119-538: Natalie Wood (née Zacharenko ; July 20, 1938 – November 29, 1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. Wood started acting at age four and was given a co-starring role at age eight in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). As a teenager, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Rebel Without
238-489: A Golden Globe Award . Wood's films represented a "coming of age" for her and for Hollywood films in general. Critics have suggested that her cinematic career represents a portrait of modern American womanhood in transition, as she was one of the few to take both child roles and those of middle-aged characters. On November 29, 1981, at the age of 43, Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Catalina Island during
357-516: A mental institution . Meanwhile, Susan shows Kris a magazine photo of her dream house and tells him she wants it for Christmas. Kris promises to do his best. In the company cafeteria, young employee Alfred tells Kris that Sawyer convinced him that he is unstable simply because he enjoys dressing as Santa Claus. Kris immediately confronts Sawyer, eventually striking him on the head with an umbrella. Sawyer, outraged, brings Kris to Bellevue Hospital . Tricked into cooperating and believing Doris to be in on
476-573: A public square in the center. This pattern has been largely maintained in downtown to this day, despite changes to the central square, now called Old Courthouse Square. In 1867, the county recognized Santa Rosa as an incorporated city; in 1868, the state officially confirmed the incorporation, making it the third incorporated city in Sonoma County after Petaluma , incorporated in 1858, and Healdsburg , incorporated in 1867. United States Census Bureau records show that after California became
595-400: A stand-in and sound-alikes were used to replace Wood for some of her crucial shots. By this time, Wood had already completed all of her major scenes, and Trumbull proceeded to complete the film by rewriting the script and using Natalie Wood's younger sister, Lana Wood, for Natalie Wood's few remaining scenes. The film was released posthumously on September 30, 1983, and was dedicated to Wood in
714-590: A 1990 television film starring Jane Seymour .) She expected to follow her performance as Anastasia on the stage with a starring stint in a film adaptation of the work. Wood appeared in 56 films for cinema and television. In one of her last interviews before her death, she was defined as "our sexual conscience on the silver screen". Following her death, Time magazine noted that although critical praise for Wood had been sparse throughout her career, "she always had work". Miracle on 34th Street Miracle on 34th Street (initially released as The Big Heart in
833-404: A Cause (1955), Nicholas Ray 's film about teenage rebellion. Wood had to sign to a long-term contract with Warner Bros. but she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . She later said it was the first script she read that she actually wanted to do as opposed to being told to do by her parents; she also said her parents were opposed to her doing it. "Until then I did what I
952-814: A Cause (1955), followed by a role in John Ford 's The Searchers (1956). Wood starred in the musical films West Side Story (1961) and Gypsy (1962) and received nominations for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performances in Splendor in the Grass (1961) and Love with the Proper Stranger (1963). Her career continued with films such as Sex and the Single Girl (1964), The Great Race (1965), Inside Daisy Clover (1965), and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969). During
1071-533: A New York Post Office mail sorter sees Susan's letter, addressed to Kris at the New York courthouse, he suggests delivering all of the dead letters addressed to Santa Claus to Kris and freeing up storage space. As court resumes, Fred is informed of the mail delivery; he argues that the Post Office , a branch of the U.S. federal government, has acknowledged that Kris is the one and only Santa Claus by delivering
1190-608: A Rose Garden but she did not appear in it. Wood later said making Penelope was difficult for her. "I broke out in hives and suffered anguish that was very real pain every day we shot", she recalled. "Arthur Hiller, the director, kept saying, 'Natalie, I think you're resisting this film', while I rolled around the floor in agony." By 1966, Wood suffered emotionally and in an attempt to overcome her emotional problems, she sought professional therapy. She paid Warner Bros. $ 175,000 to cancel her contract and fired her entire support team: agents, managers, publicist, accountant, and attorneys. In
1309-448: A TV spot. In November 2006, it was re-released as a two-disc "Special Edition" DVD, with disc one containing an "all new colorized version" carried out by Legend Films . The second disc had the original version and numerous extras, including The 20th Century Fox Hour ' s 1955 TV remake . Both discs also included a full-length audio commentary by Maureen O'Hara. The B&W disc has since been re-released several times, including in
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#17327824492591428-525: A break from production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm (1983). She was with her husband Wagner and Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken . The events surrounding her death have been the subject of conflicting witness statements, prompting the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department , under the instruction of the coroner's office, to list her cause of death as "drowning and other undetermined factors" in 2012. In 2018, Wagner
1547-500: A butterfly to pieces in front of her to ensure she would sob for a scene. Welles later said that Wood was a born professional, "so good, she was terrifying." He also said "Natalie doesn't act from the script, she acts from the heart." Wood acted in another film directed by Pichel, The Bride Wore Boots , and went on to 20th Century Fox to play Gene Tierney 's daughter in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947). Wood's best-known film as
1666-463: A cane Kris owns. They both begin to ponder whether Kris really is Santa Claus. Throughout the process of getting this script accepted by the PCA , the movie underwent multiple different title changes, starting as My Heart Tells Me and then progressing into The Big Heart , It's Only Human , Meet Me at Dawn , and finally ended with the name Miracle on 34th Street . These title changes all happened within
1785-531: A child actress, Wood received significant media attention. By age nine, she had been named the "most exciting juvenile motion picture star of the year" by Parents magazine. In the 1953–54 television season, Wood played Ann Morrison, the teenage daughter in The Pride of the Family , an ABC situation comedy . She appeared as a teenager on episodes of The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse , Public Defender , Mayor of
1904-473: A child was Miracle on 34th Street (1947), starring Maureen O'Hara and John Payne at Fox. She plays a cynical girl who comes to believe a kindly department store holiday-season employee portrayed by Edmund Gwenn is the real Santa Claus. The film has become a Christmas classic; Wood was counted among the top child stars in Hollywood after the film and was so popular that Macy's invited her to appear in
2023-450: A female householder with no husband present, 3,615 (5.7%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 5,020 (7.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 757 (1.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 18,021 households (28.3%) were made up of individuals, and 7,474 (11.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59. There were 39,231 families (61.7% of all households);
2142-525: A four-month time period. These title changes occurred while the filmmakers were fixing any other discrepancies that the PCA required them to fix before the production of the film could begin. O'Hara was initially reluctant to take the role, having recently moved back to post-war Ireland. She immediately changed her mind after reading the script and came back to the United States for the film. John Payne
2261-651: A major center for civil defense activity (under the Office of Emergency Planning and the Office of Emergency Preparedness) until 1979 when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was created in its place, ending the civil defense's 69-year history. When the City Council adopted the city's first modern General Plan in 1991, the population was about 113,000. In the 21 years following 1970, Santa Rosa grew by about 3,000 residents
2380-455: A one-hour adaptation of the movie on three occasions: on December 22, 1947, which starred the original cast including Natalie Wood; on December 20, 1948, without Natalie Wood's participation; and on December 21, 1954. There were also two broadcasts on Screen Directors Playhouse : as a half-hour play on December 23, 1949; and then as a one-hour play on December 21, 1950. All of these adaptations had Edmund Gwenn reprising his screen role. It
2499-569: A pairing with the 1994 remake. In October 2009, 20th Century Fox released the B&;W version on Blu-ray with all previous extras, bar the TV remake. In 2017, the film was restored in 4K resolution ; so far this version is only available via DCP . A 1994 feature film starred Richard Attenborough , Elizabeth Perkins , Dylan McDermott , J. T. Walsh , Timothy Shea, James Remar , Jane Leeves , Simon Jones , William Windom and Mara Wilson . It
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#17327824492592618-584: A role model for Natalie." "Her roles raised the possibility that one's sensitivity could mark a person as a kind of victim," noted Tibbetts. After a "series of bad films, her career was already in decline", according to author Douglas Rathgeb. She was then cast in Kazan's Splendor in the Grass (1961) with Warren Beatty . Kazan wrote in his 1997 memoir that the "sages" of the film community declared her "washed up" as an actress, but he still wanted to interview her for his next film: When I saw her, I detected behind
2737-488: A romance with a white former gang member whose threatening world of outcasts also alienated him from lawful behavior." Although Wood's singing in the film was voiced by Marni Nixon , West Side Story is still regarded as one of Wood's best films. Wood sang when she starred in the film Gypsy (1962) alongside Rosalind Russell . Her appearance in that film led critic Pauline Kael to comment "clever little Natalie Wood… [the] most machine-tooled of Hollywood ingénues." At
2856-816: A scene in the film, as a result of "Kazan's wizardry… produced a hysteria in Natalie that may be her most powerful moment as an actress." Actor Gary Lockwood , who also performed in the film, felt that "Kazan and Natalie were a terrific marriage, because you had this beautiful girl, and you had somebody that could get things out of her." Kazan's favorite scene in the film was the last one, when Wood goes back to see her lost first love, Bud (Beatty). "It's terribly touching to me. I still like it when I see it," wrote Kazan. He added, "I didn't have to give her any direction for that final scene; she knew exactly how to play it." For her performance in Splendor , Wood received nominations for
2975-544: A special by NBC . In between these she made Peeper (1975) with Michael Caine . She made cameo appearances on Wagner's prime-time detective series Switch in 1978 as Bubble Bath Girl, and his series Hart to Hart in 1979 as Movie Star. After another lengthy break, she appeared in the ensemble disaster film Meteor (1979) with Sean Connery and the sex comedy The Last Married Couple in America (1980) with George Segal and Valerie Harper . Her performance in
3094-469: A state, Santa Rosa grew steadily, though it lagged behind nearby Petaluma in the 1850s and early 1860s. In the 1870 census , Santa Rosa was the eighth-largest city in California, and county seat of one of the most populous counties in the state. Growth and development after that was steady but never rapid. The city continued to grow when other early population centers declined or stagnated, but by 1900 it
3213-587: A tribute to filmmaker Sam Wood . Her only full sibling, sister Svetlana, was born in Santa Monica in 1946 and later also became an actress under the name Lana Wood . Wood's first appearance on screen came when she was just 4 years old in the March 1943 release of The Moon Is Down based on the John Steinbeck book of the same name. Shortly thereafter, she was cast again in a fifteen-second scene in
3332-445: A witness and gets him to admit that he believes Santa Claus exists. Macy then fires Sawyer. Next, Fred calls Mara's own young son, who testifies that his father told him that Santa is real. Mara concedes the point, but goes on to demand that Fred prove that Kris is "the one and only" Santa Claus on the basis of a competent authority by the following day. Meanwhile, Susan writes Kris a letter to cheer him up, which Doris also signs. When
3451-520: A woman to another store to fulfill her son's Christmas request. Impressed, the woman informs Shellhammer that she will become a loyal Macy's customer. Attorney Fred Gailey, Doris's neighbor, takes Doris's daughter, Susan, to see Santa. After hearing Kris speak Dutch to an orphan girl from the Netherlands , Susan is amazed. Doris, who has raised Susan to not believe in fairy tales , asks Kris to tell Susan "the truth", but Kris insists that he really
3570-526: A wonderful film, Miracle on 34th Street delivers a warm holiday message without resorting to treacle." The Catholic Legion of Decency gave the movie a "B", "morally objectionable in part" rating. This was mainly due to the fact that O'Hara portrayed a divorcée in the film. Gwenn won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role , Valentine Davies for Best Writing, Original Story and George Seaton for Best Writing, Screenplay . The film
3689-423: A year—triple the average growth during the previous twenty years. Santa Rosa 2010 , the 1991 General Plan, called for a population of 175,000 in 2010. The Council expanded the city's urban boundary to include all the land then planned for future annexation, and declared it would be Santa Rosa's "ultimate" boundary. The rapid growth that was being criticized as urban sprawl became routine infill development. At
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3808-417: Is Santa Claus. Worried, Doris decides to fire Kris, but R. H. Macy , the store's owner, promises bonuses to Doris and Shellhammer because of the positive publicity Kris has given the store. To alleviate Doris's misgivings, Shellhammer suggests Granville Sawyer administer a "psychological evaluation". After doing so, Sawyer is convinced Kris has a grandiose delusion and insists for Kris to be fired and put in
3927-503: Is changed to Karen in this version. This would prove to be the final version in which the department store was actually Macy's. David Doyle, who played R. H. Macy in this version, had played Mr. Sawyer in the original Broadway cast of Here's Love 10 years earlier. In 2012, the flagship Macy's Department Store at Herald Square in New York City featured a 30-minute puppet version of the story within its Santaland display, featuring
4046-401: Is held down by social pressure," adding that "she clings to things with her eyes," a quality he found especially "appealing." Finstad felt that although Wood had never trained in method acting techniques, "working with Kazan brought her to the greatest emotional heights of her career. The experience was exhilarating, but wrenching for Natalie, who faced her demons on Splendor. " She adds that
4165-588: Is land and 0.205 sq mi (0.5 km ), comprising 0.49%, is water. The city is part of the North Bay region, which includes such cities as Petaluma , Rohnert Park , Windsor , and smaller cities as Sonoma , Healdsburg , Sebastopol . It lies along the US Route 101 corridor, approximately 55 miles (89 km) north of San Francisco , via the Golden Gate Bridge . Santa Rosa lies on
4284-556: Is slightly lower than the rate of California (411.1 per 100,000 people) and higher than that of the entire U.S. (386.3 per 100,000 people). 2021 and especially its late spring and summer saw an increase in shootings, violence, homicides, drug, gang, and homeless-related crimes. The increase was up to double for some crimes and problems, compared to the previous several years. There are at least 2,700 homeless people in Sonoma County. Around 1,500 are in Santa Rosa, about one percent of
4403-588: Is the fifth most populous city in the Bay Area after San Jose , San Francisco , Oakland , and Fremont ; and the 25th-most populous city in California. Before the arrival of Europeans, what became known as the Santa Rosa Plain was home to a strong and populous tribe of Pomo people known as the Bitakomtara. The Bitakomtara controlled the area closely, barring passage to others until permission
4522-520: The Academy Award , Golden Globe Award , and BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role . Wood played Maria, a restless Puerto Rican girl on the West Side of Manhattan, in West Side Story , Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise 's 1961 film of the stage musical, which was a critical and box-office success. Tibbetts wrote of similarities in her role in this film and the earlier Rebel. She
4641-652: The Russian River . The population increased by two-thirds between 1950 and 1970, an average of 1,000 new residents a year over the 20-year period. Some of the increase was from annexation of portions of the surrounding area. In 1958, the United States Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization designated Santa Rosa as one of its eight regional headquarters, with jurisdiction over Region 7, which included American Samoa , Arizona , California , Guam , Hawaii , Nevada , and Utah . Santa Rosa continued as
4760-595: The Tubbs Fire , a 45,000-acre wildfire that claimed the lives of at least 19 people in Sonoma County. Named after its origin near Tubbs Lane and Highway 128 in adjacent Napa County, the fire became a major section of the most destructive and third deadliest firestorm in California history. Most homes in the Coffey Park, Larkfield-Wikiup , and Fountain Grove neighborhoods were destroyed. A notable exception to
4879-568: The United States Geological Survey released a map detailing the results of a new tool that measures ground shaking during an earthquake. The map determined that the 1906 San Francisco earthquake was most powerful in an area between Santa Rosa and what is now Sebastopol , causing more damage in Santa Rosa (for its size) than any other city affected. On October 1, 1969, two earthquakes of magnitudes 5.6 and 5.7 shook Santa Rosa, damaging about 100 structures. They were
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4998-822: The movie posters prominently featured O'Hara and Payne, with Gwenn's character kept in the background. The film opened in New York City at the Roxy Theatre on June 4, 1947. By contrast, modern home video packaging has Gwenn and Wood dominating the imagery, with the DVD release having Kringle in his Santa Claus costume. Miracle on 34th Street mostly received positive reviews from critics. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times said: "For all those blasé skeptics who do not believe in Santa Claus—and likewise for all those natives who have grown cynical about New York—but most especially for all those patrons who have grown weary of
5117-552: The 1820s, before the Carrillos built their adobe in the 1830s, Spanish and Mexican settlers from nearby Sonoma and other settlements to the south were known to raise livestock in the area. They slaughtered animals at the fork of the Santa Rosa Creek and Matanzas Creek , near the intersection of modern-day Santa Rosa and Sonoma avenues. This is thought to have been the origin of the name of Matanzas Creek; because it
5236-402: The 1970s, Wood began a hiatus from film and had two daughters: one with her second husband Richard Gregson , and one with Robert Wagner , her first husband whom she married again after divorcing Gregson. She acted in only two feature films throughout the decade, but she appeared slightly more often in television productions, including a remake of From Here to Eternity (1979) for which she won
5355-558: The December 2005 issue of Classic Images . A 1973 television version featured Jane Alexander , David Hartman , Roddy McDowall , Sebastian Cabot as Kris (without his natural beard; he was forced to shave and wear a false beard for the role), Suzanne Davidson, Jim Backus , David Doyle and Tom Bosley . It was adapted by Jeb Rosebrook from the George Seaton screenplay, and directed by Fielder Cook . Mrs. Walker's first name
5474-547: The Fine Young Cannibals (1960), she lost momentum. Wood's career was in a transition period, having until then consisted of roles as a child or as a teenager. Biographer Suzanne Finstad wrote that a "turning point" in Wood's life as an actress took place when she saw the film A Streetcar Named Desire (1951): "She was transformed, in awe of director Elia Kazan and of Vivien Leigh 's performance… [who] became
5593-541: The Hispanic population, 98% of Santa Rosa is Mexican , 0.8% Salvadoran , and 0.4% Puerto Rican . The Census reported that 164,405 people (98.0% of the population) lived in households, 1,697 (1.0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 1,713 (1.0%) were institutionalized. There were 63,590 households, out of which 20,633 (32.4%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 27,953 (44.0%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 7,663 (12.1%) had
5712-750: The Santa Rosa Plain. The city's eastern extremities stretch into the Valley of the Moon, and the Sonoma Creek watershed known as the Sonoma Valley . The city's western edge lies in the Laguna de Santa Rosa catchment basin. The city is in the watershed of Santa Rosa Creek , which rises on Hood Mountain and discharges to the Laguna de Santa Rosa. Tributary basins to Santa Rosa Creek lying significantly in
5831-411: The Single Girl (1964) and The Great Race (1965), the latter with Jack Lemmon , and Peter Falk . In The Great Race , her ability to speak Russian was an asset given to her character Maggie DuBois, justifying the character's recording the progress of the race across Siberia and entering the race at the beginning as a contestant. Director Sydney Pollack was quoted as saying about Wood, "When she
5950-597: The Town , Four Star Playhouse , The Ford Television Theatre , and General Electric Theater , and also appeared in a TV version of Heidi . She described the GE Theater episode, "Carnival", as one of the best things she ever did. She had roles in the feature films The Silver Chalice (1954) and One Desire (1955). Wood successfully made the transition from child star to ingénue at age 16 when she co-starred with James Dean and Sal Mineo in Rebel Without
6069-551: The United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox , written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies . It stars Maureen O'Hara , John Payne , Natalie Wood , and Edmund Gwenn . The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas in New York City , and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be
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#17327824492596188-600: The United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved Miracle on 34th Street in 2009. Davies also wrote a short novelization of the tale, which was published by Harcourt Brace simultaneously with the film's release. On the morning of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade ,
6307-410: The age of 25, Wood received her third Academy Award nomination for Love with the Proper Stranger (1963), making Wood (along with Teresa Wright ) the youngest person to score three Oscar nominations. This record was later broken by Jennifer Lawrence in 2013 and Saoirse Ronan in 2017, both of whom scored their third nominations at the age of 23. Wood made two comedies with Tony Curtis : Sex and
6426-648: The anti- Bolshevik civilian forces during the war, was killed in a street fight between the Red Army and White Russian soldiers in Vladivostok . After that, his widow and three sons fled to Shanghai , subsequently relocating to Vancouver at the time of Wood's paternal grandmother's remarriage in 1927. By 1933, they moved to the United States. Her parents met while her mother was still married to Tatuloff. They were married in February 1938, five months before Wood
6545-655: The average family size was 3.18. In terms of age cohorts, there were 39,217 people (23.4%) under the age of 18, 15,982 people (9.5%) aged 18 to 24, 46,605 people (27.8%) aged 25 to 44, 43,331 people (25.8%) aged 45 to 64, and 22,680 people (13.5%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.2 males. There were 67,396 housing units at an average density of 1,624.0 units per square mile (627.0 units/km ), of which 34,427 (54.1%) were owner-occupied, and 29,163 (45.9%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate
6664-442: The business, I never met a smarter moppet." Wood remembered that period in her life, saying, "I always felt guilty when I knew the crew was sitting around waiting for me to finish my three hours. As soon as the teacher let us go, I ran to the set as fast as I could." Wood's mother continued to play a significant role in her daughter's early career, coaching her and micromanaging aspects of her career even after Wood acquired agents. As
6783-426: The city are Brush Creek , Matanzas Creek , and Piner Creek . Other water bodies within the city include Fountaingrove Lake , Lake Ralphine , and Santa Rosa Creek Reservoir . The prominent visual features east of the city include Bennett Peak , Mount Hood , and Sonoma and Taylor mountains . Santa Rosa has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate ( Köppen Csb ) with cool, wet winters and warm, dry summers. In
6902-1139: The city was $ 50,931, and the median income for a family was $ 59,659. Males had a median income of $ 40,420 versus $ 30,597 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 24,495. 8.5% of the population and 5.1% of families were below the poverty line . Out of the total population, 9.5% of those under the age of 18 and 4.7% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. Neighborhoods such as South Park in south Santa Rosa, Corby Avenue, and Roseland, West Ninth District, and Apple Valley in west Santa Rosa, are most vulnerable to criminal activity. Acts of crime in these neighborhoods are commonly burglaries, graffiti, and violent gang activity. Street gangs such as Sureños and Norteños have large concentrations throughout Santa Rosa. There are multiple other gangs, including mostly racially based gangs or racially mixed that commit theft, street and violent crimes, motorcycle gangs , white supremacist gangs, and prison gangs. In 2011, there were 5 homicides, 58 rapes, 134 robberies, 485 aggravated assaults, and 637 burglaries. The violent crime rate for Santa Rosa (401.7 per 100,000 people)
7021-405: The city's population did not greatly suffer. However, after that period the population growth of Santa Rosa, as with most of the area, was very slow. Santa Rosa grew following World War II because it was the location for Naval Auxiliary Landing Field Santa Rosa , the remnants of which are now located in southwest Santa Rosa. The city was a convenient location for San Francisco travelers bound for
7140-974: The city, and divides it into east and west sides. State Route 12 runs roughly east–west, and divides the city into north and south sides. Neighborhoods , including both current ones and areas formerly known and named, include: The 2010 United States Census reported that Santa Rosa had a population of 167,815. The population density was 4,043.8 inhabitants per square mile (1,561.3/km ). The racial makeup of Santa Rosa was: 119,158 White (59.7% non-Hispanic white ), 4,079 (2.4%) African American , 2,808 (1.7%) Native American , 8,746 (5.2%) Asian (1.0% Filipino , 1.0% Chinese , 0.8% Vietnamese , 0.6% Indian , 0.5% Cambodian , 0.5% Laotian , 0.3% Japanese , 0.3% Korean , 0.1% Thai , 0.1% Nepalese ), 810 (0.5%) Pacific Islander (0.2% Fijian , 0.1% Samoan , 0.1% Hawaiian , 0.1% Guamanian ), 23,723 (14.1%) from other races , 8,491 (5.1%) from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race were 47,970 persons (28.6%). Among
7259-650: The city, while foxes , and rabbits may be regularly seen in the more rural areas. In addition, the city borders and then wraps around the northern end of Trione Annadel State Park, which itself extends into the Sonoma Mountains and Sonoma Valley. Trione-Annadel State Park also adjoins Spring Lake County Park and Howarth Park, forming one contiguous park system that enables visitors to venture into wild native habitats. Santa Rosa can be seen as divided into four quadrants: Northeast, Southeast, Southwest, and Northwest. U.S. Route 101 runs roughly north–south through
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#17327824492597378-625: The city. Downtown Santa Rosa, including its outskirts and the area south of the Santa Rosa Mall (Wilson and Morgan Street) and Mendocino Avenue area, South Park/Fairgrounds area, Santa Rosa Avenue, West Steele Lane, and the Joe Rodota Trail /Stony Point districts and neighborhoods have been concentrations of homeless people since the 2000s. Homeless services can be found in the Wilson Street area. Forbes Magazine ranked
7497-589: The closing credits. In this period, Wood had more success in television, receiving high ratings and critical acclaim in 1979 for The Cracker Factory and especially the miniseries remake of From Here to Eternity (1979), with Kim Basinger and William Devane . Wood's performance in the latter won her a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 1980. She starred in The Memory of Eva Ryker , released in May 1980, which proved to be her last completed production. She
7616-561: The deception, Kris deliberately fails his examination and is recommended for permanent commitment. However, Fred persuades Kris not to give up and represents him in court. At a hearing before Judge Henry X. Harper, District Attorney Thomas Mara gets Kris to assert that he is Santa Claus and rests his case, asking Harper to rule that Santa does not exist. In private, Harper's political adviser, Charlie Halloran, warns him that doing so would be disastrous for his upcoming reelection bid. Harper buys time by hearing further evidence. Fred calls Macy as
7735-491: The department store cafeteria line during a weekday lunch-rush". When Maureen O'Hara requested a special police escort for a Christmas shopping spree through Macy's he said "I know New Yorkers. They aren't going to pay any attention to you. And don't wear a bandanna around your head or dark glasses. Just be normal." Although the film is set during the Christmas season, studio head Darryl F. Zanuck , who apparently didn't like
7854-575: The destruction in the area was the protection of more than 1,000 animals at the renowned Safari West Wildlife Preserve northeast of Santa Rosa. All of the preserve's animals were saved by owner Peter Lang. At age 76, he single-handedly and successfully fought back the flames for more than 10 hours using garden hoses. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 41.50 sq mi (107.5 km ). Of that area, 41.29 sq mi (106.9 km )
7973-496: The driest from July 1976 to June 1977 with 13.06 inches (331.7 mm). The most rainfall in one month was 19.42 inches (493.3 mm) in February 1998 and the most rainfall in 24 hours was 5.23 inches (132.8 mm) on December 19, 1981. Measurable snowfall is extremely rare in the lowlands, but light amounts sometimes fall in the nearby mountains. There are an average of 28.9 afternoons with highs of 90 °F (32.2 °C) or more and an average of 30.2 mornings with lows reaching
8092-466: The film Happy Land (1943). Despite the brief parts, she became a favorite of the director of both films, Irving Pichel . He remained in contact with Wood's family for two years, advising them when another role came up. The director telephoned Wood's mother and asked her to bring her daughter to Los Angeles for a screen test . Wood's mother became so excited that she "packed the whole family off to Los Angeles to live," writes Harris. Wood's father opposed
8211-420: The film, insisted that it be released in May, arguing that more people go to the movies in warmer weather. The studio rushed to promote it while keeping its Christmas setting a secret. Fox's promotional trailer depicted a fictional producer roaming the studio backlot and encountering such stars as Rex Harrison , Anne Baxter , Peggy Ann Garner , and Dick Haymes extolling the virtues of the film. In addition,
8330-518: The first five-year update of the plan, in 1996, the Council extended the planning period by ten years, renaming it Vision 2020 (updated to Santa Rosa 2020 , and then again to Santa Rosa 2030 Vision ), and added more land and population. Santa Rosa annexed the community of Roseland in November 2017. Beginning on the night of October 8, 2017, five percent of the city's homes were destroyed in
8449-481: The first full-length black and white films to be colorized . The 4½-month process was carried out by Color Systems Technology, Inc. In 1993, this version was released on VHS and LaserDisc , and was followed four years later by a "50th Anniversary Edition" on both formats, remastered by THX . The first DVD release was in October 1999, featuring the original version alongside the original theatrical trailer and
8568-463: The following years, Wood focused on her mental health, and began a relationship with Richard Gregson , whom she married in 1969. After a three-year break from movies, Wood co-starred with Dyan Cannon , Robert Culp and Elliott Gould in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), a comedy about sexual liberation . According to Tibbetts, this was the first film in which "the saving leavening of humor
8687-618: The freezing mark. The record high was 115 °F (46.1 °C) on September 6, 2022, and the record low was 9 °F (−12.8 °C) on December 25, 1924. Santa Rosa lies atop the Healdsburg-Rodgers Creek segment of the Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault System . The Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities estimated a minimum 27 percent chance of a magnitude 6.7 or greater earthquake on this segment by 2037. On November 21, 2005,
8806-492: The idea, but his wife's "overpowering ambition to make Natalie a star" took priority. According to Wood's younger sister Lana, Pichel "discovered her and wanted to adopt her." Wood, then seven years old, got the part. She played a post- World War II German orphan, opposite Orson Welles as Wood's guardian and Claudette Colbert , in Tomorrow Is Forever (1946). When Wood was unable to cry on cue, her mother tore
8925-629: The latter was praised and considered reminiscent of her performance in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice . In Last Married Couple , Wood broke ground: although an actress with a clean, middle-class image, she used the word fuck in a frank marital discussion with her husband (Segal). At the time of her death, Wood was filming the $ 15 million science fiction film Brainstorm (1983), co-starring Christopher Walken and directed by Douglas Trumbull . The ending of Brainstorm had to be re-written and Wood's character written out of at least three scenes, while
9044-569: The letters. When the judge insists on seeing the letters, postal employees bring multiple heavy bags of letters to Harper's desk. Harper dismisses the case. Kris invites Fred, Doris and Susan to a Christmas Day celebration at the facility where he resides, the Brooks’ Memorial Home for the Aged. Susan is sad because what she asked for is not under the tree and loses faith in Kris when he admits he
9163-489: The man playing Santa Claus is drunk. An old man named Kris Kringle discovers this and indignantly complains to event director Doris Walker. Noticing that Kris resembles Santa Claus, Doris persuades Kris to play Santa in the parade himself. Kris is well received and is subsequently hired to play Santa at Macy's New York City store on 34th Street . The toy department head, Mr. Shellhammer, instructs Kris to recommend overstocked items to undecided shoppers. Instead, Kris directs
9282-546: The monotonies of the screen, let us heartily recommend the Roxy's new picture, Miracle on 34th Street . As a matter of fact, let's go further: let's catch its spirit and heartily proclaim that it is the freshest little picture in a long time, and maybe even the best comedy of this year." A critic for the BBC called it "a clever and deeply original story, that remains true and confident in direction, while delivering considerable charm all
9401-442: The most populous Chinese communities. As of the census of 2000, there were 63,153 households, of which 30.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 46.9% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.3% were non-families. 27.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size
9520-446: The novella, and the stage setting is distinctly late 1940s. Production rights are held by Samuel French, Inc. A 1955 one-hour television adaptation of the movie starred Thomas Mitchell as Kris, Macdonald Carey as Fred, Teresa Wright as Doris, and Sandy Descher as Susan. This version did not show the drunken Santa at all. Titled The Miracle on 34th Street , it originally aired as an episode of The 20th Century Fox Hour . It
9639-432: The original version) played a doorman. The 1994 remake of the film had a more serious tone than the original 1947 film had and a large portion of the plot was rewritten, although the majority of both the plot and the characters remained intact. The 1994 film also added a subtext which described concerns about religious faith. There are numerous remakes of the movie, as well as a Broadway musical. Lux Radio Theatre aired
9758-401: The real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite. Miracle on 34th Street won three Academy Awards : Gwenn for Best Actor in a Supporting Role , Valentine Davies for Best Writing, Original Story , and George Seaton for Best Writing, Screenplay . The film was nominated for Best Picture , losing to Gentleman's Agreement . In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in
9877-685: The region today. Santa Rosa was founded in 1833 and named by Mexican colonists after Saint Rose of Lima . The first known permanent European settlement here was the homestead of the Carrillo family of California , in-laws to Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo , who settled the Sonoma pueblo and Petaluma area. In the 1830s, during the Mexican period, the family of María López de Carrillo built an adobe house on their Rancho Cabeza de Santa Rosa land grant, just east of what later became downtown Santa Rosa. By
9996-573: The remainder of her life. She made a brief cameo appearance as herself in The Candidate (1972), working once more with Robert Redford. Wood reunited on the screen with Robert Wagner in the television film of the week The Affair (1973), and with Laurence Olivier and Wagner in an adaptation of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1976) for the British series Laurence Olivier Presents broadcast as
10115-467: The shots we needed, and we got to do each scene only once," Maureen O'Hara recalled in her memoir. "It was bitterly cold that day, and Edmund and I envied Natalie (Wood) and John Payne, who were watching the parade from a window." Arthur Jacobson , assistant director, filmed the Macy's Parade on Thanksgiving morning with nine cameras simultaneously. He said he "plunked actors Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood in
10234-547: The start of the Russian Civil War , his family fled Russia for China, settling as refugees in Harbin . Her mother was previously married to Armenian mechanic Alexander Tatuloff from 1925 to 1936. They had a daughter named Olga (1928–2015) and moved to America by ship in 1930 before divorcing six years later. Wood's father was a carpenter from Ussuriysk . Her paternal grandfather, a chocolate factory employee who joined
10353-660: The store's annual Thanksgiving Day parade . Film historian John C. Tibbetts wrote that for the next few years following her success in Miracle , Wood played roles as a daughter in a series of family films: Driftwood (1947), at Republic; Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! (1948); Chicken Every Sunday (1949); The Green Promise (1949); Fred MacMurray 's daughter in Father Was a Fullback (1949), with O'Hara; Margaret Sullavan 's daughter in No Sad Songs for Me (1950);
10472-432: The strongest quakes to affect the city since 1906. The epicenters were about two miles (3.2 km) north of Santa Rosa. Due to its population, much of Santa Rosa's remaining undisturbed area is on its urban fringe. However, the principal wildlife corridors of Santa Rosa Creek and its tributaries flow right through the heart of the town. Great blue herons , great egrets , snowy egrets and black-crowned herons nest in
10591-496: The summer, fog and low overcast often move in from the Pacific Ocean during the evenings and mornings. They usually clear up to very warm, sunny weather by late morning or noon before returning in the later evening but will occasionally linger all day. Average annual rainfall is 32.20 inches (818 mm), falling on 74 days annually. The wettest “rain year” was from July 1982 to June 1983 with 55.66 inches (1,413.8 mm) and
10710-414: The talent and maturity to go beyond them. In the film, Beatty's character was deprived of sexual love with Wood's character, and as a result turns to another, "looser" girl. Wood's character could not handle the sexuality and after a breakdown was committed to a mental institution. Kazan writes that he cast her in the role partly because he saw in Wood's personality a "true-blue quality with a wanton side that
10829-530: The trees of the median strip on West Ninth Street as well as along Santa Rosa Creek and downtown. Deer often are spotted roaming the neighborhoods nearer the eastern hills, as deep into town as Franklin Avenue and the McDonald area; rafters of wild turkeys are relatively common in some areas; and mountain lions are occasionally observed within city limits. Raccoons and opossums are a common sight throughout
10948-534: The voices of Broadway stars Brian Stokes Mitchell and Victoria Clark . Streaming audio Santa Rosa, California Santa Rosa ( Spanish for " Saint Rose ") is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County , 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
11067-467: The well-mannered 'young wife' front a desperate twinkle in her eyes… I talked with her more quietly then and more personally. I wanted to find out what human material was there, what her inner life was… Then she told me she was being psychoanalyzed. That did it. Poor R.J. [Wagner], I said to myself. I liked Bob Wagner, I still do. Kazan cast Wood as the female lead in Splendor , and her career rebounded. He felt that despite her earlier innocent roles, she had
11186-494: The western part of Santa Rosa. The highest percentage of Hispanic residents in Santa Rosa is in the Apple Valley Lane/Papago Court neighborhood, at 87%. The Southeast Asian communities, mainly Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian, are concentrated within the western Santa Rosa neighborhoods of Bellevue Ranch, Roseland, and West Steele areas. The northeast neighborhoods of Skyhawk and Fountaingrove have
11305-404: The while." The film is considered by many to be one of the best films of 1947, and it has been dubbed a "Christmas classic" by several publications. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds an approval rating of 96% based on reviews from 52 critics, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Irrefutable proof that gentle sentimentalism can be the chief ingredient in
11424-741: The youngest sister in Our Very Own (1950); Never a Dull Moment (1950); James Stewart 's daughter in The Jackpot (1950); Dear Brat (1951); Joan Blondell 's neglected daughter in The Blue Veil (1951); The Rose Bowl Story (1952); and Just for You (1952); the daughter of Bette Davis ' character in The Star (1952); . In all, Wood appeared in over twenty films as a child. She also appeared on television in episodes of Kraft Theatre and Chevron Theatre . Because Wood
11543-420: Was 2.0%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.0%. 87,244 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 77,161 people (46.0%) lived in rental housing units. As of 2011 , there are an estimated 4,539 homeless people living in Sonoma County, many of whom live in Santa Rosa. Santa Rosa's Hispanic population, mainly of Mexican descent, while spread out through the city, is concentrated within
11662-407: Was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.14. In terms of age cohorts, 24.3% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.5% was from 18 to 24, 30.0% from 25 to 44, 22.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 95.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.8 males. The median income for a household in
11781-472: Was a minor during her early years as an actress, she received her primary education on the studio lots wherever she was contracted. California law required that until age 18, child actors had to spend at least three hours per day in the classroom, notes Harris. "She was a straight A student", and one of the few child actors to excel at arithmetic . Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz , who directed her in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), said that, "In all my years in
11900-495: Was a slaughtering place, the confluence came to be called La Matanza. By the 1850s, after the United States annexed California following its victory in the Mexican-American War , a Wells Fargo post and general store were established in what is now downtown Santa Rosa. In the mid-1850s, several prominent locals, including Julio Carrillo, son of Maria Carrillo, laid out the grid street pattern for Santa Rosa with
12019-549: Was adapted by John Hughes from the Seaton script, and directed by Les Mayfield . Due to Macy's refusal to give permission to use its name, it was replaced by the fictitious "Cole's". "We feel the original stands on its own and could not be improved upon," said Laura Melillo, a spokeswoman for Macy's. Gimbels no longer existed by 1994 so its name was replaced by the name of the fictional "Shopper's Express". Alvin Greenman (Alfred in
12138-440: Was adapted for Australian radio in 1954 as There is a Santa Claus with a script by Morris West . A 1963 Broadway musical version, entitled Here's Love , was written by Meredith Willson . The novella was adapted into a stage play by Will Severin, Patricia Di Benedetto Snyder and John Vreeke in 2000. It is a favorite in many community and regional theaters during the Christmas season. The characters' names are those used in
12257-522: Was arranged. Those who entered without permission were subject to harsh penalties. The tribe gathered at ceremonial times on Santa Rosa Creek near present-day Spring Lake Regional Park . Following the arrival of Europeans, initially Spanish explorers and colonists, the Pomos were decimated by violence, land theft, slavery, genocide and smallpox brought from Europe. Social displacement and disruption followed. There are descendants of survivors still living in
12376-640: Was being overtaken by many other newer population centers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Southern California. By 1900, the Pomo population had decreased by 95%. According to a 1905 article in the Press Democrat reporting on the "Battle of the Trains", the city had just over 10,000 people at the time. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake essentially destroyed the entire downtown, but
12495-460: Was born. A year after Natalie's birth, her father changed the family's surname to Gurdin. In 1942, they bought a home in Santa Rosa, California , where Wood was noticed by members of a crew during a film shoot downtown. After she started acting as a child, RKO executives David Lewis and William Goetz changed her surname to "Wood" to make it more appealing to English-speaking audiences and as
12614-569: Was brought to bear upon the many painful dilemmas portrayed in her adult films." Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice became the signature film of Paul Mazursky and was a critical and commercial success. It was the sixth highest-grossing film of 1969 . It grossed $ 50,000 in its first week, setting a house record. Wood did not capitalize on the success of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice . After becoming pregnant in 1970 with her first child, Natasha Gregson , she went into semi-retirement and would act in only four more theatrical films during
12733-476: Was criticized. In 1966, Wood was given the Harvard Lampoon award for being the "Worst Actress of Last Year, This Year, and Next". She was the first person to attend and accept the award in person. The Harvard Crimson wrote she was "quite a good sport". Following a disappointing reception of Penelope (1966), Wood took a three-year hiatus from acting. She was announced for I Never Promised You
12852-515: Was given the lead in a prestigious project, Marjorie Morningstar (1958). As Marjorie Morningstar, Wood played the role of a young Jewish girl in New York City who has to deal with the social and religious expectations of her family as she tries to forge her own path and separate identity. Tibbetts observed that Wood's characters in Rebel , Searchers , and Morningstar began to show her widening range of acting styles. Her former "childlike sweetness"
12971-517: Was kept busy during the remainder of the decade in many "girlfriend" roles, which she found unsatisfying. The studio cast her in two films opposite Tab Hunter , hoping to turn the duo into a box-office draw that never materialized: The Burning Hills (1956), a Western, and The Girl He Left Behind (1956). She guest starred in episodes of Conflict . Warner Bros. tried teaming her with Efrem Zimbalist Jr. in Bombers B-52 (1957). Then she
13090-537: Was later re-run as "Meet Mr. Kringle". Ed Wynn played Kris in a 1959 television adaptation of the movie. Also featured was Orson Bean . It was broadcast live and in color on NBC the day after Thanksgiving. NBC made a kinescope of the program, probably for broadcasting opening night on the West Coast. The copy was in a large collection of kinescopes donated by NBC to the Library of Congress and later unearthed by Richard Finegan, who reported his experiences in
13209-479: Was named as a person of interest in the ongoing investigation into her death. Wood was born Natalie Zacharenko in San Francisco on July 20, 1938, to Maria Zudilova (1908–1998) and second husband Nicholas Zacharenko (1912–1980). Her mother (who also used the names Mary, Marie, and Musia) was from Barnaul . Wood's maternal grandfather owned soap and candle factories, as well as an estate outside Barnaul. With
13328-425: Was nominated for Best Picture , losing to Gentleman's Agreement . American Film Institute lists: In 2005, Miracle on 34th Street was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Miracle on 34th Street was first released on VHS and LaserDisc in 1987. In 1985, it became one of
13447-522: Was now being combined with a noticeable "restlessness that was characteristic of the youth of the 1950s." She was leading lady to Frank Sinatra in Kings Go Forth (1958) then refused roles and was put on suspension by Warners. This lasted for a year until February 1959. She returned to be leading lady to James Garner in Cash McCall (1960). After Wood appeared in the box office flop All
13566-481: Was on suspension at the studio and took the role to get back into work however it was his last film for Fox. Cecil Kellaway turned down the role of Kris Kringle, which eventually went to his cousin Edmund Gwenn. Miracle on 34th Street was shot on location in New York City, with the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade sequences filmed live while the 1946 parade was happening. "It was a mad scramble to get all
13685-449: Was right for the part, there was no one better. She was a damn good actress." For Inside Daisy Clover (1965) and This Property Is Condemned (1966), both of which co-starred Robert Redford , Wood received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actress. In the mid 1960s she was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood along with Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn. Although many of Wood's films were commercially successful, at times her acting
13804-581: Was scheduled to make her stage debut on February 12, 1982, in Anastasia at Ahmanson Theatre with Wendy Hiller . Wood had also purchased film rights to the Barbara Wersba book, Country of the Heart , and was planning to star with Timothy Hutton in the drama about the professional-romantic relationship between a tough-minded poet and her much younger student. (The material was eventually adapted into
13923-545: Was to represent the "restlessness of American youth in the 1950s", expressed by youth gangs and juvenile delinquency, along with early rock and roll . Both films, he observes, were "modern allegories based on the ' Romeo and Juliet ' theme, including private restlessness and public alienation. Where in Rebel she falls in love with the character played by James Dean, whose gang-like peers and violent temper alienated him from his family, in West Side Story she enters into
14042-497: Was told," she said. She continued to guest star on anthology TV shows like Studio One in Hollywood , Camera Three , Kings Row , Studio 57 , Warner Brothers Presents , and The Kaiser Aluminum Hour . She had a small but crucial role in John Ford 's The Searchers (1956) and was the female lead in A Cry in the Night (1956). Wood graduated from Van Nuys High School in 1956. She signed with Warner Brothers and
14161-403: Was unable to get her the house she wanted. However, after Kris offers Fred and Doris a route home that avoids traffic, Susan sees her dream house with a "For Sale" sign out front; Susan becomes ecstatic and runs through the house. Fred learns that Doris had encouraged Susan to have faith and suggests they get married and purchase the house. Fred and Doris then see a cane in the house that looks like
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