Coast. Its sheered apart a lot but its still a Tropical Storm. 40miles per hour, thankfully leaving the charleston area alone for the moment because its been dealing with flooding due to julia, but look at the forecast track. It makes the the loop, starts to come back toward the South Carolina coast so theyll be dealing with this through the weekend. This is an active time. We have Tropical Storm ian which thankfully is not going to be the an issue over off the coast of africa now, tropical depression 12, though it will remain weak. And locally, our big issue is an onshore wind flow. And that adds humidity to the forecast. And you may get one or two showers along the coast in the morning, about a 10 rain chance. And that goes up through the day to about 40 rain chance after 3 00 p. M. And the storms push farther inland. Coming up in weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an hourbyhour look at your right now, its prety decent. We have an issue its pretty decent. We have an issue, a full lane closure on west shore. Remember all that construction a few months ago . Well, a little bit is back. But this is closed north of bay to bay and it should be opened up sometime tomorrow afternoon. In the meantime, take the detour. And you can take sa to west shore or you can head over and take lois. Whatever you want to do. And lets take a live look at traffic out here, i75 at fowler avenue, barely a vehicle onscene here. We have a great drive through the new tampa area. And over to 275 right at u. S. 19, great drive. Thats a look at weather and traffic. And now back to gene and gayle. Targeting stores. He is accused of robbing of a Jewelry Store at the brandon mall and seriously injuring a clerk who chased after him. Chip osowski reports he is also wanted in a similar case out of pasco county. Reporter good morning to you. We are talking about a serial robber who does not care who he hurts. Luckily in the case here in pasco county, the clerk did what she should have done, she let the cameras capture pictures of the dangerous robber. Pat, who didnt want her face shown, knows this guy too well. He looked at the the bracelet. Gave it back to me. A couple minutes later, he asked to see the bracelet again. He put it on his wrist and took off running. Reporter on august 9th, deputies say he stole jewelry from the crown diamond Jewelry Store in the gulf square mall and ran off. Fast forward to this month and went to the fine Jewelry Store in brandon. The man is calm, cool and collected, asks the clerk to try on an expensive necklace and checks out he looks in the mirror. And then takes off. And in that case, the clerk gave chase, jumps on the hood of the car and is taken for a ride before being tossed on a nearby roadway. She is hopeful this guy gets caught before he strikes and believe it or not, shes spent sleepless night wondering if her customers would be spooked off when she learn about the robbery. She says, not to worry. We were on camera and we knew police would see him on the camera. Reporter take another look, if you have seen him or know who he is, you are urged to give the pasco county or Hillsborough CountySheriffs Office a call. The clerk in this case was not about the case in Hillsborough County and the injuries there was shake her head and wonder what she could have done differently. In pasco county, chip osowski, news channel 8 today. This morning, more dead animals are found in tampa. This time along the hillsborough river. Thats really gross. And usually the animals will be in like a plastic bag or a box. Sometimes we will just find a dead animal but not hit and is laying there. Its been placed there. You can tell. Angela found a dead chick lightning a box along the river earlier this week. This week, animals were found along the Courtney Campbell causeway. Tampa detectives are trying to figure out if the two cases are part of a sick prank or part of religious rituals. New information in the Death Investigation in brandon the. Its a story we first brought you as breaking news yesterday. Girlfriend when a neighbor intervened. The neighbor claims wood tried to attack him with a knife. Thats when deputies believe the neighbor opened fire killing wood. For the neighbor, investigators do not plan to charge him. A polk county woman is accused of going too far to keep her boyfriend from getting in trouble. She is accused of calling in a bomb threat. Listen to part of her 911 call. Whats the name of building . The probation fi winter haven. Someone is threatening to blow it up. One moment please. Are you there right now . Investigators claim Denise Martinez confessed to making the call. She told detectives she did it to get her boyfriend out of giving a urine sample for a drug test. This morning, both are in jail. And a Polk County School bus driver is off the job after investigators claim Fredrick Mcclellan pulled out in front of a school bus crash. Its his third just this year. He resigned. All that rain from hurricane hermine overwhelmed bay area waste water plants, sending sewage flooding into tampa bay. And now some are demanding action to stop it from happening again. News channel 8s Meredyth Censullo is live in news center this morning. What can be done the to stop this from happening glenn. Reporter well, thats the big question happening again . Reporter well, thats the big question this morning. Commissioners have launched a countywide Storm Water Task force. 29milliongallons of raw and partially treated water was dumped into the bay, Lake Seminole and joes creek and other places during hurricane blame for the deaths of birds now washing up onshore. Why does it happen . The waste Water Treatment plants can only hold so much. Commissioners want to get the countys 13 Water Systems and three private utility systems to Work Together and conduct the firstever sewer study. They hope it will reveal which parts of the sewage system need the most there are 70 million budgeted over the next decade for storm water improvements but the county hopes the study could help them figure out the best places to stop the sewage for good. So its a start. But to put it in rain terms, only a sprinkle. Bottom the line, will there be solutions before the next big event . The answer is probably no. All right. How is it looking leigh . It feels quite humid. We have an onshore wind flow thats indirectly related to stalled Tropical Storm julia. Just the general flow around the system brings us a wind flow off the gulf of mexico. It makes it more humid. And second of all, wouldnt be out of the question to see a low rain chance. Today just feeling steamy at 86 at noon. 89degrees at 3 00 p. M. And after 2 00 when the rain chance goes up to about 40 , mostly for areas east of 75. Julia has stalled off the coast of South Carolina. And theyll continue to see impacts from her. And onshore wind flow, high humidity, rain is going to start along the coast and push inland. And seasonable temperatures in the next several days. Im putting the rain chance and lets check with leslee lacey to check on traffic on the 8s. Not perfect but overall, pretty good drive. Not seeing delays on the bay area interstates and thats nice. Lets take a look at travel times through lakeland. Looks great. And in and out of pasco county, just 11 minutes state road 52 to 275. And tampa bay, just a heads up, northbound, west shore boulevard completely closed. It kicked off yesterday. Construction just north of bay to bay but youre routed around it and it should reopen tomorrow afternoon. And lets move to the sun coast area. We have a collision northbound 75 before you get to the state road 64 but no delays. Thats a look at weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to the gene and gayle. All right, thank you, leslee. The 2016 heart walk is right around the corner and news channel 8 is committed to raising 100,000 but we need fuccillo kia is generously matching every dollar up to the 50,000. A florida mans car burst into flames. Why he believes his smart phone is to blame. And a poof of smoke is what happened after a womans purse exploded. See it there. Coming up, what was inside and that caused the the problem. Plus, saving children left in hot cars. 8 is on your side with a at new technology that could help save young lives. Youre watching news channel 8 you know your heart loves megared omega3s. But did you know your eyes, your brain, and your joints really love them too . Introducing megared advanced 4in1. Just one softgel delivers the omega3 power of two regular fish oil pills. So give your body mega support with megared advanced 4in1. Im really good at war. I love war in a certain way. Including with nukes, yes including with nukes. I know more about isis than the generals do, believe me. Nuclear, just the power the devastation, is very important to me. I want to be unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable, unpredictable. 8 is on your side is looking at the deadly trend of young kids left in hot cars. A palm harbor case on friday is the latest example. In that case, a 23monthold boy was left in his fathers pickup truck for hours. And now many companies, including some here in the bay area, are looking for solutions. Leslee lacey looks at technology designed to prevent these tragedies. Reporter well, we have experienced record heat this summer in the tampa bay area. And nationwide, 29 children have already died from heat and that palm harbor case is just the latest. But there are company, both large and small, working on ways to get parents to check the backseat. General motors and buick have rolled out a 2017 vehicle that includes a rear seat reminder. You put something in. You close the door. Youre going to be getting in the front seat. Okay. We will start it up. You go somewhere. You reach your destination. You will stop. We will shut it off. And rear seat reminder. Reporter now the safety features on these two vehicles are dependent on the back door opening and shutting but there are other technologies that work differently. This is sensealife created by two tampa dads. Its a twopart wireless system that sees when the door is open and senses the weight in the car seat. This reads the presence of the child. It requires two pounds of pressure. Goes underneath the child. Reporter the sensor goes under the drivers seat and when you exit the car. Please remove child from the see. Okay. And if i dont remove the child you get an app alert. After a minute or two of no response, an Emergency Contact is made to a parent or another care giver that you designate. Reporter and there are other products available like ride and remind which sounds your car alarm when you forget to open your rear door. It is pe starting next summer and the 2017 vehicles with the reminder feature are the luke lacrosse and the gmc arcadia. We always say i would never do the that but we get so caught up, sometimes it just happens. And new parents are exhausted. Theyre not mentally all there all the time. They say just over half are complete accidents. And other things factor in, but about half just completely county believe they have caught the man who torch thed a fort pierce mosque saturday night. He could face 30 years behind bars. Investigators say antiislamic posts filled his social media accounts. The pulse nightclub shooter to mama teen occasionally attended that mosque. A Samsung Galaxy 7 is suspected of starting this this is home video showing the flames lighting up the night sky, shooting from the car. I see the flames come up. And from that, bigger flames. And then i pull over, the flames expand. Thats Cliff Samuels describing the fire that turned his car into this charred metal mess. He was charging his phone at the time in the front seat when he saw the fire all of a across america today, the suspects in the murder of dwayne wades cousin will appear in court. The brothers are charged with first degree murder for the death. She was fatally shot in chicago while walking to register her kids for school. Authorities allege the two brothers meant to hit another man. First, it was the ncaa and now the acc. The Atlantic Coast conference announced that all will be moved. The decision is due to North Carolinas house bill two law. Hb2 requires that transgender people use restrooms at schools and government buildings that correspond with their birth certificates. It looks like candy but police claim what they found in one childs lunchbox is heroin. The discovery was made at a new jersey charter school. Investigators are now trying to the drugs. Well, its 4 18 on this thursday morning and looks like we had some stalled julia out there. Thats right, still bringing rainfall to the North Carolina and South Carolina coast. Not as much as yesterday. Popping down here, an onshore wind flow may bring a shower or two along the coast. If you mussed julias forecast, just hanging out here off the coast of South Carolina. The other thing im watching is tropical depression 12 off africas coast. And heres good news. As it moves atlantic, its going to go back and forth between Tropical Storm and tropical depression status so a rough environment meaning tough to development and thats fine by me. 8 00 this morning spotty rain along the coast and humid. 79degrees at 8 00 a. M. 89 at 4 00 p. M. Most of the rain in the afternoon about a 40 chance. Its already 81 in tampa. 77 in bartow. 74 in brooksville. Theres julia stalled off the South Carolina coast. And indirectly causing this but all that wind flow does s between now and noon, most of the rain close to the coast. And by the afternoon, the rain pushes farther and farther inland. And the onshore flow continues tomorrow. Same general pattern with the rain pushing inland. 30 chances. How about traffic on the 8s . Well, checking out the tampa bay area. We have two issues going on that could affect your drive but shouldnt slow you down because traffic is extremely light. First of all in south tampa, northbound completely blocked north of bay to bay. You can take san jose over to west shore if you want. And its really light in the area. Should be wrapped up by tomorrow. And meanwhile, over here in brandon, we have a collision westbound on highway 60 right before you get to parsons. Injuries involved and its tying up some of the westbound lanes. Now traffic is extremely light so no significant slow downs highway 60 can get very busy very quickly. Thats weather and traffic on the 8s. Back to gene and gayle. Thank you. Talk about a scary moment when a womans purse exploded. A puff of smoke billowing from the purse. Look here. This happened as she was shopping in new jersey. When she every thetied the purse, she emptied the purse, yep, its a battery on her personal vaporizer. But the purse. Still ahead, why more people are packing their own lunch. And counting down to the holidays. What businesses are already doing to get ready for the busy shopping season. In breaking news, st. Petersburg firefighters are investigating a house fire as an arson. You are looking live right now. You can see its a very active scene. The flames broke out at a home in the 1000 block of 18th avenue south. Again, this is a live picture from the scene. We are getting a closeup look. You can see investigators are inside and right now. Fire Officials Say no one was home at the time and they are trying to locate the owner. Now an 8 on your side consumer watch. Getting ready for the holidays, not too early. Retailors and deliver from christmas. Retailors and Delivery Services are already looking ahead to the holiday season. Ups is looking to about a thousand workers. Retailors like target and walmart are working on hiring thousands of parttime employees. Nationwide, there will be an extra 700,000 seasonal jobs. More people are opting to take their lunch to work instead of going out to price hikes at restaurants are blamed for the decline. The average cost out is about 8. Sometimes you cant get out of the office to eat. Exactly. Thats true. Weather and traffic on the time for weather and traffic on the 8s. Sending the kids to the bus stop, its going to be quite shower near the coast. And when they come home from school, its a 40 rain chance a ride share rule controversy. Hillsborough county wants background checks for uber and lyft drivers and now those the drivers might drive right out of town. Also, the search is on for a Jewelry Stores in the bay area. The pictures deputies want to you see next. Plus, fit for the oval office. Medical records out today for both donald trump and Hillary Rodham clinton. What doctors are saying about them and how it could impact the race for the white house. Good morning. And welcome to news channel 8 today. Im gayle guyardo. And im gene ramirez. Thank you for waking up with on this thursday morning. California is now the first