Where There is Smoke -- October 12, 2017

Big wildfires have torn through Napa, Sonoma and Solano Counties since Sunday night.  Mendocino and Lake Counties also have big fires.  Santa Rosa got hit hard.  Relatives have had to evacuate.  The air in San Francisco is full of smoke.  We could smell it in Pacifica when we left the house this morning.  Kids are being kept in the classroom at recess and lunch time. 

I took the shot looking down Fremont towards the new Transbay Terminal.  

Sonoma County Fair 2012 #1 -- August 12, 2012

We went to the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa yesterday.  We had not been for many years.  We saw the flowers, the animals and the horse races.  I think this is the exciting conclusion of the 9th race, the Wine Country Debutante.  The weather was not as hot as I had expected.  Traffic was good going both ways. 

Train Station #36 -- July 6, 2011

The Santa Rosa depot was built by the San Francisco and North Pacific, a predecessor of the Northwestern Pacific, my favorite railroad, in 1904. It was the scene of the climax of Alfted Hithcock's movie Shadow of a Doubt. Now it servers as a visitor center. This is my happy tribute to the NWP, which has started running trains for the first time in ten years.

Pacific Coast Steamship Company -- September 17, 2009

The Pacific Coast Steamship Company ran vessels along the west coast. The fast steamer Santa Rosa sailed from San Francisco to San Pedro until 3am on 7-July-1911, when she ran aground near Point Arguello. Most of the 200 passengers were rescued. One report said eight passengers and four crew members died.