With us july 29th. It is a friday. Did i say that enough . Let me say that one more time. It is a friday, im gene lavanchy. Catherine im catherine parrotta. After days of sunshine we finally get the rain we need and come down hard and tents in zip in scituate. Thats where we find Michelle Lazcano. Michelle juices. Quench juice and been here for two years. What do you want . Juices, smoothies, acai bowls. Sara i have cant be beat. Want to open it . Sara pockets of heavier rain and a lot of what seeing on the map pretty light in plymouth and seeing pockets of heavier rain pop through and southeastern massachusetts and dealing with fog so it is not dense fog right now. Noon time 77 . , rain in place. Heaviest rain today from 8 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Then we will see some improvements. 3 00 i think the steadiest stuff cape and islands 5 00 p. M. And 7 00 this evening we got mostly dry conditions out there. I will take you through it hourbyhour coming up approximate p julie is back now juli
1 00 this afternoon. They were carrying a hose and dousing any hot spots that have continued to pop up tonight. They were probably 20 feet over the house. Reporter the flames could be seen streets away and the black smoke for miles. It is scary. I mean, we see smoke like that and really worry that its going to take the whole neighborhood down. Reporter kenny door ran from the beach saturday afternoon and returned home to his plum island house engulfed Something Like that happen, and your whole house go up in flames, pretty much. Reporter a newberry fire captain who lives nearby had called into the fire which grew to five alarms. No one was home at the time. Everything is gone. My cars blew up, everything inside is gone, and everything is gone. Reporter heat required double the manpower. Crews rotated every 5 minutes. One firefighter was rushed to the hospital suffering from heat exhaustion. Contained the damage to doors house and just the siding on two other homes due to the heat. Its
71 in boston right now. Same in manchester and lawrence at 70 in concord new hampshireshy of 70 in Portland Maine and a lot of us are in the 60s. 67 in worcester. Upper 60s in the vineyard. Dew points in the 60s so yes its a little bit muggy right now. And that humidity is going to be with us at least for the time being before we see a gradual lowering in the dew points for the second half of the day. That will be behind a cold front thats crossing the region this morning. Wheres the rain with it . We need it but theres no lot of moisture with this front so we cant rule out a stray sprinkle and thickening clouds between now and mid to late morning. And then clearing comes in after that. So sunrise coming up 6 minutes from now. Sun and clouds a little muggy through midday. We make a run at 90 in spots and mid80s with the ride home with clearing and warm with a sunset at 7 22. More on weather coming up. Lets get to traffic and weather together. Reporter traffic is started and that goes a
Protesters literally locked down in west roxbury until firefighters and police force them to freedom. Freed and then promptly arrested. They need to shut it down. We dont need this pipeline. We dont need anything about it. And i guess im done with the interview. Reporter they are part of the ongoing protest against construction of a gas pipeline. This tim t cars in the Construction Zone and used bicycle locks to attach themselves by the neck to the wheel. The reason that we stand here and put our bodies on the line is because we have no other choice. Reporter protesters say the pipeline in the middle of a residential neighborhood isnt safe. Spectra, the company putting it in says everything they are doing meets safety regulations. Still, protesters vow they are not backing down. Of course, it is worth it. This is nothing. What im doing, im nothing. Im nothing in all of this. Planet. You know, we are forced to do this kind of thing because they are not winning in this. Reporter it took
A funeral mass is being held in mississippi for sister paula merrill. The stoneham native was murdered, along with another niun, in their home last week. The man accused in her death will be arraigned later today. Emily the duck Boat Operator who sheared the roof off his vehicle last night on Storrow Drive has been issued a warning by boston police. The driver says he was forced onto the road after a detour. No passengers were injured. Erika and we are live from district court. The driver accused of exposing himself and fondling himself in front of women from his vehicle. Paul griffin is walking into the courthouse earlier today. He did not show his face in the courtroom during arraignment. Both incidents were in front of the same woman. The latest one yesterday, when description. When officers found him, he took off in his car and then jumped out, but was caught and arrested. He did not have any passengers with him at the time of the incident according to police. Theyll was set at 10,