In this Oct. 1, 2010, file photo, "Peanuts" creator Charles M. Schulz' widow, Jean Schulz, stands with the character "Snoopy" during the installation of a portrait of Schulz by photographer Yousuf ...

SANTA ROSA (AP) -- California's deadly wildfires have claimed the home of 'Peanuts' creator Charles Schulz but his widow has escaped the flames. Schulz's son, Monte Schulz, says a fire on Monday ...

Downtown Santa Rosa, the home of several statues, was unaffected by the fire. Before his death, the Peanuts comic strip appeared in 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries.

Santa Rosa museum for “Peanuts” cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is safe from the Tubbs Fire consuming Sonoma ... the city most heavily affected by the 17 fires raging through Northern California.

Fifty miles north of San Francisco, straddling U.S. Highway 101, sits Santa Rosa, former home of Charles M. Schulz and the gang from “Peanuts.” From the highway, as you boom past at 70 mph ...

In this Feb. 12, 2000, file photo, cartoonist Charles Schulz displays a sketch of his beloved character "Snoopy" in his office in Santa Rosa, Calif. The home of “Peanuts” creator Schulz burned ...

The airport in Santa Rosa Airport is officially titled the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport and features bronze sculptures of the Peanuts characters. Its logo is Snoopy flying on top of his ...

Jean Schulz is president of the board for the Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center, which was opened in Santa Rosa in 2002. The museum, which houses most of the original "Peanuts" art and ...

Charles Schulz displays a sketch of his beloved character Snoopy in his office in Santa Rosa, Calif., in 2000. The home of the late “Peanuts” creator Schulz burned to the ground in the deadly ...

Jean Schulz safely escaped the fires as they began sweeping through Santa Rosa, California, before dawn Monday, but the blaze burned to the ground the home where she and the late "Peanuts" creator ...

This week, for Schulz’s widow, that scenario became all too real.Jean Schulz safely escaped the fires as they began sweeping through Santa Rosa, California, before dawn Monday, but the blaze ...