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Volkswagen's Tiguan Hymotion SUV demonstrates highs, lows of alternative fuel vehicles (Belleville News-Democrat)
This week's U.S. debut of Volkswagen's zero-emission, hydrogen-powered Tiguan Hymotion sport-utility in the Bay Area illustrates both the promise and the pitfalls of a type of alternative-fuel vehicle that many automakers are developing.

Amateur radio hams it up at Field Day (The Eureka Reporter)
Category: Local News Topics: (none) When conventional modes of communication become cut off due to disasters, the Amateur Radio Emergency Service, a group of amateur radio enthusiasts, use radio waves to communicate with disaster relief agencies. The group also assist with law enforcement, hospitals and the American Red Cross.

Volunteers fear pets being unduly stressed at shelters (Chico Enterprise-Record)
PENTZ -- Volunteers running a shelter for pets evacuated from the Concow area fires faced a dilemma this week when it became apparent their owners, most also staying there, could be displaced for several days.

A Shaq-sized flatfish (Anchorage Daily News)
Less than a week before the Seward Halibut Tournament's final day, Soldotna angler Tim Berg wrestled a herculean halibut from the Gulf of Alaska on Tuesday morning that could be worth $10,000.

No one doubts he fired gun (The Reporter)
Defense and prosecution attorneys painted very different portraits of murder defendant Quartus Lee Hinton as they presented opening statements Tuesday at the beginning of Hinton's trial for the 2006 gunshot slaying of his ex-girlfriend, an off-duty Richmond police officer.

Trial opens in officer's shooting (Vallejo Times-Herald)
Defense and prosecution attorneys painted very different portraits of murder defendant Quartus Lee Hinton on Tuesday at the beginning of Hinton's trial for the 2006 gunshot slaying of his ex-girlfriend, an off-duty Richmond police officer.

Trial opens for man accused of killing off-duty Richmond police officer (Contra Costa Times)
VALLEJO — Attorneys made opening statements Tuesday in the trial of a man charged with the 2006 gunshot slaying of an off-duty Richmond police officer.

2009 Volkswagen Jetta TDI SportWagon and Volkswagen Tiguan (H2 Fuel Cell) HyMotion Prototype Preview (The Auto Channel)
While Japanese and American automakers tout gasoline-electric hybrids as the solution for high fuel economy, Europeans, represented in the US by the Germans, see diesel as the way.

Hobbyists flock to historic track (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Elkhart Lake - Bill Douglas won at the June Sprints.

Pizarro: Different look, same cause (San Jose Mercury News)
It's safe to say that the American Heart Association's annual fundraiser is in the midst of a transformation.