Santa Rosa is in the Sonomoa County region of California. It is ideally located less than one hour north of San Francisco at the apex of the North Bay. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat is in the San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose, CA DMA. The Santa Rosa Press-Democrat offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily and Sunday circulation. The very first newspaper in Santa Rosa, the parent of today's Press Democrat, was begun in 1857, just three years after Santa Rosa was chosen as the seat of Sonoma County and seven years after California became a part of the United States. Called the Sonoma Democrat this newspaper was a four-page weekly. Its name reflected the politics of the Santa Rosa and Russian River valleys, which were settled in the 1840s and '50s by farmers from Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.The Press Democrat has a quarterly wine publication titled Savor, as well a host of special sections in full color glossy format. This paper also offers total market coverage (TMC) through a non-subscriber distribution titled Express Mail.