February 12, 2009

Wild West (Shore)?

  The long arm of the law is about to get a bit shorter on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe.

The Fat Lady Sing(laub)

Executive director bows out of TRPA

Saving Them From Ourselves

With only four orphaned black bear cubs released in the entire state of California since 2004, having the opportunity to see two set free at the Sagehen Creek Field Station north of Truckee on January 29 was a rare treat.

Can You Spare a Dime (plus $2, 999,999.90)?

TTUSD Budget Shortfall

Preschools in Crisis

Tahoe City preschools feel pain of slow economy

Still Festive After All These Years

Snowfest and all it's glory

Real Housewives of North Lake Tahoe

Confession: I have never watched “Real Housewives” of Anywhere

Wellness & Learning Announcements (Feb 12 - Mar 11)

Outdoors, Kids and Classes Announcements

Fast Skis and Palm Trees: A Jamaican Olympic Dream

What do Jamaica and Tahoe have in common? Other than the sky and people, not a lot. But, we do have Errol Kerr.

Valentine's Day Varied Fun

What's going on this Valentine's Day

A Park Is Born

A pocket park is generally defined as a small public gathering area created on an irregularly shaped single lot or otherwise vacant piece of land.

On the Spot Announcements (Feb 12 - Mar 11)

News Announcements

Let's Outdo the Fear Flu!

Using the Right Brain to Outsmart Societal Logic

How Be Local Winners!

Looking for definition, Moonshine Ink put out a call, ‘How Be Local?’ A slew of entries came to our office just days before the deadline

Out & About: Inaugural Bash

On that fateful election night last November, Penny and Bob Fink hosted a party in their Prosser Lake Heights home.

"I Was There"

What They’ll Tell their Grandchildren

A Pilgrim Among Many

One writer’s experience at Inauguration 2009

Water Rates May Swell in Tahoe City

Talks of possible increase in the price of water

Dear Editor

Readers write the Sheriff on the West Shore, Climate Change and Royal Gorge

Cartoon

Wet Woody's and Doggie Dates

A mixology of high altitude gadfly gossip for oxygen starved brain cells

The Least Likely Healer

Miller is an extraordinary person who came into my life after I’d asked the Universe to send me a teacher who would help me gain some clarity.

Surviving the Long Emergency with Local Author Matthew Stein

Author Matthew Stein will give a presentation on “When Technology Fails” followed by a book signing at Truckee Book & Bean on Sunday, February 22 at 4 p.m.

What's In a Name?

“Do You Want Fries With That?” – a comical emblem of America, something everybody has heard and secretly wants.

Mountain Life Announcements (Feb 12 - Mar 11)

What's going on in your mountain twon

Mrs. Farr: Queen of Tahoe Lake School

Education is still all about teachers trying to give students the tools they need to become successful in life. And guess what: they usually succeed.

Genuine Valentines

Though Theresa and I can’t predict who will be still together after 15 years, we now realize that each of these couples has a ‘distinctive fist.’ That is what we hope to have captured.

A Wall of White

Avalanche at Alpine Meadows

Open Your Heart

The Sun enters Pisces, the last sign of the zodiac, on February 18, marking the completion of the solar cycle.

The Annual Thrilling, Skinny-Ski Extravaganza

The Great Ski Race was born

Double Vision

Meet Mystic and Pet Announcements

Rocking Stone Announcements (Feb 12 - Mar 11)

What's Rocking in your neighborhood

Darkside of the Moonshine, February 14

Poor Man’s Whiskey (PMW), a bluegrass band out of San Francisco, decided, after five years of original music, to record a bluegrass cover of Pink Floyd’s “Darkside of the Moon,” aptly titled, “Darkside of the Moonshine.”

Neva, Making it Happen

Starting in her hometown of Saratoga, California, at age 12 in a small coffee shop, Neva began performing on her own.

Gaviotas, An Update on a Sustainable Village in Columbia

Gaviotas…a tranquil village shaded by a forest of a tributary of the Río Orinoco and filled with flowers, bright melodious birds, and chattering monkeys.

A Mix of the Basic Ingredients

Shotgun Wedding Quintet and Introducing Spaceheater’s Blast Furnace, Feb. 19 thru 22