>> right now, on newschannel8 at 7:00. >> good evening. there is new concern tonight about a case of the zika virus here in the bay area.

infected in pinellas county. and as mary mcguire shows us, state officials are working to find out where the person contracted the illness. >> reporter: officials are not telling us where that person living in pinellas county, only that a person here in pinellas county does have the zika virus and they didn't contract it by traveling to any known hot zones including miami. it is the news we never hope to hear. the zika virus in our own backyards. governor rick scott revealed the latest case of nontravel related zika in pinellas county. >> we only have two areas we believe have local transmission. >> reporter: the question remains where did that person contract the virus? at this point, we don't know that it happened in pinellas county. efforts now shifting to find out the answer to that question. >> we need to start doing strategic testing with the family, where the individual worked. all those things. >> reporter: the governor insists there are only two known direct transmission zones

the first area, is a one square mile portion in the wynwood neighborhood. the second area in miami beach. >> the good news there as a result of education, and aggressive mosquito baiting we have cut down the area to less than one-half square mile. >> reporter: in all, 42 people have caught zika in florida not from traveling. reporting in pinellas county, i'm mary mcguire, newschannel8. a n terrifying attempt to kidnap a girl will not stand trial any time soon, this afternoon, a court ruled craig bonelo is incompetent to stand trial. the attempted abduction took place in june in a dollar general store. the mother fought off the attacker. a deputy cornered him in the parking lot. he has been committed to a

police are hoping surveillance video from a 7/11 will help them catch a carjackerment sunday morning moments after this video was shot, he carjacked an employee at the nearby bone fish grill. and then crashed her car. the family of a young bicyclist is mourning his death tonight. he died on a busy stretch in tampa and melanie michael talked with concerned parents who live near this dangerous spot. >> reporter: the video tells a hi a young man is protected by a sheet. at a grisly crash scene. the life of 21-year-old james hope came to an end on the side of the road lodged under a car. his bicycle nearly a block away. >> it is pretty bad here. there are a lot of accidents here. >> reporter: the bicyclist killed veered into oncoming traffic and was ejected into the air after being hit by an

year-old was then hit again and dragged under a car. >> he was pretty much from this corner here dragged to the opening right here at cvs. >> reporter: diaz is concerned this busy intersection is not patrolled enough. with it being so close to the high school she's worried. here is what she wants to see. >> more patrolling. >> reporter: this case is still under review and the drivers will not be charged at this time. i'm melanie michael tonight. newschannel8. four people are staying behind bars charged with first degree murder. investigators say they used a dating website to lure their victim. police tell us 27-year-old victim adam hillary met 18-year- old hailey bustos on the plenty of fish online dating site. after the two went on a date, bustos returned to hillary's apartment with three men who robbed and killed him. tonight, a judge denied all of their bonds. this is an important reminder

for you to play detective. if there is a time, this is it. they can be who they want to be. so you have to be extremely careful and stay in control. >> police suggest you meet in a public place and it is never a good idea, they say, to take someone home after the first date. air conditioners stopped humming for thousands of people in miami-dade county this afternoon thanks to a fire at 20,000 people lost power. no one was injured. some sea turtles owe their life to a four-year-old boy. he spotted some baby logger heads trapped in a storm drain and today, john rogers spoke to the little rescuer. >> reporter: on afternoon, four- year-old aiden henson and his family were traveling along gulf drive to buy beach toys when he looked into this storm drain. >> i looked down the drain and i saw a turtle. >> reporter: his grandmother

but then, there they were. there were three baby logger head turtles in there. >> how could you see that? >> i can see in the dark. >> reporter: so wildlife rescuers rushed over. time was of the essence. thanks to aiden's keen eyes, four baby turtles were saved. >> you got to save their lives. you newschannel8. expect the next addition at florida's state university to make a splash. check out the new state of the art aquatic center. it will feature two pools, a 2700 square foot gym, a rock climbing wall. if all goes as planned, it will be open next summer. a landmark bay area restaurant is back in business. goody goody reopened this morningment it first opened in

however, it was not forgotten. richard gonesmark purchased the rights to goody goody along with the recipes. he rescued the iconic sign. and today, it reopened in the hyde park village with anxious fans on hand to grab a spot at the counter. we drove by not too long ago saying that is a dinner break location for us. i think today might be busy. >> first da wait. i love they are bringing that place back. >> the nostalgia is sweet. >> looks like a great restaurant. thunderstorms, we had some severe weather that expired in pinellas county. still strong thunderstorms. as a matter of fact, look at that. maybe your house is getting rain. 77 degrees. temperatures falling. boy, we had hot temperatures. it was 95 today. warmer in some of the inland areas and the humidity was extra high. dew points in the upper 70s at

but it is raining in lakeland auto mall. that is good news. southeast wind at 5 miles an hour. temperatures have dropped. nearby showers and thunderstorms, you can see they continue to drift to the southwest here. mostly around the bradenton area. thunderstorms continue to drift in that general direction. and also, inland. you can see the thunderstorms that are occurring as you just saw in the southern portion of lakeland. and pushing toward the mulberry area south of i-4. another area looking like it is moving to dade city. pasco county. might end up in wesley chapel and this line of thunderstorms you are looking at might end up in the tampa area as well. a lot of lightning. the strong thunderstorms with strong wind gusts moving across south pinellas county. that weakened at this point. there's a lot of activity out there. we will talk about the forecast, the tropics coming i. still ahead. >> thousands expected to pack in here tomorrow at the florida

donald trump. coming up, we have a preview of his speech. >> today on better call behnken, i'm at the bellview builtmore construction site where water is wreaking havoc

likely turn out for donald trump at a rally in hillsborough county. and bill clinton paid a visit to the bay area today stumping for his wife hillary clinton. candace mccowan wraps it up for us in your vote coverage. >> what do you think is important for mr. trump to get across tomorrow? >> i don't think there is one specific message that is more than another in terms of if it is an issue. i think it is important that we continue to encourage people to get out to vote.

heely bumgarner is calling this prime recruiting grounds. >> we have 30,000 volunteers alone in the state of florida. >> reporter: they will be interested to hear his stance on immigration. will he continue to call for the deportation of 11 million illegal immigrants? >> he looks like he is going to totally change his whole stance on immigration example. give me a break. we can't trust anything this man says. >> reporter: former florida cfc alice sync. >> he made a compelling argument for why we have to elect hillary clinton as your next president. >> reporter: candace mccowan, newschannel8. tesla just made its crazy fast electric cars faster. details on the company's big announcement coming up.

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a drink... a spoon... a kiss. it all started here... it might have been prevented with trumenba. ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. in florida, it used to be that if a child, a senior or one of our four legged friends was trapped in a hot car you and i were not allowed to save them unless we were willing to be sued. has government lost its mind? so i fixed the law to make sure we are all empowered to rescue can do. after all the love they give. dana young for the florida senate. a return to common sense. >> on wall street, the dow gained 17 points, the s&p up four, the nasdaq, 15 points. sales of new homes are

to july. new sales climbed 12.4% nationwide. the boom was the biggest in the northeast. we fared well in the south with an 18% increase. tesla just made the model s electric car even faster. this afternoon, ceo elom musk allowed a bigger battery pack letting it go 0 seconds. the range is also up to 315 miles between charges and the new price? around $135,000. we told you last week how activity tracking wristbands from mcdonalds are irritating children's skin? now they are officially recalled. there have been cases of children developing blisters after wearing the devices.

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>> investigator shannon behnken is looking into complaints of people living near the bellview builtmore. during storms water runoff from the construction site is so severe it has damaged their homes. they told shannon the developer has not done enough to help. >> reporter: this home video shows rainwater coming from the construction site taking over the lawn across the street. >> nine-and-a-half months pregnant walng driveway and slipping on mud is not the safest thing. >> reporter: this happened last month during a massive rainstorm. but tim monohan has documented eight times when the run off spilled onto his property. >> has every place in florida held a puddle? absolutely. we shouldn't be holding a pond. >> reporter: it is not just the flooding. it is the erosion. and nasty debris left behind. >> it is is a torrential amount of water that has come down

onto our property. and what it does, it winds around, we have had some nails, debris, dead rodents. >> reporter: the water rushes between homes and dumps into a creek. the monohans installed their own barrier to help with the erosion. but it keeps washing away. >> all we want them to do is just fix it. >> reporter: jnc communities demolished the historic builtmore hotel to make way for condos and my attention attracted the attention of the project superintendent. >> do you feel like your project is damaging their homes? >> personally, i don't think so. >> reporter: the company did take action after july's major storm. >> what have you done so far to fix that water problem? >> well, we basically fortified our silt fence. >> reporter: they also put in a drain, but nothing yet to fix all of the erosion left behind. >> there hasn't been a major storm since these fixes, so it

tells me after this project is complete, this shouldn't be an issue anymore. shannon behnken, 8 on your side. picked up a little rain. dropped the temperature at the loews don cesar. you can see the clouds developing in the afternoon heat. this was probably late morning. so we started with blue sky. led to showers an thunderstorms that moved quickly across the area. freedom plaza, temperature rain cooled. one tenth of an inch of rain there. nissan, 84 degrees with a northwest wind. no rainfall. a few clouds left around there. tied the record set in 1989. that record high of 95 degrees. it was warmer inland. of course, the heat indexes up around 100 degrees today. it is summertime. remnants of fiona here. tropical storm gaston, invest, 99. what we are most interested in. investigated by hurricane aircraft.

this moment, but it may get a bit more organized. and potentially strengthen into a name storm closer to southeast florida. the most important look is the look at the spaghetti models that move it toward southeast florida. 45 miles an hour winds in its disorganized state. moving west at 16. in three or four days it should be a better environment for strengthening. could become a category one hurricane tomorr you can see where it is relative to the bay area and stay out in the atlantic. let's hope so. showers an thunderstorms continue to drift across the area. showed you radar a couple of minutes ago moveing to the southwest at this point. still some good thunderstorms east of dade city. zephyr hills, eastern pasco. these showers here, looks like they were pushing heavier rain into the central portion of hillsborough county at the moment. dew point temperatures are high. they have been throughout the day. mid and upper 70s . oppressive at times.

morning looks partly cloudy. rain chances running at 40% which is typical this time of year. and the easterly flow will continue to move showers an thunderstorms our way in the afternoon hours. collide with the west coast sea breeze. classic stuff. temperatures have been warm under high pressure as i mentioned and very high humidity. the dew points today were in the upper 70s . that is just oppressive. you probably felt that when you got out of the car. >> oh, no. i tried not be outside at all. i just wanted to be a nicer version of myself. it has worked so far. climate control is doing wonders. >> it worked so far? >> well, don't disagree. >> okay. >> that is just mean. maybe you are right. we'll be right back.

>> here is an animal story to

steve jerve thinks. it is never to late in life to take on a new challenge. ask a 16-year-old cat from russia. >> yes. >> 16 is pretty old in cat years. now this cat has a monkey on her back. no, really. an actual monkey. the three week old squirrel monkey named fador was abandoned by its mother so the staff said what the heck. let's give the monkey to the cat. and see what happens. turns out, the cat doesn't mind after a month or so, fador will go back to its family and the cat will be done with all this monkey business. >> you can tell, he is very energized. >> 16 years old. that's a long time for a cat. >> and the cat will be bug free because monkeys check for bugs. >> even the squirrel monkeys? >> yeah. it's a monkey thing. >> bug free. we will see you toe night at

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