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July 26, 2024 Treasure Island Parking - Jason Beisel
A Pinellas County beach town is trying to move tourists and day-trippers off its side streets. Starting July 29th, there's no more free parking in the Sunset Beach neighborhood of Treasure Island.
Street parking will cost $5 an hour. City spokesman Jason Beisel insists it's not a money grab. We speak with him about the change.
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7 min
July 10, 2024 Coral Crossbreeding -- Keri O' Neil FL Aquarium
The Florida Aquarium and the University of Miami are joining forces in an effort to help coral in the Florida Keys survive rising water temperatures. It involves crossbreeding Florida coral with coral from a warm bay in Honduras. We speak with Keri O' Neil, who's leading the project for the Florida Aquarium.
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11 min
July 09, 2024 Pasco Scallop Season - Nancy Sheridan
Bay scallop season is starting in Pasco County Wednesday (10th). It runs till August 18th. We speak with Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission marine biologist Nancy Sheridan about how to scallop by the rules.
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6 min
July 08, 2024 Dr Monty Graham - USF Deep Sea ROV
The University of South Florida is rolling out a new underwater remote vehicle with a 4K camera that can go two and a half miles deep. Only one other US University (Hawaii) has anything like it. We speak with Dr. Monty Graham, director of the Florida Institute of Oceanography, about what this means for deep-sea exploration.
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17 min
July 04, 2024 St Pete and Japan - JoEllen Schilke and Sarah Carvalis
For the first time since the pandemic, St. Petersburg restores the Sister Cities student exchange program with Takamatsu, Japan. Students from St. Petersburg are going over to Takamatsu the weekend of July 5th. They'll stay for ten days and then students from Takamatsu will head to St. Petersburg. We speak with one of the program organizers and the mother of one of the exchange students.
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12 min
July 02, 2024 Fireworks - Treasure Island Mayor Tyler Payne
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8 min
June 29, 2024 Rachel Radawec - Boom By the Bay
Downtown Tampa hosts a day full of events July 4th (Thursday). We speak with Rachel Radawec of the Tampa Downtown Partnership about "Boom By the Bay."
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8 min
June 19, 2024 Comfort Dogs - Officer Mark Lickenfelt USF SP PD
Police at the St. Petersburg campus of the University of South Florida are swearing in a new K-9 Thursday (20). Snowbird's job isn't putting the bite on bad guys or sniffing out drugs. Snowbird is a comfort dog. We speak with Snowbird's handler, Officer Mark Lickenfelt, about the role of comfort and support dogs in law enforcement and in promoting wellbeing on college campuses.
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6 min
June 12, 2024 Hillsborough Brain Bus - Angie Toledo-Vasquez
Hillsborough Adult Day Services is promoting Alzheimer's Awareness with its Brain Bus touring the county's adult day facilities. We speak with the agency's Angie Toledo-Vasquez.
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6 min
June 10, 2024 First Heavy Rain of the Season - Lisa Foster and Ashley Giovanetti
After a slight delay, rainy season is expected to come in full force in the Tampa Bay area with tropical moisture dropping several inches this week. That means possible street flooding and a potential slowdown of beach renourishment. We speak with Pinellas County floodplain administrator Lisa Foster and public information coordinator Ashley Giovanetti on how the weather could affect the county this week.
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11 min