Gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez. The weather now. Humidity sky high, fog and rain on max defender 8, not on land but a thin line of showers in the gulf. That is in association with a cold front that will bring a chance of rain today. Look at the fog there though. That is the view from lakeland auto mall. Portions of the area dealing with reduced visibility, its soupy. Upper 60s and lo the day. Theres the fog, visibility zero now in lakeland. Mostly cloudy and 79 today. The rain chances fairly slim. Staying at 20 through today. You may have to turn on the windshield wipers today. Whoo, good to see you here. Weve got a decent drive in traffic. A couple of things. Quick look at travel times here. Wesley chapel up to speed and 2p 75 into downtown tampa looks 275. This is i75 by i4, just a few minutes ago i think they are take it away now, we had the right lane blocked. I see one of the trucks leaving you can see it leaving the camera to the far left there. They have just cleared the constru
Still missing. Good morning, welcome to newschannel 8 today, im gayle guyardo. Im gene ramirez, thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. Lets check with Ed Bloodsworth for a look at the weather. A few spotty showers this morning mainly in the interior locations, also areas of patchy dense fog. Its raining in some areas, a little minor showers south of the avon park stretching back to portions of hardee county. Also a line of gulf. In association with our cold front. Its warm out there. Upper 60s and low 70s. Not only warm but extremely humid. That is causing fog, especially as you head towards interior portions of polk and Hillsborough County. Visibilities are below a mile. We hit 79 for today. Mostly cloudy skies. A few of those spotty showers. Were going to preview the weekend coming up. I had to turn on my ac driving to work this morning. Its weird. Considering its december. We have a pretty good drive on the bay area bridges. Not seeing delays as you move across the water
The fire. This is a building that has been in the news lately. In march the vinick Family Foundation announced they were donating 2. 5 million to renovate this rec center. The largest individual gift in the 90year history of the boys and girls club in tampa bay. And it were set to be renamed the jeff and penny vinick family winston park boys and girls club. This will be a blow to the people in the area that depend on rec centers like this for after school care. It was set to community. I grew up here. Everybody here grew up here and just it just meant a lot to see something happening in the neighborhood for the kids. Reporter this building was closed while it was under construction but set to reopen sometime over the next few months. The fire marshal is currently on scene trying to figure out what caused this fire. If there is any good news no one was inside of the building when this fire did break out huge fire. Were told that close to 35 firefighters came on scene, again two ladder t
To hear from loved ones. If you need to report a missing person from gatlinburg, pigeon forge, call 1800tbifind, that will get Law Enforcement it tennessee on the case. People are praising dolly parton for her part in helping the victims of the fires. The Dollywood Foundation will donate 1,000 a month to each of the families who lost their homes in the fires for six months. I know time for my people, and this assistance will help. Beginning friday you can join our efforts to recover from these deadly fires by visiting the dollywoodfoundation. Org. The Dollywood Foundation is expecting those donations to contribute to the fund. You can find that link on our wtsp app and wtsp. Com. A huge effort to turn around a tampa neighborhood went up in flames. Winston Park Rec Center . The fire was early this morning, but tonight investigators still do not know the answer to that question, what caused it. Despite dozens of firefighters working to stop this, look at the flames right there, the fire
Increase or 15 an hour minimum wage. Raise for Law Enforcement officers. Reporter why . Reasoning behind this, first of all, because these people risk their lives to keep us all safe, and its gonna be way more beneficial to society as a whole than a 15 minimum wage which will increase the price for everyone on the back end. For folks who work at mcdonalds or a minimum wage job, they can support their family better 8. 05 job. Thats still like 300. Thats not like enough to feed like if you have family or yourself. Reporter which is more of a priority for you . Absolutely. 5 more is totally the priority for the Law Enforcement and the guys who are keeping me safe. The other guys dont do anything to cheap safe. If they want more money, let them work for more money. Reporter which is more important to you . To apply for welfare. 8. 05 an hour will not pay a mortgage. I think that with the Law Enforcement, were looking at the public sector. This is government jobs. And i think that we need t