A quiet week on the fire and weather front, which we report with the faint disappointment of people who had prepared for worse. The Supervisors reconvene, the housing figures arrive, and we have counted every burger in the valley and found a twenty-one-dollar gulf between the humblest and the grandest. Elsewhere: seventy-three wild sightings, the week in the vineyards, and the Index-Tribune of a century ago, still reliably full of arrests and social notes.
Fire, weather & water — week of August 20, 2026
No weather alerts. No active Sonoma County fires. AQI 53. 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 19, 2026
What the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is taking up for Kenwood, Glen Ellen, Oakmont and the valley.
The valley’s housing market — July 2026
Home values by town, the county’s median sale price, supply, over-asking sales and mortgage rates – the valley’s monthly market report.
The burger census: every patty in the valley, priced
Ten burgers, five kitchens, and a twenty-one-dollar gap between the cheapest and the dearest. The almanac counts the valley’s patties.
Wild things: spotted in the valley this week — August 20
73 wild sightings logged across Sonoma Valley this week, from Annadel to Glen Ellen — in pictures.
Wine & agriculture: the week in the valley — August 20
The week’s news from Sonoma Valley’s vineyards and farms, plus the county’s water and drought status.
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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