<P> On October 22, 2013, 13 - year - old Andy Lopez was shot and killed by Sonoma County sheriff's deputy Erick Gelhaus in the Moorland neighborhood of Santa Rosa . Lopez was walking to his friend's house while carrying an airsoft gun replica of an AK - 47 . Gelhaus mistook the airsoft gun for a real rifle, and demanded that Lopez drop the weapon . Gelhaus then fired eight shots at Lopez, killing him . The shooting prompted protests in Santa Rosa, which attracted protesters from around Northern California . The Lopez family filed a lawsuit at the District Court in November, claiming that Gelhaus shot Lopez "without reasonable cause ." They amended their lawsuit in January 2014, claiming that the Sheriff's office had long known that Gelhaus had a "propensity...to recklessly draw his firearm and to use excessive force". The deputy's attorney argued that Gelhaus "absolutely believed" that the gun was real and that his life was in danger . </P> <P> Notable people who were born or have lived in Santa Rosa include botanist Luther Burbank, chef Guy Fieri, singer and actress Julie London, cartoonists Charles M. Schulz and Stephan Pastis, Ripley's Believe It or Not! creator Robert Ripley, international concert pianist and arts entrepreneur Kevin Kwan Loucks, and former professional road racing cyclist Levi Leipheimer . </P> <P> Santa Rosa has served as a location for many major films, including: </P> <Ul> <Li> The Happy Land (1943), shot in Santa Rosa and Healdsburg . This was Natalie Wood's first movie, at age four . </Li> <Li> Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Alfred Hitchcock's personal favorite, filmed at Santa Rosa Railroad Depot, NWP Engine #140, Old Courthouse Square, Public Library, and McDonald Avenue . The 1991 telefilm involved eight weeks' filming on McDonald Avenue . </Li> <Li> The Sullivans (1944), shot on Morgan Street . </Li> <Li> All My Sons (1948), shot on McDonald Avenue . </Li> <Li> Storm Center (1956)--Bette Davis spent six weeks on location at the Santa Rosa Main Library, which keeps a collection of clippings . The movie includes scenes from downtown and a house on Walnut Court . </Li> <Li> Pollyanna (1960), featured the Mableton Mansion (also known as the McDonald Mansion), on McDonald Avenue . </Li> <Li> The Wonderful World of Disney--The "Inky the Crow" episodes (beginning in the late 1960s), filmed in the Fountain Grove area . </Li> <Li> It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)--the sequence involving the plane flying full bore, at about 150 knots, through an airplane hangar in less than a second, was shot at the Sonoma County Airport, just north of Santa Rosa . </Li> <Li> The Candidate (1972), directed by Michael Ritchie, shot in Howarth Park and Schlumberger Gallery . </Li> <Li> Slither (1972)--Highway 101 south of Santa Rosa, and Cloverdale . </Li> <Li> Steelyard Blues (1973), shot in downtown Santa Rosa and at the Sonoma County Airport . </Li> <Li> Smile (1975), shot at the Veterans Memorial Auditorium and many other nearby locations . Made into a 1986 Broadway musical of the same name with music by Marvin Hamlisch . </Li> <Li> Little Miss Marker (1980), shot at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds . </Li> <Li> Shoot the Moon (1982), used a real Carl's Jr. on Industrial Drive at Cleveland Avenue . Also filmed at Wolf House at Jack London State Historic Park . </Li> <Li> Cujo (1983)--locations include Santa Rosa and Petaluma . </Li> <Li> Smooth Talk (1985)--locations include Santa Rosa shopping malls and Sebastopol . </Li> <Li> Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)--locations include Santa Rosa High School and Petaluma . </Li> <Li> Wildfire (1988)--includes Wood Pontiac & Cadillac on Corby Avenue . </Li> <Li> Wired (1989)--filmed in Santa Rosa . </Li> <Li> Die Hard 2 (1990)--scenes shot at Santa Rosa Air Center . </Li> <Li> Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot! (1992)--shot over a four - week period at Santa Rosa Air Center . </Li> <Li> Phenomenon (1996)--used Santa Rosa Junior College as an establishing shot for UC Berkeley . Also used "The Wagon Wheel" bar off of Highway 101 for bar scenes . </Li> <Li> Scream (1996)--scenes show a house on McDonald Avenue, a local grocery store, and the Bradley Video Store on Marlow Road . </Li> <Li> Inventing the Abbotts (1997), shot at Santa Rosa High School, on location in Healdsburg and Petaluma . </Li> <Li> Mumford (1999), shot at Santa Rosa Junior College, other Santa Rosa locations, and in Guerneville and Healdsburg . </Li> <Li> Bandits (2001)--locations included the Flamingo Hotel </Li> <Li> The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) - set in Santa Rosa . </Li> <Li> Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)--filmed in Railroad Square . </Li> <Li> Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)--set in Santa Rosa during the 1980s . </Li> <Li> Bad Ass (2012)--set in Santa Rosa in 1957 </Li> </Ul>

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