News for Kenwood, Glen Ellen & Oakmont
A weekly account of the upper valley — fire and weather, the county, wine and land, and the wild things in between.
Latest from the valley
- The map room: Glen Ellen in 1899
A historical map of the valley from the Library of Congress: Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Glen Ellen, Sonoma County, California.. - Postcard from the valley — Sonoma Valley
A freely-licensed photograph of Sonoma Valley. - Farm & garden: the July almanac
What’s in season in July, a note for the garden, and the growing weather for Sonoma Valley. - Jack London’s valley — week of July 10, 2026
A passage from Jack London’s The Valley of the Moon, written at his Glen Ellen ranch. - The valley’s housing market — May 2026
Home values across Kenwood, Glen Ellen and Oakmont, plus Sonoma County’s median sale price. - Wine & agriculture: the week in the valley — July 10
The week’s news from Sonoma Valley’s vineyards and farms, plus the county’s water and drought status. - Wild things: spotted in the valley this week — July 10
66 wild sightings logged across Sonoma Valley this week, from Annadel to Glen Ellen — in pictures. - From the archives: the valley, 101 years ago this week
The Sonoma Index-Tribune of July 11, 1925, scanned and browsable — the valley a century ago. - The week ahead in Sonoma Valley — July 10
17 events around Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Oakmont and the valley in the coming week.