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News for Friday, April 21, 2006

Powering up a car withvegetable oil rather than gas

Not only do Autumn Chute and Moxie Stratton get their gas for free, but their car exhaust smells like comfort food -- French fries or egg rolls, sometimes fish and chips. It depends what food was fried in the vegetable oil before they pump the fluid into their fuel tanks.

Two arrested in AmCan on gun, DUI charges

A Vallejo teenager allegedly had more than keys, change and lipstick in her purse when police officers stopped the car she was riding in an American Canyon mobile home park.

Make friends with the Earth

Opportunities to celebrate the planet's beauty and learn how to be more earth-friendly will abound during Earth Day 2006 Saturday at Skyline Park.

News in brief

Seventh anniversary of massacre

If you're ready to go veggie ...

Converting a diesel engine to run on vegetable oil may sound simple to the mechanically inclined, but many people who choose to go veggie hire a professional to make the switch.

Bush visit: Angwin out, Feinstein in for Saturday

Everyone's wondering whether President George W. Bush will drive or fly into the Napa Valley on Friday. And if he flies, where will he land?

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