It’s been a news-filled week! In this week’s round-up, we feature several original reporting briefs by Moonshine’s reporters, Alex Hoeft and Kyra Mattson. We also cover two local museums, a new mountain biking trail, microtransit, whether or not Kings Beach will see a new parking lot, and more. Read this week's news briefs on our website.

Auburn powerhouse Joanne Neft, a one-time Tahoe resident and an early champion of Placer County farmers markets and local farmers, shares that great food is grown nearby throughout the year.

Hilaree Nelson dies on Mount Manaslu; fatal collision at construction site; community foundation receives $1.9 million from Cal Fire Placer County to issue library cards to TTUSD students; more.

The drought isn’t a problem … at least for human use. The long-range effects for the land are a different beast, with increasing tree die-offs, shrinking snowpack, and ever-graver wildfire threats.

FaceOff: Resident Court Leve says more should be spent on trash generated by tourism taxes.

FaceOff: NLTRA CEO Tony Karwowski says Placer County requires the money to fund transportation and affordable housing opportunities.

In this week's news briefs, we discuss candidates for the upcoming general election, algae in Lake Tahoe, the first Placer County pediatric Covid death, plus more.

Officers Monday declared the remains found inside Kiely Rodni’s car are probably those of the 16-year-old Truckee girl who went missing in the early hours of Aug. 6. The investigation as to what happened continues.

As word spread quickly in Tahoe / Truckee on Sunday, Aug. 21, that 16-year-old Kiely Rodni’s car was found sunken upside down in Prosser Reservoir that morning, locals cried in shock, relief, and pain.

The Town of Truckee draft Environmental Impact Report has been released; the Board of Supervisors places wildfire prevention, emergency services and disaster readiness transactions and use tax on November ballot; and more in this week’s news briefs.