A quiet week, which is to say the fires stayed away, the air behaved itself, and the Supervisors found enough valley business to fill an agenda. Elsewhere we tally what buyers paid over the past year, count 45 wild sightings between Annadel and Glen Ellen, and consult the Index-Tribune of 1885 for perspective on all of it. The Blotter, as ever, attends to the smaller emergencies of the road.
Fire, weather & water — week of August 13, 2026
No weather alerts. No active Sonoma County fires. AQI 47. The week’s forecast, air, fire and ground report for Kenwood, Glen Ellen and Oakmont.
County watch — the valley before the Supervisors, week of August 12, 2026
What the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is taking up for Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Oakmont and the valley.
Wine & agriculture: the week in the valley — August 13
The week’s news from Sonoma Valley’s vineyards and farms, plus the county’s water and drought status.
The Blotter — week of August 13, 2026
This week on the valley’s roads: 10 of the smaller emergencies.
What buyers paid — a year of recorded sales, to March 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 — August 13
45 wild sightings logged across Sonoma Valley this week, from Annadel to Glen Ellen — in pictures.
This week in history: the valley in 1925, 1905 & 1885
The Sonoma Index-Tribune of 1925, 1905 & 1885, read and retold — arrests, harvests, and the social notes of the week.
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