Jordan Uzcategui, 20, was left without a cellphone after the fire. He left it in his car parked in the brothers’ driveway as they rushed to get out on the water.
Tyler and Jordan Uzcategui lost both of their vehicles and a shed full of four-wheelers and dirt bikes in the brush fire that began Saturday afternoon near Desoto Boulevard South and 14th Avenue Southeast.
The brush fire is currently 900 acres in size and 75% contained, according to the latest update from the Florida Fire Service. It destroyed two homes and damaged three others in Golden Gate Estates, while prompting road closures and voluntary evacuations.
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“They will come to the health departments and they will come to some of the pharmacies in the community, but they can do very few,” Bencie said.
State officials attributed the closure of the sites to low demand, according to an email newsletter from the city of Sarasota.
However, the state-run testing site at the Bradenton Area Convention Center is still conducting between 800 to 1,000 tests a day and seeing “well over” 10% positivity rates on the rapid tests, according to Bencie.
The three local COVID-19 testing sites that will close are at the convention center on 1 Haben Boulevard in Palmetto, which will close Saturday; the walk-up testing site at the Robert L. Taylor Community Complex, 1845 34th Street in Sarasota, which will end Friday; and the drive-through site at 5400 Bradenton Road at the Sarasota Kennel Club, which will close on Sunday.
We love our beaches. And we love our parks and preserves. But sometimes in sunny Florida you just gotta get indoors. Especially now when regardless of what the calendar says, the weather screams “summer!”
So, yeah, now that you’ve posted that vaccine selfie, go ahead and mask up and have some fun inside, where you also don’t have to worry about our infamous afternoon thunderstorms. We’ve included our picks for best air-conditioned family activities as well as adults-only date night recommendations.
You will also find some great restaurant, bar and ice cream shop suggestions mixed in among these 21 places to have fun indoors across Sarasota and Manatee counties.