We feared it would happen eventually. The bay area now has its first . Locally transmitted case virus. And its in pinellas county. Officials across the county are now taking extra precautions. Including area schools. Fox 13s Shayla Reaves joins us live from pinellas county, with more on that. An update on some shocking video from citrus county. Back in june. A man tried to kidnap a 13 Year Old Girl from a dollar drag the girl out of the store while her mother held on for dear life. Weve now learned that man is . Not competent to stand trial. 30yearold Craig Bonello underwent a mental evaluation right after the incident. Hes been ordered to go to a Mental Health facility. walter down in miami power is finally restored for about ten . Thousand homes. The outtage was caused by a massive transformer fire. The fire broke out at the Florida Power and light facility in west miamidade. It sent flames and thick, black smoke into the air. Which could be seen for miles. The smoke forced planes to be diverted from one of the runways at nearby Miami International airport. No injuries were reported from the fire. And theyre still looking into the cause. Students at Florida Southern College in lakeland have returned to campus. And this semesters class. Is its . Biggest yet. There are more than two . Thousand undergraduate students at the private college this year. That is enrollment in the school s 133 year history. Theres a new housing option this year to help accomodate the students. The college is also offering a new major in biotechnology with a concentration in cyber security. And another polk college is breaking ground on a new facility. Florida polytechnic in lakeland is getting a state of the art wellness and aquatics center. The facility will be shaped like a phoenix. Which is the florida poly mascot. Outside of teaching the students about better health. The center will also test new technologies for physical training. Get ready for more fun in the sky, from disney world. The company just filed a patent for a new dronelike device. The title of the patent is air delivered special effects. According to the plans, the device could fly in the air and send out effects like lighting, fireworks, even fake snow. It could be done with a remote control, or automatically. Disney says its been developing devices like this to give more parkgoers a better view of another group of pets from the floodravaged area of louisiana. Will soon be up for adoption here in the bay area. A van full of dogs and cats arrived at englewood Animal Rescue late last night in sarasota. 20 dogs made their way to florida by van. And the group has already taken in a batch of 14 dogs and cats. Thousands of people have been left homeless in lousiana from the flooding and pets are being abandoned or given up to Animal Shelters. No word yet on when the dogs and cats will be ready for adoption Animal Shelter is also seeking donations to care for them. They . Are a no kill shelter. Another reminder to boaters. To . Watch where you wake. Fish and wildlife officials came to the aid of an injured manatee tuesday afternoon. They were called out to rivieria bay in st. Pete. After a boater spotted the 715pounder. Struggling with fresh wounds across his back. It appears the manatee was hit by a boat or some other watercraft. He was taken and in manatee county. A little boy is being called a hero, after he saved three baby loggerhead turtles. The Group Wildlife inc out of bradenton posted these pictures this week. The little boy spotted the 3 hatchlings trapped in a storm drain. A worker and two wildlife officers removed the grate and scooped up the turtles. And another hatchling was found across the street. The Animal Rescue will now take care of them. And hopefully get them . Back in the wild. Weather. Are dolphins in danger . Why tourists in hawaii are now begin told to . Stop swimming with them. And the final five. Having a big night in the big apple. How the us womens gymnastics is celebrating their golden at longhorn, steak is all you need. Its not all you get. Longhorns Great American steak dinner for 12. 99. Perfectly seasoned sirloin with your choice of side. Plus an appetizer or a dessert. All with fresh salad and unlimited bread. The Great American steak dinner, for 12. 99. Tonight, only at longhorn steakhouse. You cant fake steak. For lunch try our steakhouse burger a big announcement from or any steakhouse lunch combo starting at 7. 99. . Tesla on tuesday. Showing off its new . Upgraded batteries. Theyll be installed in the new model s sedan. And model x crossover. They will make the cars go faster and farther. Model x will have a ludicrous mode. Which will allow it to go from zero to 60 miles an hour in just . Three seconds. That speed will cost you more than 135thousanddollars. And model s will be able to travel 315 miles on a single charge. That one costs just about a thousand dollars less. The days of swimming with the dolphins in hawaii could be numbered. Federal regulators are proposing a ban on the popular attraction. Marine Officials Say the species are being deprived of rest during the day and are becoming too stressed out. The agency is proposing swimmers and boats stay at least 50 yards away from the mammals. Public meetings on the proposal take place next month. A final decision on the regulations could come next year. Today, lori grabs delicious jimmy dean sausage from the fridge, fully cooked and ready in seconds. It makes breakfast complete, which makes bill feel like completing the gazebo, prompting a good mornings lead to the time is now 4xxx. Trending stories today. And we begin with americas golden girls. The Us Gymnastics Team is back in the states. And last night, they took their celebration tour. To the big apple. Including a stop, on the tonight show yup. Thats simone biles and the rest of the final five playing hungry hungry humans. Jimmy fallons take on the classic board game hungry hungry glover joined in as well. And the girls also found time last night, to take in a showing. Of hamilton the musicial. They also got to meet the cast. Chick fila customers have been getting firedup over a big menu change. Late last month, the chain . Removed its spicy chicken biscuit. They decided to replace it on the breakfast menu, with the new healthier option. The egg white grill. But fans of that biscuit did not take the change well. And now. The chain may be forced to bring it . Back. Thats because customers have started posting . Thousands of complaints on the companys facebook page. Some diehard customer are even going as far as threatening to boycott the chain until they bring the sandwich back. Ironically, the company says they replaced the spicy biscuit because it was . Not a big seller. They say it was less than one breakfast customers say it was the . Only reason they went there. Another interesting detail the restaurant still serves the spicy chicken . Sandwich during lunchtime. And. Its time to warm up that waffle iron. Today is National Waffle day. And the holiday is also sparking up a tasty debate. Whats better. Waffles. Or pancakes . And is there really any ingredients . Technically you . Can make a waffle with pancake batter. But the ingredients really . Are different. Waffles tend to have to more . Sugar than pancakes, and a little more fat. And. What could be better than National Waffle day . How about getting those waffles. For . Free . Up next. Where its happening today, in tampa bay. Plus dave has another check on the forecast, at hillshire farm, spice is the spice of life. Hillshire farm. Because its worth doing right. At hillshire farm, theres a reason our slow roasted turkey taste so fresh seconds after carving, we not only seal every slice, we double seal it. The results are something to savor. Hillshire farm. Because its worth doing right. . . . . A florida teen just . Ba da ba ba ba . Defied the odds. 16yearold sebastian de leon is only the 4th person in the country. To . Survive a brain eating amoeba. Typically, 97 percent of patients who are infected worldwide. Dont survive. Sebastian caught it two weeks ago, while was on a trip to orlando. After complaining of a painful headache and light sensitivity he ended up at the hospital. When doctors learned he had recently been swiming in fresh water they did a . Special test, which confirmed it was an brain the medical team put sebastian on a cocktail of 7 drugs. Thenathey started lowering his body temperature to just . 33 degrees . To slow the amoeba. They kept him in in a medically induced coma for 3 days. Until lab results showed no sign of infection. Sebastian still has another two . Weeks of medicine to take. And hell need to get more make sure the amoeba is gone for good. Even though school is back in session. Doesnt mean kids cant have fun. The Westshore Plaza mall in tampa is hosting its kid x club party today. There are several fun events planned inside the plaza for little kids. Including a sing along and legobuilding events. Chickfila will even provide some snacks. It runs today from ten am to noon, at the malls center all free. And. A breakfast bargain for National Waffle day the comfort suites of sarasota is cooking up a . Free belgian waffle breakfast this morning at sarasotas salvation army. Its for all staff and clients at the store. Theyre set to feed about 150 people. Comfort suites has been making this an annual tradition. Theyre also donating about a hundred . Thousand waffles to chapters of the boys and girls club of america. Todays breakfast is from 530 to seven am. wa toss to dave. Donald trump facing new criticism he appeared to mock a reporter with a disability. You gotta see this guy. uhhhh i dont know what i said, i dont remember. hes going like i dont remember. Putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. You have to be wealthy in order to be great. Im sorry to say it. Hes a war hero because he was captured. I like people that werent captured. walter developing this morning the race to find . Survivors, after a deadly earthquake in italy. So far, no sound from the rubble. vanessa keeping kids safe from the zika virus. At school. What officials are doing, now that the first non travelrelated case, has been found in the bay area. walter and. A busy situation in the tropics. The atlantic hurricane season, starts heating up. Dave is watching the developments carefully, and will tell us if any serious storms, are headed . Our way. walter its now 5 . . Thanks for joining us. Im walter Allen Vanessa and im vanessa ruffes, in for jen epstein. Lets start off with a check of the forecast,