An almanac for Kenwood, Glen Ellen & Oakmont
Camino walkers call the Kenwood stretch of Highway 12 the worst on the route
Two Oakmont men walking the Camino de Sonoma rated the Highway 12 leg through Kenwood the most dangerous of the route. Caltrans meets the valley’s councils about that road on September 9th.
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The ring round the sun over Kenwood, and why it is always the same size
A halo stood round the sun over Kenwood on Saturday and sun dogs followed this week. Both come from six-sided ice five miles up. Here is why the ring is never bigger or smaller.
Wine & agriculture: the week in the valley — August 27
The week’s news from Sonoma Valley’s vineyards and farms, plus the county’s water and drought status.
Boom at the airport, backlog at the county
Record crowds in May, June and July. A $40m terminal four years old and already tight. A list of projects the county has been carrying since its last master plan. And a noise program trimmed before…
Burtech Wine & Pizza puts its sign up at the Warm Springs corner
The sign is up at Highway 12 and Warm Springs Road, and the septic permit that held the pizza restaurant for four years was issued in June. The fit-out permit is still in review.
The earliest harvest in living memory, and the March that caused it
Sonoma County picked its first grapes on July 16th. Kenwood had its hottest March and its wettest bloom in sixteen years – and the crop will be light.
Fire, weather & water — week of August 27, 2026
No weather alerts. No active Sonoma County fires. AQI 28. The week’s forecast, air, fire and ground report for Kenwood, Glen Ellen and Oakmont.
The latest from the desks
- The Third Street West “Traffic Circle” is Gone
- Updated City Fee Schedule Takes Effect September 1
- Fire, weather & water — week of August 27, 2026
- The map room: the valley in 1850
- Postcard from the valley — Sonoma Valley
- Farm & garden: the growing week, August 27
- Wild things: spotted in the valley this week — August 27
- This week in history: the valley in 1925, 1905 & 1885
- Jack London’s valley — week of August 27, 2026
- Wine & agriculture: the week in the valley — August 27
- What buyers paid — a year of recorded sales, to April 2026
- Vintage Girls Varsity Flag Football @ Sonoma Valley
- Photo 1 in the Sonoma Valley @ Terra Linda Photo Gallery (77 Photos)
- Sonoma Valley Democrats endorse Sonoma mobile home protection ordinance; will send formal notice to City Council
- Sale closed in Kenwood: $900,000 for a 3-bedroom home
- Sonoma Valley Regional Library’s featured September artist: Wendy Walter
- Burtech Wine & Pizza puts its sign up at the Warm Springs corner
- The ring round the sun over Kenwood, and why it is always the same size
- Camino walkers call the Kenwood stretch of Highway 12 the worst on the route
- Cartoon by Hilary: “Vote! Vote for your lives!”
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