{"id":97657,"count":6,"description":"Reporting by Steven Gu from his home in Santa Rosa, California.\r\n\r\nAs you approach Santa Rosa, in Sonoma County, California, the city welcomes you with a sign reading \u201cFrom the ash, we will rise.\u201d This is a dire reminder of the deadly Tubbs fire that ravaged the city in 2017, killing dozens of people and destroying over 5600 houses and businesses. It is a scar that will remain on the hearts of Sonoma County residents for years to come. Despite this painful past, Sonoma County is still a beautiful place, with grapevines covering the rising hills, cliffs overlooking the ocean, and forests of giant redwoods. The streets of Santa Rosa are lined with a mix of Victorian, colonial, ranch-style, and modern houses, quaint [or whatever] shops, and people from all walks of life. There are hippies with their cups of Yerba Mate, ranchers from up north, winery owners from the valley, surfers, beer bottlers, city workers, and scores of the homeless. An hour north of San Francisco, Sonoma County struggles to provide affordable housing and access to a good education. But it was quick to respond to the threat of Coronavirus: the very first county in the U.S. to declare a stay-at-home order.\u00a0","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/category\/santa-rosa-ca\/","name":"Santa Rosa, CA","slug":"santa-rosa-ca","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/97657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=97657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}