Classic cars cruise up and down Atascadero in a past Hot El Camino Cruise Nite. The annual event draws 300 to 500 participating cars and thousands of attendees on Friday, Aug. 20. The cruise takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on El Camino Real between Rosario and Curbaril avenues.

DES MOINES, Iowa – A Sheffield man was among 17 peoplerecognized by Gov. Chet Culver as citizen heroes on Friday.

As part of a new campaign to prevent children from dying locked in hot cars, Kelly Powell, program director at Safe Kids Palm Beach County , told parents Friday to leave cell phones in their cars’ back seats where their kids are because “we never forget our cell phones.”

Police blotters, Friday’s calls

May 21st – 23rd : Big Softball Weekend & Related Special Events UCMe Instant Classic Co-sponsored by the Citys Parks & Recreation Dept., Black Softball Circuit, and Power 94. Over 100 teams from all over the southeast will be in Chattanooga for an exciting tournament and weekend of activities.

In 1996, California voters passed the Compassionate Use Act, which allowed patients under doctor’s care to obtain marijuana for personal use. Recently, marijuana stores have proliferated across the state creating a retail trade that is specifically prohibited by State and Federal Law.

Roosevelt Powell could wrap up his federal prison sentence by Friday, according to a federal Web site. The Bureau of Prisons site lists Powell’s expected release date as being Friday. However, it is unclear whether he is still in a federal prison or if he has been released to a half-way house. Powell, 67, was convicted in 2008 along with Willie Harris and former Lake County Councilman Will Smith …

Senior doctors employed by the Southland District Health Board at Lakes District Hospital in Queenstown feel betrayed by the proposed privatisation of the public hospital, said Mr Ian Powell, Executive Director of the Association of Salaried Medical Specialists, today.

Patricia J. “Pat” Clark, 80, of Shoreline and formerly of Wenatchee, passed away Friday, April 16, 2010. Pat was born November 6, 1929, in Salt Lake City, UT, to DeWitt and Esther (Richardson) Powell. She was a graduate of Salem High School and Oregon State College. She had been a school teacher and a grant writer for a senior center, before coming to the Wenatchee area.