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Local NewsSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 8:44PMIn addition to the car show downtown, smaller events are also being held Saturday in Elma. * A historic home at 101 E. Waldrip St. will be open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for tours of the garden and tea. The cost is $5.

Charging StationSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 8:43PMAn infrastructure for charging electric vehicles is being built in places like the parking lot of the Amtrak station in Martinez.

Electric Avenue is more than a detour for Main Street auto makersSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 5:46PMHype over the new battery-powered Volt from GM may be surging but every major car maker has jumped onto what some are already calling a global revolution

The New Cheese WizSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 2:25AMDOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - Larkin Mackey and Joshua McBride don’t make macaroni and cheese like your mother made it. Nor do they make it like Kraft, which turned the dish into a simple-to-prepare American classic in the 1930s when they put it in a box and called it Kraft Dinner.

The Porsche 918 SpyderSaturday, July 31, 2010 @ 12:59AMThe Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid concept car is going into production as Porsche’s first plug-in hybrid vehicle. It accelerates from 0-60mph (0-96kph) in 3.2 seconds and has CO2 emissions of just 70 g/km, equivalent to a fuel consumption of 3.0 litre/100 km (78.3mpg US). The only drawback for mere mortals is the price at US$630,000 (€483,000) but it may be eligible for the US tax credit of US$7,500 ...