Moonshine Ink

09/16/2025

09/16/2025

After attending a talk about Gaza, Moonshine Ink’s Digital Content Reporter Megan Ramsey writes about suffering, the privilege of consuming media about a distant war, and the cost of willful ignorance.

After attending a talk about Gaza, Moonshine Ink’s Digital Content Reporter Megan Ramsey wonders about the costs of freedom and comfort.

09/15/2025

There is hardly a person alive who can remember a time before F***y Bridge, but that time has now come. Demolition work on the 97-year-old bridge began in late August, with a new bridge expected to be completed in November. Moonshine Ink was there to capture the historic bridge’s end.

The almost 100-year-old F***y Bridge is historic, and so is its demolition. Work on tearing down the bridge began in late August. Moonshine Ink was there to document the demise of the famous bridge.

09/15/2025

The Tyre Collective launches innovative pilot program; fatal collision in Truckee; more. This week's news, briefly.

LAKE TAHOE

09/13/2025

F***y Bridge has delighted visitors and locals alike for almost 100 years with its view to the clear blue water and fish below. Until recently, it was also the only way to access the West Shore from Tahoe City (and best place to see fannies). With the bridge currently being replaced, Moonshine Ink looks back at the bridge’s history.

Tahoe City’s almost 100-year-old F***y Bridge, famed for visitors leaning over to watch fish below (thus exposing their fannies), is being replaced. Moonshine Ink looks back at the historic bridge’s history.

09/11/2025

The September edition has hit the stands! Find a copy around town or read the digital edition for stories on the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation's shadow side, the F***y Bridge demolition, and more.

Publishers can quickly distribute their digital editions created in Mirabel Digital Studio through the Magazine Central.

09/09/2025

Places and faces are dear to us all. Check out how Reno-born artist Rachel Hernandez heartfully captures Tahoe’s West Shore this last spring, as well as her winsome pet portraits. You can get one of your own, you know … we hear she takes commissions!

If you want a piece of nature you can get lost in or want to freeze-frame the essence of your fur baby, check out the artwork of Rachel Hernandez.

09/07/2025

Updated Placer 2050 Vision; return of Market Match Program; more. This week’s news, briefly.

PLACER COUNTY

09/07/2025

OPINION: After witnessing logging in Blackwood Canyon, a biologist raises concerns about ecological damage and lack of environmental review, as well as impacts to watershed health — all of which can undermine Tahoe’s economy.

A biologist argues that clear-cut logging around Blackwood Creek threatens Tahoe’s forests and watershed, which in turn threatens Tahoe’s economy.

09/05/2025

https://www.moonshineink.com/opinion/god-versus-devil/

09/03/2025

Ever wonder why the Truckee bug station on I-80 is rarely staffed in the passenger vehicle lanes? Or whether the station is living up to its purpose? Wonder no longer.

The infamous I-80 checkpoint continues to live up to its purpose — stopping invasive species from entering California — even if there’s no one manning the private vehicle side.