After the wildfires, Santa Rosa churchgoers ask: Why here? Why us?
by Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times
Oct 16, 2017
2 minutes
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - By Sunday morning, Sonoma County residents reeling from a week of tumult were ready for an hour of calm and contemplation.
As ash floated from the sky, they streamed toward St. Rose Catholic Church - some in their Sunday best, others in the jeans and sweatshirts they'd worn as they fled the wildfires ravaging California's wine country.
The parishioners settled into the pews, hugging
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