I'm not saying this because I need a new car this month, but I'm happy to hear that the auto industry appears to be recovering.

Today, the auto sales reports for May came out for all the automakers, and at one point, I left individual stories about the big three as our top three stories. It was only for a short while, but I liked the trend. (In fact, leasing or buying a car might be harder — make that, more expensive— if sales are going up.)

The photo is a screen shot of the mid-afternoon front page of our website, www.theoaklandpress.com.

Will this continue? Probably not as a steady increase but likely with some dips and rises. Overall, though, I'm happy for any good news on the economic front. Now if they could just fix the oil spill.