa Rosa Main Library, which keeps a collection of clippings. (Davis spent a lot of time with the women's clubs and with real librarian Ruth Hall, leaving a lasting impression.)
• Pollyanna (1960) Featured the Mableton Mansion (also known as the McDonald Mansion), on McDonald Avenue.
• Little Dog Lost (1963) Filmed in Santa Rosa and Cloverdale.
• It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) The sequence involving the plane and the control tower was shot at the Sonoma County Airport (in unincorporated Sonoma County between Santa Rosa and Windsor).
• The Candidate (1972) Shot in Howarth Park.
• Slither (1972) Highway 101 south of Santa Rosa, and Cloverdale.
• Steelyard Blues (1973) Shot in downtown Santa Rosa and at the Sonoma County Airport.
• Smile (1975) Shot at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and many other nearby locations. Made into a 1986 Broadway musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch.
• Little Miss Marker (1980) Shot at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds.
• Shoot the Moon (1982) Used a real Carl's Jr. on Industrial Drive at Cleveland Avenue. Also filmed at Wolf House at Jack London State Park.
• Cujo (1983) Locations include Santa Rosa and Petaluma.
• Goonies (1985) End of the movie shot at Goat Rock Beach near Jenner, about 50 minutes from Santa Rosa.
• Smooth Talk (1985) Locations include Santa Rosa and Sebastopol.
• The Blue Yonder (1985, TV) "Lower" 4th Street (west of Highway 101) in Railroad Square.
• Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) Locations include Santa Rosa High School and Petaluma.
• Wildfire (1988) Wood Pontiac & Cadillac on Corby Avenue.
• Wired (1989) Filmed in Santa Rosa.
• Die Hard II (1990) Scenes shot at Santa Rosa Air Center.
• Shadow of a Doubt (1991, TV) McDonald Avenue and the Train Depot. (Also in downtown Petaluma.)
• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot! (1992) Shot over a four-week period at Santa Rosa Air Center.
• Phenomenon (1996) Used Santa Rosa Junior College as an establishing shot for UC Berkeley. Also used "The Wagon Wheel" bar off of Highway 101 for bar scenes.
• Scream (1996) A house on McDonald Avenue, a local grocery store and a video store. Santa Rosa High School would have been used, but a lengthy legal battle due to the film's promiscuous content forced the crew to shoot in Healdsburg.
• Inventing the Abbotts (1997) Shot at Santa Rosa High School and in Healdsburg.
• Mumford (1999) Shot at Santa Rosa Junior College, other Santa Rosa locations, and in Guerneville and Healdsburg.
• Bandits (2001) Locations included the Flamingo Hotel (known by locals as the "Flaming O"^[4]).
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) Set in Santa Rosa.
• Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) Filmed in Railroad Square. Also, the family home in fictional Midland, Illinois, was filmed in rural Petaluma.

[edit] Notable facts

[edit] See also

• List of wineries in Santa Rosa, California
• Mark West, California
• Sonoma Valley
• City of Sonoma
• Wine Country (California)

[edit] References

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Santa Rosa City official website
• Santa Rosa Main Street website
• Sonoma County Museum website
• Sonoma County Historical Society
• Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition website
• Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center website
• Snoopy's Home Ice website
• 6th Street Playhouse website
• Safari West website
• Santa Rosa Symphony website
• Wells Fargo Center for the Performing Arts website
• ArtQuest website
• ARTrails website
• Santa Rosa About.com website
• Santa Rosa Opera Singer

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Counties	Alameda | Alpine | Amador | Butte | Calaveras | Colusa | Contra Costa | Del Norte | El Dorado | Fresno | Glenn | Humboldt | Imperial | Inyo | Kern | Kings | Lake | Lassen | Los Angeles | Madera | Marin | Mariposa | Mendocino | Merced | Modoc | Mono | Monterey | Napa | Nevada | Orange | Placer | Plumas | Riverside | Sacramento | San Benito | San Bernardino | San Diego | San Francisco | San Joaquin | San Luis Obispo | San Mateo | Santa Barbara | Santa Clara | Santa Cruz | Shasta | Sierra | Siskiyou | Solano | Sonoma | Stanislaus | Sutter | Tehama | Trinity | Tulare | Tuolumne | Ventura | Yolo | Yuba