The fire that began Friday as a prescribed burn on a ranch west of Cloverdale grew by about 425 acres Sunday. Crews had it 15% contained.
Fire & Emergency
Wildfire updates, Cal Fire reports, emergency services, evacuation notices, and public safety news for Sonoma County.
West of Cloverdale, a prescribed burn crosses its lines
Cal Fire calls it the Cooley Fire and now lists 731 acres, 5% contained.
Pulled vines piled beside a fallow vineyard block in western Sonoma County, June 23, 2026. Photo by Roger Coryell.
North Bay fuel dryness is headed past the 97th percentile
Bay Area forecasters project Energy Release Component values past the 97th percentile in the North Bay this weekend. No Red Flag Warning is in effect anywhere in California, and the reason comes down to wind.
The Sonoma Developmental Center campus in Glen Ellen. (JessaDMay / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sonoma Developmental Center still out of fire-code compliance
A brush fire this week was the reminder: the state-owned Sonoma Developmental Center campus in Glen Ellen is out of compliance with the county fire code as fire season sets in, and its redevelopment is stuck in court.