We will get to all of your Important News of the day but first we want to get you caught up on whether. It looks like we are here with meteorologist bill logan. Just stepped in from outside. It is warming up already. We started off on the crisp aside. Temperatures mostly in the 40s and 50s around the bay area right now but as you can see, things are brightening up and warming up outside as we look down into Davis Islands and Harbour Island from our tower cam. And look at satellite and radar combined. We call this a composite satellite view. You can see if you clouds streaming in from the west but they will not bring us rain. They will just give us some of modeled sunshine. Partly cloudy skies as we go through the day. Current temperatures include 58 in tampa. Spring hill at 55. 60s in avon park. It should be a great day for golf as we take this by noon. We will top out around 74 or 75. It will get warmer tomorrow and we will see 80s by the middle of the week. More on that coming up. Right now, deputies need your help to be on the lookout for this missing 77yearold woman. Virginia of land o lakes was last seen friday in the area of lake paget drive. Investigators say she shows signs of early onset dementia and depression. She is about 55 tall. She weighs 140 pounds. As you can see, she has blonde hair and blue eyes. If you see this woman, please call 911. The race to the white house comes to central photo. Donald trump will make a stop at the university of Central Florida later today. A little later than planned. Organizers at the University Say they initially planned for the event to start at noon. 2 00. That is because of an university. Drums people say they expected crowd of about 20,000 people. Seven primary contest scattered across five states over the weekend. The republicans, kentucky and meanwhile caucus today while on the democratic side, its all about the caucus in nebraska. In louisiana, voters from both sides head to the polls in a closed primary. The action ends tomorrow with the Democratic Caucus in maine and a primary votes in puerto rico for the republicans. Traffic alert. If youre heading out to the strawberry festival today, if you are traveling from tampa, you do not want to get off at the notice road exit. The area. Here is an option. Get off at Branch Forbes road. Take that to 574 and follow that up to the strawberry festival. The veterans expressway, the southbound exit is closed at it is expected to be blocked until at least midnight. The hunt is on in sarasota for a man who deputies say is looking up womens skirts. He is seen in this video. We are told is still happening inside a local store. Look at this video. This is the man that sarasota deputies are looking for. This is inside the store, bonnie bonnen advantage. Investigators say they ran off when the woman catches him in the act and confronts him. If you know who he is, call the Sarasota County sheriffs office. And Pinellas County deputies need your help finding a suspected bank robber. These pictures are from the bb t bank on indian rock road. Deputies say this person walked in friday morning and give the teller a note demanding cash. He also implied he had a weapon. If you recognize him, call the Pinellas County sheriffs office. Possible dog abuse and Pinellas Park and its caught on video. We want to warn you, the footage is hard to watch. A tip led officers to question doing what is called, monte o ring training. It is a protection sport obedience, agility and work. Detectives believe what they saw on this video is extreme. Although they add the dog is fit, healthy and does not appear to be hurt. A state attorney will decide on possible animal cruelty charges. We are airing on the side of caution to make sure that were looking at it from all aspects. Detectives say the man in the video is visiting from out of state. He was at the dog health llc office 67 avenue. The owner said she allowed him to use her yard. She did not witness what happened or the owner said it would have been stopped. A pitiless park special needs student who claims he was trying to break up a fight ends up getting pepper sprayed and this happened thursday at richard l. Sanders school. Two teens were arrested. Eric keller bail was one of getting assaulted during lunch. He and a friend jumped in to stop it. He admits he through some necessary for School Resource officers to break up the fight with pepper spray. I dont think its right to mace somebody. Multiple people pulled me off. Arrested. The School District confirms that the fight happened but they are not commenting. Covering pasco county, several undocumented immigrants are being forced out of city. Some people are accused of using fraudulent Social Security cards to pass for your citizens. Officials say they discovered more than 20 cases so far. The tenants all had to be out by friday. They had to leave the cypress farms apartments. We are talking about 60 kids that had to find a different way to go to school. We cannot have people participating in programs that are not qualified to participate. We cant. The Pasco County Sheriffs Office said they are investigating. They have not evicted anyone yet. A 3 billion gambling deal for florida is now off the state lawmakers rejected an gaming compact. It would allow the seminole tribe to add craps and roulette casinos. Slot machines wouldve also been okayed at existing dog and horse tracks. The deal between the tribe and the governor promised thousands of new jobs and 1. 8 billion expansion of casinos if approved. Cops in florida could soon have new guidelines to follow when it comes to the use of body cameras. The state house passed what would require departments to develop standards for the use of cameras and how the audio and video files will be stored. Officers use the cameras. Spacex successfully put a satellite in orbit but failed again to land the rocket at sea. It was the missions fifth launch attempt. The delay was due to problems with rocket fuel, weather and interference from a boat. Unfortunately, the attempt to land the rocket on a drone ship failed once again. Elon musk a tweeted out, the booster just came back to earth too fast but the next flight has a good chance of success. Are you eating breakfast right now . If you want to be and if you are, we have a sweet deal today for families at the sweetest event in the bay area. Taking a life look at the strawberry festival grounds. Coming up, the big savings families can get by going today. Its one of the toughest things to do at work. Asking for my money. The two things that could be keeping you from getting a raise. We are going to raise midway of the strawberry festival. A great day to get outside. Free kids day today. The midway will open within the hour. Tonight, cheap trick will be there tonight rocking the house starting at 7 30. Temperatures are up into the 70s. I have your action weather details on the rest of the we are helping hardworking people like you better their careers and asking for a raise is one of the hardest things you can do. Ashley yore tells us now about the steps you can take to get the money you deserve. Lot of us. You expect to raise and it doesnt go through. Then they would keep promising and put you on the back burner. Reporter what happened . Typically it could be one of two reasons. Reporter this man is a consultant with rights management. Either it was because the organization as a whole had some sort of financial challenges or it was performancebased. Your performance did not warrant an increase. Reporter regardless of the reason, you need to know. The first step in getting a raise, communication. You need to gather your courage and talk to your boss but before you walk in, make sure you have a plan. Put together a plan of value you bring to the organization. Sit down with your boss and present it in that way. Reporter when you are forward thinking. Do not focus on, i did this for 10 years or i got this degree and the certification. Thats what got you here. Organization will be better because you are a part of it. Reporter always remember to sell yourself. Take about why you were hired in the first place. The employer saw value in what you had to offer. Reporter if you feel the need to, start looking for a new job. Its always easier to land a new job when you have one. Reporter if you didnt get a raise due to your company struggling, you may be looking for a job in the future anyway. Good tips there. We all like a little bit more money. Would you moved to florida, they pay you and son dollars. This is true. On a day like today, i need to pay those dividends. Folks are already on the beach. Im guessing these are visitors from the north. It is a little chilly by the water right now. You do have a high uv index today. Very high, actually. Unprotected skin burn will be in less than a half hour. Dont forget the sunscreen. A nicelooking day. And a nicelooking day for baseball. Folks around the bay area are getting fields ready. It will be terrific for spring training. That season is well underway right now. Many games around here. Yankees and red sox will be here in tampa. And of course that will be great. Also some pleasant nights four games under the lights. Look at now as we fire up the titan doppler radar. Very clear. You can see a few clouds a streaming in from west to east but no big deal. Tampa has 58 degrees. A few clouds. Winds of the sunny skies in clearwater. 55 degrees with wins at 6. Almost 60 and st. Pete. Northeasterly winds and 59 degrees. Jacksonville. 51 in gainesville. 70 in miami. 69 in key west. Across the southeast it is clear but cool. Starting off in the 30s back carolinas. Charleston up to 51. Atlanta and charlotte at 44. High pressure is sitting over the carolinas. That will bring our winds of the north and east today. We will have mostly sunny skies, a few clouds as we saw but no real rain chances through the weekend. Looking at the rpm forecast model in motion through today, no real rain expected. A great day for baseball as mentioned. The phillies are traveling down the road to done even. Phillies home in clearwater not too far away. Game at ford Auto Exchange stadium. 72 degrees by first pitch time, just after 1 00. This evening, Tampa Bay Rays will be down in sarasota facing the baltimore orioles. It looks like 65 degrees as they get this one underway. Like i said, a great night for baseball. It should be very pleasant. So should the weekend. Right through tomorrow, looking for a high of 76 on sunday. Monday even warmer. Tuesday and wednesday pushing into the low 80s here in tampa. Further inland, they are looking at temperatures of 85 or 86 degrees. Even brandon looking for mid 80s. We will update this forecast and see if we can squeeze out more rain than that meet the measly 20 on friday. The grass could get crispy. You will need to water this week. More details always available break after the shortcake today. It is the kickoff weekend of the florida strawberry festival. The theme this year is a royal fun for everyone. It features some of the best food and treats anywhere. There are concerts and a midway full of rights. Jake peterson is live at strawberry central. You have a tough assignment today. We hear families can save big by going out there today. Reporter yes. It really is a bay area tradition. The 81st year is shaping up to be a beautiful day. I want to bring and lauren with the strawberry festival. Good morning. I understand that families can save money today. Today is the perfect day to bring your family to the strawberry festival. The weather is gorgeous plus today is free kids day the kids through High School Age are admitted free. Many people like that. The strawberry festival is something that is built around families. Its very familyfriendly and clean. Plus we have rides, entertainment, games for all members of your family from the youngest to the oldest. Today is a good day to bring your family. Reporter im sure it will get busy. You open that 10 00 . We open at 10 00 but all day we have things going on. We recommend people come festival all day long. Reporter one thing i see are tons of rides and games. Yes. We have about 85 rides plus loss of games. Reporter when you have some time off, d play the games . I dont but now might be a Good Opportunity to do that. Reporter i think i will try to win something for my folks. You could bring Something Back for your staff. Here we are. Whats this game called . This is called bloom store. What we do here . It is five dollars a game. Balloon. If you miss, you get additional darts until you pop one. That way the kids always win a prize here. Reporter ladies first. Here goes nothing. Reporter wow. I need to compete with that. Here we go. I get one more. Im going to cheat. This is for you guys. Got it. I was concerned there for a second. Im thinking the dock with the headphones on. I will send that one back to you guys. Thats the one i want. Good thing everyone is a winner. Reporter i thought he was going to have to throw more. Second times the charm. Good job, jake. Gadgets for pet lovers. How you can give your pet a treat with the push of a button when youre not at home. You want one coming you do not want to miss our rescue up next. We will introduce you to this lovely pet here. I will tell you about her, welcome back. Im here with kelly from heidis legacy dog rescue. Precious baby. Her name is millie. And this is kelly. Thanks for having me and billy today. Tellme about millie. She is an american bulldog and she is about two years old. She was found running the streets of florida. She was pregnant at the time. She had her 13 babies and she is still trying to get rid of the baby fat that she had. She is great with other dogs. If youre interested in adopting her you can always email us at heidis legacy aol. Com. She is a lover. I know firsthand. She was giving me all kinds of cases. If you are interested in adopting little miss millie. This beautiful american bulldog, ago. We will have everything on her website you need to know. Heidis legacy dog rescue. Pet lovers are sure to find luck at the Saint Patrick shamrock celebration. Phyllis perry countys pet resource center. It is hosting from 10 00 until 2 00 today. Adoptable animals are ready to go for just 20 and there will also be refreshments, giveaways and special guests and more. Its getting easier to play with your pets even when you are at work or at school. The market for high tech pet gadgets appears to be growing. Devices out now let you give them treats. One lets pets call their owners with the push of a button. Pet Products Association said americans spend more than 60 billion a year on their pets. Still no substitute for pen coming up, a story about i diver sucked into a cooling pipe at a Florida Nuclear power plant. Something was wrong. All i could think about where these horror movies. His incredible story of survival in the one mistake Florida Power and light believes that he made. It might remove this iconic seal. This after 80 years. The controversial history about welcome back. Im rodney dunigan. Here is what were watching. Police are investigating possible. Bbs caught on camera. The man in this video tells officers he was training the dog. At the dog house llc. Detectives think this video looks too extreme. The state attorney is investigating. The owner of the doghouse said she let the man borrow her yard and said her staff would have never allowed the man to train a dog like this. Donald trump will be in orlando today but so will his Campaign Said 20,000 are expected at the university of Central Florida. He will be speaking there at 2 pm. Across the street, thousands of antitrump demonstrators are also expected. University police tell us they are working with all sides to make sure that the event stays peaceful. Space x successfully put a satellite into orbit but failed again to land a rocket at sea. It was the missions fifth launch attempt. Unfortunately, the attempt to land the booster rocket on a drone ship failed again. Elon musk tweeted out, the booster just came back to earth too fast but the next flight has a good chance of success. We are in for a successful day with the weather we are having. Absolutely. Yesterday we had a cold front come through. You can see it pushed through here on the satellite and radar still warming up. No problems here but folks of north are dealing with another winter blast. Snow squalls triggered a massive 40 car pileup in New Hampshire sending 10 to the hospital. During video captured stranded motorists for miles after the shutdown the interstate was shut down. Also causing problems like a thin ice. Firefighters in New Hampshire racing out to a leg to rescue a dog who fell in. The got him in the boat. They are loading up the salt trucks to keep the roads clear. It will be a tough task. We have no problems here. The only problem we will see today are these clouds streaming over from the yucatan peninsula. They will not bring rain but they will obscure the sun now and again. We will have partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies for saturday. 57 in clearwater. 59 in sarasota. 63 in north port. 58 from springville down to 59 in ruskin. Highs today will be in the 70s. 74 for tampa. 75 in bartow. 76 in lake wales and closer to the coast, a little cooler. Why . Because the water temperature is still in the mid60s. For the weekend planner, we will expect lots of sun. No rain. Gradual warming today and tomorrow. It will be a nice looking weekend. Hope you can get out and enjoy. The ongoing water crisis in flint, michigan appears to be looking up. The first leadpipe is now out. Work crews are working through the weekend with plans to remove 29 water lines within the next 29 days. Teams from lansing are also there helping crews learn a quicker way to finish the work. The mayor is urging the state new information about a knife found at the site of o. J. Simpsons former home. Investigators are telling abc news that the blade is not the murder weapon used in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and ronald goldman. It was allegedly recovered by a construction worker at the property, possibly around the time the site was demolished in 1998. A retired Police Officer called the police and told was told there was nothing they could do because of double jeopardy. Since. He added there were no obvious signs of blood on the knife. And emotionally charge bill revising alimony payments and child custody in florida is a step closer to becoming law. The state Senate Approved changes on friday. It ends lifetime alimony and replaces it with formulas for amounts and duration. Depending on the length of the marriage and the spouses income. It also urges judges to consider equal timesharing with children between two divorcing eyes across the country will focus on the bay area on monday. Opening statements will begin and the hulk hogan versus gawker trial. Fixtures and three alternates were seated friday. Hulk hogan is suing the website, gawker, for invasion of privacy. Gawker published a videotape of hogan having sex with a now ex wife. Most of the jurors are all women from Pinellas County, hogan is suing for 100 million. Harvard law might remove its official seal after months of scrutiny because of its ties to an 18thcentury slave owner. The sealed adopted in 1937 depicts three bundles of wheat, borrowed from the family crest of isaac royal junior. His father made the family fortune with sugar plantations. Those were worked on by slaves. A committee has now voted 10 two digit to remove it. The college is deemed that the universitys governing board will be the one making the final call. For collegebound high school is, the new sat debuts at testing sites across the bay area. The improvement, after 30 years in response to ageold complaints about standardized testing. For example, the old tests took off a quarter point for wrong answers. Now, students will not be penalized. The new sat will also give more time for each section and have 16 fewer questions and the essay is now optional, not counting towards your writing score. We expected to learn more was the first score reports come out sometime in may. An incredible story of survival in south florida. A man is suing Florida Power light claiming he was sucked into an intake pipe at the st. Lucie Nuclear Power plant. I felt like i was sucked over a waterfall and instantly in complete darkness. I was tumbled around and around. Trying to hang onto my mask and regulator. All i could see was black. This happened in july of last year. For the power and light said that pipe that diver cruz six was sucked into a 16 feet across. It is about a quartermile long. It sucks about 500,000 gallons of water a minute to cool the plants nuclear reactors. Meanwhile, his friend was yelling for his family on his book. His wife was on the phone with 911 once called started coming know. He kept telling me to pick up the phone. So i did. And it was him. She picks up and she said hello. I said, im alive. Amazing story. He said he spent five minutes struggling in complete darkness until finally resurfacing on the other end. Florida power and light said and it argues that he intentionally swam into the intake after bypassing a cover that was meant to keep objects out. When it comes to finding a new job, working for a top company can feel like winning the lottery. The new list out on americas best companies to work for. We will tells you which of those companies are in the tampa bay area. Reporter good morning. Im here with your Weekend Edition of the positively tampa bay. The story of a nineyearold girl who is practicing her princess wave as she is selected as grand marshall for your Work Environment is a big part of whether or not you like your job. If youre looking for a change, Fortune Magazine just released its annual ranking of the best companies to work or. Topping the list for the seventh year in a row, google. Workers say the culture makes them feel valued and respected. The company also offers a lot of perks like virtual doctor visits and who wouldnt love this, a nap area at work. Wisconsin ranks number two. This Company Offers high salaries, generous pay raises and perks like a family picnic with giveaways in thousands of dollars in prizes. Unfortunately, no Florida Companies are in the top 10 but there are several high up that have offices locally. Edward jones, which is a Financial Services company was number 10 on the list. They have offices all over the bay area and they got points for hosting summer meetings for employees and their families. The Container Store was number 14. They only hired about 3 of people who apply because they a fun culture. In the number 36, usaa, the Financial Institution that certain military families, they have two offices here. Its looking like a sweet weekend in plant city. Jake peterson is live at the on what we can expect today. Reporter good morning. Where does this come from . Thats one of the many things you can find out here at the strawberry festival. Meet just. She shows kids a very good message. We will tell you what that is now for a check on what is happening today. 100,000 people are expected to be downtown at the Curtis Hixon Park the annual gasparilla festival of the arts. Over 46 years. It has become americas highest rated outdoor fine art and craft show. There will also be Live Entertainment and childrens act cities. Gates open at 9 am. It is free. If you like beer, grab your best buds for some booze. Tampa bays beer week is brewing. Public bike ride in st. Pete. And a free concert tonight at 3 daughters brewing. A full lineup of events are listed on tampa bay beer week. Com. Skateboarders get your skateboards out. They will be coming out for the Second Annual tampa pro this weekend. It is all at the skatepark of tampa. Doors open for practice they opened about 45 minutes ago. Qualifying rounds will start at noon. Final rounds are tomorrow. We are competing. 75,000. Talk about a weekend adventure. Lets see who breaks their leg first. If you win, you get 75,000. To pay the medical bills. They defy gravity. That is good stuff. We have defied the normal logic of the mark. The in a like a line, out like a lamb. Its coming in like a lamb. A great week so far. As we look outside, we are seeing clouds through tampa. Sunshine. Unfortunately, thats going to be with us off and on through the day today. 57 in lakeland. 59 in inverness. Warmer along the coast. 61 for venice. 57 in bartow. 56 in brooksville and into the metro area, 58 and clearwater. 63 and brandon and st. Petersburg at 59 degrees. 51 in gainesville. 69 in key west. Daytona beach at 60 degrees. Across the country we are seeing a little bit of a warm up through the southeast but still 41 in atlanta. New york at 30. 27 in boston. The big weather story will be the storms out west. They are getting pummeled with rain throughout the west coast. Oregon and down through california. Getting snow and they have surf pounding on the west coast today. In the meantime, the middle of the country looks good with High Pressure settling in. A little bit of rain and snow moving back through areas of kentucky and ohio and west virginia. High pressure giving us northerly winds after the pond front pulled through yesterday. Clouds are coming across from the yucatan peninsula. They will give us that partly cloudy sky throughout periods of today. At the beach, it looks like it will be sunny. 67 degrees with the water temperature at 66. Northeast and north breaches will feel cooler. Because we are closer to the water, the temperature along the beach does not rise to much. Looking at whats going on with the festival of the arts downtown in tampa, starting off at 9 00, the been open for 48 minutes. That will run through 6 pm. Cool handcrafted florida art tomorrow from 10 am through 5 pm. They will announce the winners of the competition at that point. We will see beautiful skies throughout the afternoon. About 74 in downtown tampa. 66 is the gulf water temperature. Expect winds of the northeast then turning north and going from about 5 knots to 15 Joaquin El Chapo guzman for. They will come down on sunday. Cities are averaging about 2 to 3 feet. If you are going to be outside, it may be cool but the sun is very strong. The uv index is in the high category today. Time to burn, less than a half an hour on unprotected skin. Low tide just before 5 00. The sun will set at 6 33. Here is a look at floridas less accurate sevenday forecast. Warming into the work week. Looking for temperatures into the 80s before we get a little spit of rain possible on only in Hillsborough County today. The strawberry festival, kids up to High School Age get in free. Jake peterson has been there all morning long. He is learning valuable lessons right now about what is going in our serial this morning. You have a special guest it also . Reporter this is my new friend, this is just. We are here at the strawberry festival. One thing you can do is see how cows are milked. I want to bring in michaela. This is your cow . Yes. What do you do . We do milking demonstrations every day. I talk about the importance of milk in the daily diet and how it has nutrients and vitamins that Everyone Needs every day. We need to get at least four servings of Dairy Products every day. Reporter show the kids that milk does a body good. Lets do this. Walk me through the process. What i am doing is putting on the milk loves. Now we use a milk machine. This is more efficient. I have four fingers. I will attach it to the cow. It allows her to let her milk down. You do this in front of folks so they can see it. Thats milk. Yes sir. Reporter can this go into your serial right away . It could that you probably want to cool it down a little bit. It is about 100 degrees coming straight from the cow. On the farm we run it down a trough and cool it down. Reporter for children who have never seen as, what is their reaction . Publix. Now they have a view of how we work on a dairy farm and how the Dairy Farmers tend to their cows on a daily basis. Reporter i will let you get back to your milking. Its good to meet you. I will let you keep doing your thing. If youre lucky, i will bring back some cold, fresh milk. The seminole pow wow is among the oldest and largest florida. It started out commemorating the Seminole Indian tribe. The powwow dates back to 1967, a direct descendent of a chief was a grand marshal of the parade then. This has grown over the years to become a threeday event. Kimi, will have the honor of being the grand marshall. Here with more we have mister seminal. We also have becky who is also with the city. And we have maria with sonnys bbq in largo and the aunt of this precious little girl. Lets start off by talking about this child and how special she is and why you selected her to be the grand marshall . The seminole pow wow in the last 10 years, we have only had three grand marshalls. Lightly. Its very important. We have pictures of this little girl who suffers from something called roe had that a it is. Maria is the wonderful aunt of this child who is so cute. So full of life and loving. Explain to the viewers, without the medical terms, what is this. At the core, this is a respiratory illness. It starts with the lungs and from there it goes up to the and liver. It destroys your body for lack of a better term. There is not much known about it because it is so rare. There are less than 100 cases in the world. Thing is. It. I know obesity is a part of the outward symptoms of this disease. So being part of the prey i know sonnys barbecue doesnt much for the community. He will be at the parade. Becky, what can folks expect when they attend the parade . You have bands we will have 65 units in the parade. It will kick off a saturday morning at 10 am. We will have an honor guard, the fire station, police cars, the grand marshall will way to everyone. We will also have boy scouts, soccer teams truly a Free Community event that grasps the spirit of the city of seminal. Reporter thank you for making that dream come true for kimi. For all the details you can go to their website its, p. O. W. Wow festival. Com. This morning has flown by. Its already 10 00. That is at apollo beach. A great place to eat and a and head out to the open waters. Lets show you what things are looking like in clearwater. Okay. Definitely a nice day today. Get out and enjoy it. We want to remind you to do your civic duty. Early voting is open across the bay area. Check abcactionnews. Com for your polling locations and the times. It is a great day. Get out and enjoy. Thats it for us today. We will be back tonight. Complete coverage of all your days event online at announcer jack hanna s wild countdown is onsored by nationwide. M jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to wild countdown. A lot of baby animals are cute and cuddly, but only a select few get to be called cubs. Oh, look at them playing. Today weve got bear cubs. D see some bears but never expected to see a mother and three baby bears. He says i m not letting go of this, buddy. Benson it s a tiny one over there, maybe a week old. Jack look at him youre right