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Santa Rosa

American  
[san-tuh roh-zuh, sahn-tah raw-sah] / ˈsæn tə ˈroʊ zə, ˈsɑn tɑ ˈrɔ sɑ /

noun

  1. a city in W California, N of San Francisco.

  2. a city in central Argentina.


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Sarris grew up in a white family in Santa Rosa alongside three siblings.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

It was in these formative years that Greg became acquainted with Native American people in Santa Rosa, always feeling a mysterious pull toward them.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

The Santa Rosa Island fire burned through a third of the second-largest Channel island.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

Already though, there’s been positive signs for the island foxes and the western snowy plover, a threatened shorebird that has a year-round population on Santa Rosa.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

Many affluent families left Pensacola for Santa Rosa County, and military families from nearby Eglin Air Force Base settled there.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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