News for Kenwood, Glen Ellen & Oakmont
Fire, weather & water — week of July 23, 2026
No weather alerts. No active Sonoma County fires. AQI 24. The week’s forecast, air, fire and ground report for Kenwood, Glen Ellen and Oakmont.
Zinfandel
No fires this week, though the crosswalks remain stubbornly misaligned.
The front page
County watch — the valley before the Supervisors, week of July 22, 2026
What the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is taking up for Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Oakmont and the valley.
Kenwood’s park crosswalks miss the crossing people actually make
Two marked crossings serve Kenwood’s central park. Neither lines up with the street most walkers come from — or with the park’s own paths. Kenwood Plaza Park is the town’s […]
Wine & agriculture: the week in the valley — July 23
The week’s news from Sonoma Valley’s vineyards and farms, plus the county’s water and drought status.
The Blotter — week of July 23, 2026
This week on the valley’s roads: 6 of the smaller emergencies.
What buyers paid — a year of recorded sales, to February 2026
Price per square foot, price by bedroom count, the market’s price-band mix, and what a pool is really worth – from every home sale recorded in Sonoma County over the past year.
Wild things: spotted in the valley this week — July 23
28 wild sightings logged across Sonoma Valley this week, from Annadel to Glen Ellen — in pictures.
The latest from the desks
- Kenwood’s park crosswalks miss the crossing people actually make
- Sonoma City Party August 6, 5pm in the Plaza
- Katy Byrne: The Wild Edge of Emotions
- Josette Brose-Eichar: I Don’t Wish Them Dead
- Glen Ellen Forum Community Meeting August 3
- Sonoma Valley marks its 201st harvest; California’s earliest picks in years
- Double the fun Sonoma Art Walk & City Party!
- Praxis on Zoom – Mark Frank: Understanding the Cuba Crisis Today
- Walt Williams: How’s Your Homeostasis?
- VOM Music Festival Report
- Larry Barnett: Blue in Green
- Sonoma League for Historic Preservation: History of the Swiss Hotel – 8/25
- When Sonoma Was Nuts for Baseball
- Steven Serafini: All-Star Streak Wavering
- Helen-Teri Shore: The Weeds We Love to Hate
- Valley Laughs Stand-up Comedy in Partnership with Smit Show Comedy in Sonoma Valley
- From Sonoma Valley To Petaluma, Mediterranean Flavors Worth The Drive
- Sonoma Valley archaeologist to lecture on ‘The People of Eldridge’
- Zip Trips: Sonoma Valley Visitor's Bureau
- Zip Trips: Sonoma Valley Visitor's Bureau
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