City in California, United States
Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, United States, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California.
Its population as of the 2020 census was 178,127. It is the largest city in California's Wine Country and Redwood Coast. It is the fifth most popular city in the Bay Area after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont; and the 27th-most populous city in California.
How locals move
Getting around Santa Rosa the local way
- Get inThe train and bike path connects to the Golden Gate Ferry in Larkspur, with connecting service from San Francisco; it provides commuter mass transit between some of the most major cities in the Wine Country with local stops in: Hitchhiking in the North Bay is an accepted practice, but as always have your wits about you.
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