An almanac for Kenwood, Glen Ellen & Oakmont
Air quality
31
Good
PM2.5, Santa Rosa monitor · 61% of the US has cleaner air
Right now
55°F
Cloudy
Tonight 43° · Tomorrow 67°
Moon
🌓
First quarter · 57% lit
Full moon Oct 25
Stargazing tonight
Fair
Cloud gets in the way tonight
Orionid meteor shower peaks — Oct 21
Spare the Air
No alert
Bay Area air district
Open burning: no-burn day today
Kenwood · Glen Ellen · Oakmont, as of 2:50 am — tap for the weekly fire & weather report
County & Politics
County watch — the valley before the Supervisors, week of October 14, 2026
What the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is taking up for Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Oakmont and the valley.
October 14
Go · The Social CalendarSAT OCT 24 · 9:00am LocalOak Hill Farm: the Red Barn StoreOak Hill Farm, Glen EllenFull details, times and any tickets are with the organizer: see the listing →
Listed from the Sonoma…the full calendar →Go · The Social CalendarSUN OCT 25 · 10:00am LocalGlen Ellen Community Farmers’ MarketJack London Village, Glen EllenFull details, times and any tickets are with the organizer: see the listing →
Listed from the Sonoma…the full calendar →
Dish of the week
Lotis Wines Vermentino
Stella · Kenwood
Las Brisas Vineyard, Carneros, Sonoma County 2023
$75the menu finder →
Wine of the week
Trinity
Corner 103
2021 · Red · Sonoma County
Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petite Sirah
Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petite Sirah
$65the cellar →
Plant of the week
Pacific madrone
Arbutus menziesii
649 research-grade sightings logged in the valley’s wilds.
the field guide →
What’s on in the valleythe full calendar →
The front page
Food & Wine
Wine & agriculture: the week in the valley — October 15
The week’s news from Sonoma Valley’s vineyards and farms, plus the county’s water and drought status.
October 15
Nature & Wildlife
Wild things: spotted in the valley this week — October 15
51 research-grade sightings logged across Sonoma Valley this week, with photographs.
October 15
Farm & Garden
Farm & garden: the growing week, October 15
The week’s growing weather, 2 jobs for the garden with their sources, and what is ripe in October.
October 15
Fire & Weather
Fire, weather & water — week of October 15, 2026
No weather alerts. No active Sonoma County fires. AQI 40. The week’s forecast, air, fire and ground report for Kenwood, Glen Ellen and Oakmont.
October 15
History
This week in history: the valley in 1925, 1905 & 1885
Items from the Sonoma Index-Tribune of 1925, 1905 & 1885, retold from the original pages.
October 15
The latest from the desks
- November memorial set for beloved Kenwood fire Chief Bellach
- Cal Fire: 731-acre escaped prescribed burn by Lake Sonoma 5% contained
- AMVETS Hap Arnold Post 55 Celebrates 10 Years of Service to Veterans and the Sonoma Community
- California Falls Short on Medi-Cal fraud, State Report Says
- American Canyon Girls Varsity Flag Football @ Sonoma Valley
- Lady Dragons Win Flag Football Title
- Sonoma County Commission on Human Rights to Hold Forum on Flock Cameras October 19
- Music in Place Presents The Disney Songs of Alan Menken October 24
- Raised Crosswalk Planned at Junipero Serra Drive and Sonoma Bike Path
- Students protest Sonoma Valley Unified School District's decision to ban Pride flags
- PD Editorial: Sonoma Valley’s school board should control its flagpole
- Hundreds of Sonoma Valley students walk out over Pride flag ban
- PD Editorial: Sonoma Valley’s school board should control its flagpole
- PD Editorial: Sonoma Valley’s school board should control its flagpole
- Single-family home sells for $3.58 million in Glen Ellen
- Passaggio Wines closure latest hit to Sonoma Valley music scene
- New AAA Foundation Survey Shows Where Drivers Fall Short on Roadside Safety
- Sonoma Valley Fire District Open House October 18
- Sonoma County Transit Expands Electric Fleet, Opens New EV Charging Facility
- Prop. 1 Would Generate Billions for New Housing. Here’s How It Would Be Spent
→ The Valley Wire — the running feed of valley news, updated through the day.