As diesel's back on the rise, fuel thieves were caught siphoning from trucks parked in Southern California: ow.ly/ItGR51005L8 Also: HOS relief for railroad "unplanned event" responders; ATA reports slight increase in truck tonnage in September.

Diesel's moving up again: ow.ly/M3FW51003wQ At the link find this new quick-glance sortable look at state diesel cost, minus tax, among other new free tools from Let's Truck. It could be a key cog to reduce overall real fuel spend, letting IFTA miles sort out the tax.

Ultimate Christmas present? A.J. Field's gift from his wife, a square-hood 1969 Pete 358 to complement her needlenose variant, ultimately. More: ow.ly/pZR450ZZTea

Hats off the memory of "Milkman" Bill Wilker, 3M-plus-miler milk hauler whose old Peterbilt 386 piloted for Moeller Trucking is pictured here from Overdrive back in 2018. Sadly, Wilker passed on last week, and Long Haul Paul offered this tribute: ow.ly/YAEK50ZZQNW

GEAR: JLab's wireless, sweatproof Epic earbuds for clear connections in noisy environments, any weather. ow.ly/r2nM50ZZQsj

A class action suit brought by truck owners over Paccar MX-13 fuel-system issues in EPA 2021-spec engines allowed to proceed to trial with late 2027 date set. ow.ly/BIZP50ZZQr9

Nebraska is giving in-state fuel haulers a one-month waiver mirroring feds' waiver for interstate haulers, but adding in weight regs. Also: Another huge border meth bust, and terminal tractors, Cummins L9 engine recalled. ow.ly/RGuO50ZZGI2

Pride in the ride? Join the hundreds of your owner-operator peers who've showcased their trucks in our long-running Reader Rigs collection: ow.ly/ywvh50ZZwK9

'Driver shortage' makes its return to a Top Issue as Waabi, Aurora, Elon Musk, so many others trumpet safety and driver-demand salvation with driverless trucks. Company drivers, owner-ops take notice: ow.ly/Jl9K50ZZwzK

Here's how ATRI ranked trucking's top concerns after a survey of multi-unit fleets, owner-ops and drivers. "Driver shortage" is back in the top 10, though nowhere near drivers' top 10. Weigh in yourself here: ow.ly/eChe50ZZvlX

Owner-op Robert Forsyth, our September Trucker of the Month, recommended Michelin's Advantage network for small fleets and owner-ops -- what's your go-to for roadside service for vetted providers who won't gouge you on the tow, or worse? ow.ly/15Gi50ZZonY

This week on Overdrive Radio, Long Haul Paul's tour through the small-trucking advocacy counterbalance to the big monied interests that is TenFour D.C. -- no sideline cynics here when it comes to trucking improvement: ow.ly/XfWc50ZZiQu

C.H. says it's still confident about its nuclear verdict appeal's success, but the initial award just keeps getting more expensive, now up to $711M with interest. ow.ly/625T50ZZ7xz

One-day truck enforcement detail just outside L.A. wrote 279 total citations. Also: Piston fuel payments provider partners with Western U.S. fuel stop chain; occupational health clinic expanding into Texas. ow.ly/T71s50ZZ7sP

GEAR: More deals on foldable ebikes from ActBest for OTR downtime, mobility, simpler storage: ow.ly/YptW50ZZ5YK

Clarity on red-dyed diesel tax relief? Not exactly, but new IRS guidance shows it's in effect. Tax advisers point out that unknowns/risks still exist, and standard-fuel discount programs in many cases will beat the 24.4-cent tax savings: ow.ly/aNoh50ZZ0ZS

DOT took exception to Overdrive reporting that FMCSA used AI to ID drivers with ELP violations and track them back to CDL school that graduated them, targeting the schools for shutdown. It didn't dispute many of those schools are back open today. ow.ly/clJ750ZYBp6

20+ arrested after drug trafficking investigation in Florida for duping legit trucking companies into hauling illegal drugs across the country. Also: AI chatbot as co-driver? Drivers asked to weigh in on cost of OTR health, more news. ow.ly/cnjo50ZYBg7

Weigh in: Off-duty random drug screens -- should they be allowed? A little detail, too, on where a couple recent driver-led rule petitions could end up. ow.ly/7V4Y50ZYAly

DataQs rules for states announced by FMCSA this past Spring: All are in effect through U.S. jurisdictions -- here's the skinny, and further reading, about the changes: ow.ly/PWSY50ZYx6t