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TIL that the use of Santa Rosa High School in the horror film Scream (1996) was denied just days before filming was to begin. As a result, the city was blacklisted in Hollywood and a note included in the closing credits; “No thanks whatsoever to the Santa Rosa City School District Governing Board”

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