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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

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

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 13, 2026

“There’s a lot of unknowns,” said Sasha Travaglio, a spokesperson for the Santa Rosa Island fire Burned Area Emergency Response team, which includes a hydrologist, a soil scientist, an archaeologist, a paleontologist and a botanist.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

A destructive wildfire burned through a third of Santa Rosa Island.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

I was fortunate enough to go to the Santa Rosa, California, home of Dr. George McCabe, a San Francisco State University professor, and his wife, Carol, and their four children.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals

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