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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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Compared with the pace in Santa Rosa after the 2017 Tubbs fire, The Times’ analysis found rebuilding in both Altadena and Pacific Palisades was markedly slower.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The children at Madrone Elementary School in Santa Rosa heard the news and were asked by their teacher to write notes of sympathy to the pupils of Pantglas Junior School.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

In 1988, Cheryl and her late husband bought their Santa Rosa home for about $149,000.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

As a child, Clara Spars, who grew up in Charles M. Schulz’s adoptive hometown of Santa Rosa, assumed that every city had life-size “Peanuts” statues dotting its streets.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

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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