auburndale and polk county you made it into the 40s. notice is warmer in north port at 55 but everybody is colder than this time yesterday by a long shot anywhere from 1 25 degrees colder and on top of everything it is really windy. these are the sustained winds 15 to 20 miles an hour out of the an average. you find the individual strongest gust and you're getting up to 30 miles an hour in some cases. that cold air will keep us below average by 10 degrees. a high of 61. weather and traffic on the 8's at 5:38, i'll have an eight-day temperature trend and we don't really warm up. >> yes it is so windy, you want to use caution. the bridge is still open but use caution. let's look at the maps at this point. here is 275 and gandy boulevard. traffic is busier on the left because it is heading into tampa

the polk county restaurant located at 303 main street in auburndale. shut down as an emergency closure. just last week. after an inspector found a whole new set of violations. 10 investigates beau zimmer takes you inside the kitchen in today's restaurant red alert. 11-20 303 main street auburndale 20-26 david lockhart giovanni's ny pizza mason is ordering giovanni's new york pizza for the very david lockhart giovanni's ny pizza manager chris mason is ordering giovanni's new york pizza for the very first time. 58:15 i hope it's a small town pizza. i hope the crust is very favorable. i hope it tastes delicious. waiting to pick up food for his two young sons. he was shocked to hear about the previous violations. leading the state to shut this restaurant down. the main issue. live roaches crawling around the kitchen. 59:31 i hope they've rectified it. i hope they've got everything cleared up. i hope everything is delicious. giovanni's-- cleared by the state to reopen january 22nd. so 10investigates stopped in to check on conditions now a week later. 26:08

. >>> in polk county finding new police officers is taking a high tech turn, least and auburndale it is. the police department is using facebook to find new recruits and it seems to be working. auburndale police as facebook has brought in six applicants in one week and it is giving them an edge on the competition. always looking for good people and it is very competitive. speemac using facebook also gives the police department an in-depth look at its applicants. the deputy chief says the department has turned on some candidates because of some social media post. >>> in tampa a newborn baby so cute we just had show it to you. yet another baby orangutan born at lowry park zoo. the 2-pound surprise born to first-time mom. he was born just two months after her mother gave birth to her fourth baby. >>> a group of people fighting to stay safe in their own neighborhood. speemac a community of disabled seniors desperate to have a sidewalk put in so they can get to and from the local store safely finally has the county i love an update on their battle. today a disabled senior community is des

this is the auburndale we're talking about and while we can tell thank you appears employees are trying to get the violations cleaned up, as you're about to see, they have a long way to go. flavorful. reporter: chris is ordering the new york pizza for his very first time picking up food for his -- for his young sons. he was shocked to learn about the violations leading the the main issue, live roaches crawling around the kitchen. >> this was all the day of, no sanitation issues. we took care of it. reporter: the manager agreed to show us around his kitchen, but we quickly started noticing potential problems. what do we have here? this is just some -- some degreaser. the chemicals stored on the prep table next to the pizza sauce and cheese. some of the food is -- >> it shouldn't be there. reporter: we also spotted bleach stored on the drink machine above the ice. throughout the kitchen we found food stored on the floor or in the case of the tomato sauce left uncovered all potential violations. so if somebody comes over here to wash the dishes, it's not splashing down here. we found some

auburndale 34, 39 in sarasota and wimauma. the skies are clear. this is the first cold front that came through. you know what? another cold front is right on tonight. it will feel nice in the sunshine this afternoon a quick 65 degrees. at 4:38 i have an eight-day temperature trend and we never i'll show you. that let's hope that speeds are pretty nice this morning gl it is a pretty average morning. we're looking good on the interstates despite this 50th street. look. you can get by it just fine. here is a live look. there. i-4 is actually closer to 22nd not 50th. the left lane is taken away and left shoulder. the traffic gets by absolutely fine. area bridges and moving over here and taking a quick look at plant city. highway 39, in and out of downtown tampa you're looking at a 22-minute commute either direction. that is a look at weather and traffic on the 8's. back to gene and gayle. >>> tampa police officers are on the hunt for a gunman who shot a man in the face. investigators are combing through the scene at 93rd avenue and 20th street. the vi

but yesterday you were below freezing. 41 in wimauma. 42 in polk county and auburndale the. and i just checked with bob in venice, he says it's 45 at his house. and look what a difference, brooksville is 11 degrees warmer. crystal river, 18 degrees warmer than yesterday. thanks to this area of high yesterday. as it moves to the east, the clockwise winds give us more of a south wind. that's why it's near 70 today. cold front comes through tomorrow, just a few clouds and mild in the morning. breezy and sunny saturday afternoon and chilly for valentine's morning in the 40s. afternoon. the 8s? >>> well, we're moving at good speeds on the bay area interstates. we want to hop over to u.s. 19 through palm harbor, state road 54 to the tampa road, 12 minute commute here. if you're using u.s. 41, looks good through the land o'lakes area. and state road 52 to state road 54, roughly 11 minutes. we have an accident that's a hit-and-run off to the shoulder at the paul buchman highway at taller road south of the zephyrhills area. and bellamy brothers boulevard is blocked at bayhead road ju

and polk county, just above freezing like at 34 in auburndale. and milder near the coast, bradenton, you're 47 but everybody is colder than yesterday. brooksville is 17 degrees colder. a marked difference. 14 degrees colder in brandon. but we will also warm up nicely, tall way to the 64 degrees. now that's below average but more comfortable in the sunshine. now in weather and traffic on the 8s at 4:38, i have an eight- day the temperature trend. and some of you may like the trend. >> especially towards valentine's day. >> exactly. >>> right now, good news. traffic looks light out there. we're looking at a westbound i- 4, actually eastbound as well, either direction from they the known sacrifice sacrifice to mcintosh, looks good. 7 5 . out of pasco county, no delays there. and bruce b downs to tampa, roughly nine minutes on the drive time. and an accident on the shoulder now, selmon, pressway around bay to bay. and take a look at the damage that was left behind by the crash on 275. we're going show you video here. this is south at bearss avenue. w

plant city and auburndale and bartow, 52. 53 in sarasota. by the afternoon, a degree above the average will make it to 74 degrees. and overnight tonight, right at the average, isn't this a great time of year at 55 degrees. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:08, i take you each hour through the day so you can plan when you need to be outside because hopefully someone will be outside and enjoy the day. >> i'm going camping this weekend. >> wonderful. >> and it should be nice. a little cold but not too bad. appreciate the weather. >> any time. >>> there's a decent drive for you. this is what i brought you, 275 at fowler avenue, it's a great drive into downtown. absolutely no delays throughout pasco county. and let's look at some of the few issues. lakeland, 22 minutes from 98 to i-75 wesley chapel area. off 75, also good. and brooksville, absolutely no delays in hernando county. and hopping down here, a quick look at i-75 southbound at state road 70, overnight construction and ehrlich is blocked at the veterans expressway. that's a look at w

uncovers a much *bigger crime. 3 deputies say cindy mccloud and shawn holley of auburndale stole about ten circle k in lakeland. they sat in their car.... eating away.. when deputies showed up. deputies searched the car and hit a drug jackpot. plenty of meth, marijuana, and lots of drug parapharnalia.. deputies say the two have already been in jail a combined 48 times. 3 the first *full week of the florida state fair begins today. and hillsborough deputies are hoping it goes a lot *smoother than the first weekend. *four protestors were arrested on sunday. the demonstrators gathered to call attention to the life of andrew joseph the third. joseph died in 2014.. as he tried to cross interstate 4 on foot after he was ejected from the fair. the teen was one of more than 100 young people kicked out of the event after deputies said a stampede of teenagers rushed through the midway. deputies tell us most of the protesters who were asked to leave the fair complied.. but a few refused to listen: 3 cars were backed up at the entrance to the fair.. while deputies tried to get the protesters to mo

auburndale and arcadia 41. we will watch it warm-up today into the mid to upper 60s and low 70s but later on this afternoon. will have a look at the forecast and breaking it down at showing you where it will get warmer into the work week coming up. >>> hillsborough county, we are waiting to learn more about the man killed after his boat capsized in a plant city pond. he and another man were on a small boat near turkey creek road when it started taking on water and one man swam to safety but the other did not make it. divers later found his body. investigators have not identified the voters. >>> hillsborough county deputies busted a large cockfighting ring. deputies seized dozens of birds deputies found a scoreboard and trophies on the property. authorities believe if i was about to happen as deputies closed-end. >> i didn't expect it. it seemed like a good neighborhood. >> the crowd gathered at the cockfighting ring when the deputies arrived. no arrests have been made so far. the sheriff will continue to invest

like 52 in auburndale. 62 in st. petersburg, and everyone is warmer than yesterday. look at the 24 hour temperature change. average for leap day. 74 the expected high temperature, only the average the low down to 57. weather and traffic at 4:08. i will walk you hour by hour through the extra day on the calendar year. >> my grandfather was born on leap day. you can pick your birthday, and that was always fun. >>> the howard franklin bridge, paul buckman highway down to a fast 22-minute commute. now back to you, gayle. investigators are trying to figure out what started a fire at a home home in o'december is a. that's south of state road 4 had. the homeowner is grateful no one was home at the time, but she's devastate 9 by the loss of her two dogs. >> reporter: good morning. firefighters are telling us two dogs did not make it out of the mobile home you can see behind me. there were no other injuries. the fire started in one noble home bella bella lane and then it spread to another home. no one was home at the time but two doctors. the rest cowers were unable to sandy

auburndale, you're 61. our cooler spots like iverness, you're at 58 degrees. how about 58 at arcadia. 10degrees warmer than we were on sunday morning. watch the clouds increase. there could be a stray shower through the late afternoon and evening hours this 6:30. it's ahead of the big cold front. you will notice this is 3:55 in the morning tomorrow. into the northern areas, and this is south at 5:00 in the morning, and then at 7:00, it's already starting to clear out, and we are in for another long stretch of beautiful weather into the weekend. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >> not so beautiful. unfortunately we are kicking off this monday morning with two fatal accidents. one is northbound on the howard franklin bridge, and this is a live look at what is going on. we have the two right lanes taken away. traffic is slowing down as they approach, doing the right thing, moving to the left there. an investigation is going on, and also southbound on u.s. 19, all lanes are blocked at ridge road. you're routed around that due to a crash with a semitruck, and t

morning groups are on their way to tallahassee from across the state--including tampa, clearwater and auburndale--to make their opinions heard in the statehouse. this session, 9 anti- immigration bills have been proposed, including one that attempts to punish final order of deportation or came back to the u-s to reunite with their families. but coming up -- last week leaders in the florida senate declared that the anti-immigration bills are dead this session, i'll explain why despite that-- this group is still headed to tallahassee. live in tampa, sarah hollenbeck, 10news wtsp in a few hours the pope is expected to touch on immigration...during his final day in mexico. he'll hold a mass right along the border...roughly half a football field's length from the united states. he'll be in ciudad juarez, mexico....right along the us/mexico border with el paso. the mass will be held here near the juarez fairgrounds where 220-thousand people expected to attend in mexico. on the other side of the border...in texas...30-thousand people are expected to fill the sun bowl stadium in el paso to watch a live

no rain in the bucket we got 2/10 of an inch yesterday. 53 in tampa and auburndale and sarasota and 52 in clearwater and wesley chapel. lower 500 range but look at the wind gusts. 19 miles an hour in newport richie 21 in tampa, 21 in arcadia and breezes are brisk and that's making it feel a little bit cooler. they are in the 50s throughout the entire state of florida and throughout the entire southeast but we are going to see those temperatures continue to drop as the skies remain clear. we have high pressure out to our west and an area of low pressure yesterday scooting up across the carolinas bringing some snow and rain and a snow rain mix. that's what you get the carolinas this time of year. it's just a mess. tomorrow morning because he nice clear skies is the winds died down set up out of the west and russia pull some showers through the evening hours and we would just leave a chance of showers us in their going to be the story. tampa will bottom out at 45 and 42 in hernando and eight, nt so fulfilling it will be in the 30s. heading out to the bus stop two or three layers because t

out on the barrier islands, upper 40s from bartow and lakeland, over to auburndale and haines city. that first hour, the rest of the day is just wonderful. another thing that we will know tomorrow, but the wind still calm today, we will see a northwest wind, about eight or 10 miles per hour which will be pretty common. and, we might notice it if we are on the water or the wind affects what we do. just a touch, but very manageable. how richey and reggie and i, that's how we fish. how many pulls did we put out last time? northeast wind, two to 12 knots for fishermen, light chop and it was in the 50's at couple days ago. high tides around 1:17 a.m., and it the little bit cool but this is where the morning low should start for us. highs for the next several days are seasonal, and then above average for the weekend. mid- 70s for saturday and sunday, and the next system we are tracking, that pushes it back in little bit. as you know with all these storms all winter long, we will watch 10news for your chance to where it. tickets to the new york yankees spring training opening-day game. the

on saturday, you see here, hundreds packed the field behind auburndale speedway where the game is played. the mayor proclaimed the day harry day. >> . they all attended as they. >> tampa woman is fighting for her life after a horrible accident in south america. plus, these endangered snakes, it is not going over too well in massachusetts. >> the first ever year hundreds of patients pick up potentially deadly infections in hospitals. your family safe. >> as we head into the afternoon, a pretty nice afternoon in the bay area. >> another nice day with 70s, a lot of sunshine but you want to get outside today because we move in by the middle of this week, bringing with it showers, storms and cooler temperatures, >> every year tens of hundreds of americans die because of infections they get at the hospital, how to protect yourself and your loved ones during your next visit. >> heather had a knee replace in respect 2013. two days later she knew something was terribly wrong. >> i started to have bouts and attacks of diarrhea and it just wasn't going. i was in the bath room every two minutes. >>

auburndale, 69. bob in venice, he is at 72. these are temperature thes that we expect to see this time of the year in the afternoon as opposed to hours before the sun rises. still a threat of tornadoes in alabama. we are getting the warm, humid air ahead of it. the sea fog is going to continue offshore and patchy clouds onshore. about a 10% rain chance, one or two showers may pop up. hot, humid highs in the 80s. tomorrow the same storm system is going to slowly push from north to south and starting with showers in the northern areas and pushing to the south overnight into friday morning. and then cool friday before another storm system saturday night. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, well, we're moving at decent speeds. a good drive across the bay area bridges but i want to talk about sarasota because we have overnight construction tying up lanes at university parkway right underneath the interstate. a lot of construction going on you can still get by on i-75 but we have lanes closed. university, different st

polk county. 53 and auburndale. 56, sarasota, still warm. 77 degrees, a bit humid and patchy clouds. we have an eight-day temperature trend to let you know we have big changes coming in the eight days. leslee is here to let you know what is changes on the roadways. >> it will stay like this and won't change. it will. enjoy it while you can. northbound i-75, folks, good drive. 301 to i-4, 6 minutes in hillsborough county and bearce avenue to i-4 if you're coming southbound 275 say leaving pasco you have a good drive. 10 minutes into downtown tampa looking at i-4 from homosassa, five minutes and bruce b downs to i-4, that is a nine-minute commute. that is a live look at weather and traffic on the 8's. back to gene and gayle. >>> breaking news overnight. a man is dead after a store robbery attempt in item pa turned violent. this happened at the cut rate liquor store on north 15th street. police tell us a store clerk and two robbers got into a shoot out. there one of the criminals ended up dead. the search is on for the second would be robber, we've been on the scene since shots rang out

will start around 54 low 50s brayton, sarasota and look for 40s around lakeland, polk city and auburndale. as soon as the sun comes up the heat follows right behind it with light winds. a phenomenal wednesday in the low 70s for high temperatures. and why not keep that rolling. thursday and friday , the morning is a little crisp and cool the next three days. each afternoon gets a little warmer. then the seven-day forecast, that is right about were a lot of you would like to be in mid to late february. 76 on saturday, 77 on sunday. next storm system we are tracking for morning and midday tuesday. but until then up for february, can we make it any better for you ? >> you have a bestseller on your hands. see you in a few days. this is how tight it has gotten. the bolts are tied with pittsburgh for the last playoff spot in the east. at. at the same time there just three points out of second place. trade talk about stephen santos for the next two weeks. it will be good for the players not to have that talk in the room. and to his credit, he has been accommodating to all of us through this. he s

. >>> and auburndale man is among the growing list of people lining up to sue monster energy drinks. many claim the drinks is causing serious health problems. 10 news reporter tammie fields is getting help from medical experts tonight about energy drinks and how safe they are for you and your children. >> marvin santiago needs to keep his energy level going up alert, he says he won't down a monster energy drink, no matter how tired he gets. >> it's not an option for me. >> attorneys with morgan and morgan claim monster energy drinks and many other energy drinks can actually be life- threatening. >> heart attacks, strokes. >> . >> the law firm has filed five cases in florida already and are investigating a least 100 more across the country. alleging the ingredients have not been tested and there are no warning labels. one of the cases involves a 14 -year-old who suffered a stroke. >> we have had a lot of children admitted to the er and hospital because of energy drinks. >> lori wright is an energy dietitian and says the drinks can be dangerous. >> it is really a deadly combination of

outside right now, 55 in lakeland. 53 in auburndale. 56 in arcadia and sarasota. here is the long range forecast. high pressure just down florida's east coast. clockwise winds. keep winds from the south today. it will be in the upper 70s and a little more humid. tomorrow is still going to be warm but we may actually get a few pop up showers to develop. a 30% chance as one cold front passes to the north. the second cold front. this comes in on wednesday afternoon. when it passes through here, it will bring the threat for showers and thunderstorms but it will also bring in some cooler air. notice we're in the mid to upper 70s through wednesday. it will get down right chilly for friday and saturday. >>> we're moving at good speeds. bay area interstates look good. it is a nice drive. let's look at bradenton for our friends in the sun coast area. it is looking good on tammany trail. a little bit of construction down here due to the intersection that is being put in. the diverging diamond intersection. we're not seeing any delays at i-75 and university. in lakeland we'r

temperature wise, not bad. 53 in auburndale. 56 in arcadea. but it will stay about average . coming up in weather and traffic on the 8's at 5:38. i have an eight-day temperature trend for you and we do not stay this warm for long. i'll run it down for you. door. >> it is not perfect. there is overnight construction at this time. tampa. i'm going to start with the good news first here, folks. street. there is an on going project with the westbound of downtown tam fachlt is a two-way street between ashley and franklin. in downtown tampa is more two way streets. and franklin. we have a good drive through ybor city. . downtown lakeland looks great as well. that is a look at weather and traffic on the 8's and back to gene and gayle. >> a man is dead after a store robbery turned violent at the cut rate liquor store. police tell us the store clerk and two robbers got into a shoot out. one of the criminals ended up dead. the search is on for the second would be robber. we've been on the scene since shots rang out several hours ago. news channel 8's ryan ryan joins us now live with th

in polk county, 40s. 45 lakeland. 45 auburndale. and farther to the north, zephyrhills, 39. 37 in inverness. the closer to the coast, the warmer it. is it's 60 in bradenton. yesterday, the winds are calmer now. notice we're nine degrees cooler than this time yesterday in plant city. and 14 degrees in inverness. but i expect the winds to pick back up, helping to keep us chilly all day with the high of 62. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 4:38, i will take you through the next eight days so we have some ups and downs you will want to pay attention to. but hopefully things are smooth on the road. >>> well, they're not perfect but no congestion, nothing that would slow you down the. but we have issue, westbound fruitville road at east road, and that's east of i-75 in sarasota. and we have an accident, tying up one westbound lane. and again, we have the collision here in polk county past u.s. 27 but no delays. and moving over, taking a look at pinellas county, overnight construction. and now this is at gandy boulevard right coming off

cooler spots to the north, and you go auburndale, and you're at 52. 56 for sarasota, and a couple of extra clouds this morning. there's a cold front to the north, and it will have effect on us. through today, dry. going into wednesday, the cold front will finally come here, but i only put in a 20% rain chance, and we don't cool down that much. another cold front, very weak, coming through on friday. we stay in the low 70s to upper 70s, but not a lot of rain this week. great beach weather. >>> in pinellas park, we have a fatal accident, folks, and it has both lanes here at u.s. 19, completely blocked. a live look for us to see what is going on here, and again this is bryan dairy, also known as 119th on the other side of 19. on the frontage road here, you turn east, but that's it. blocked and only one lane getting by northbound. that's a look at weather and gayle. >> it's leap day, and it's the years. >> do you know why? >> meteorologist leigh spann is explaining why we get the extra 24 hours. >> it has to do with how long sun. if you say that's easy, it's 365 days, you will be almost

temperaturewise, it's not that bad out there 60 in tampa, 61 for auburndale. sarasota, the coolest spot at 48, and what a difference from yesterday morning. yesterday was certainly chilly, and now some 10-15 degrees will make it all the way to 75. above the average of 73. tonight a low of 64, and that's as rain increases, and you want to stay tuned at 5:08 to weather and traffic on the 8s for an hour-by-hour look at presidents' day. >>> developing this morning, a manatee county deputy is on administrative leave after a shooting during a domestic dispute. it's one of the top clicked stories on wfla.com overnight. the deputy shot mark stoddard when stoddard approached the deputy with a knife. >>> pinellas county police are looking for the driver of this white car. it's becoming a game with young drivers who take the video of themselves driving recklessly. >> shhhh. oh my god! oh my god! >> he's going to cause an accident. >>> this was at the intersection of 66th street and 121st avenue. anyone with information on the driver is urged to call pinellas park police.

in zephyr hills and wesley chapel. 50 in zaire sew that 44 for brad networkton with mid-40s in auburndale and winter haven. you won't need a coat tomorrow, but will want a layer or two to keep comfortable. the skies will be clearing before daybreak. and the coldest part of the air will whether filtering in. these 40s are like going to hold until 10 in the morning. our warmest temperatures are expected to be 60 to 64 in clearwater. you get the sunshine back, but with it you not only have the northerly wind. 5 to 15 knots with gusts town 20 to 25 knots. schools will be out for fair day. wtsp is your official state fair forecast station. we'll probably want a layer or two as far as jackets go, maybe a thicker coat most of the evening. for the upcoming week, only a couple of showers late saturday night and early sunday morning. it's this low that will be winding up over alligator alley. a few showers i-4 and south upon, but this will most likely be a south florida situation. gone by midday for your super bowl party. over the next 7 days, cool air sticks around. mornings in the 40s just about

auburndale and polk county, 52. and 52 in sarasota. and bob in venice checked in around 59 degrees. this is the fog. you can see it patchy. it's going to clear out after sunrise. gorgeous day today. a little cooler tomorrow. we will be in the 40s when we start the day but this is a long stretch of gorgeous weather into the weekend. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, hopefully traffic is we will take it for now. later on during rush hour, probably not. brooksville right now looks fantastic. hernando county, up to speed here. and let's look here as we back up and go down further to the south and sarasota, a little bit of construction to be aware of. this is northbound and southbound at 75 at university. and eastbound university, a lane taken away at the interstate. and traffic is up to speed. and let's look at i-4, the polk parkway, very foggy through polk county and lakeland and even plant city. i will be keeping an eye on the fog. that's weather and traffic on the 8s. back to gene gene and -- gene and gayle. >>> we will show you how one business owner is making a fashion

look at this, 57 auburndale. 56 brooksville. 60 in sarasota. and look, we just checked in with bob in venice. winds are strong and so our temperatures will continue to drop over the next couple hours. already seeing a 23 miles per hour sustained wind in clearwater. 15 in bartow the. 20 in brooksville. but the individual stronger wind gusts, those get close to 30 miles per hour. so there's a small craft advisory and a high surf advisory posted today. seas at 6 to 10 feet. and notice how we will keep the strong winds going forward in time. all day today, and then winds but only a high of 62. and then low 40s saturday morning. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, we're moving at good speeds out here, especially in polk county. here is i-4 around the polk parkway. absolutely no delays. and let's take a look at 275 around bearss avenue. also up to speed. and now some travel times for you. in fact, from the paul buchman highway on i-4 all the way in to downtown tampa here at the junction, a fast 22 minutes on your drive. that's a look at we

and of course we still have hours before the sun comes up. 70 in auburndale. 72 in arcadeia. rich in oldsmar says 67 degrees. and our big story will continue to be alabama. they are under the threat for tornadoes after seeing monster tornadoes yesterday. for us, just extra clouds around. what will happen through the day, not as foggy, still warm. in the warm pull ahead of the storm system. and back near 80 degrees today and that slim rain chance. and tomorrow, rain ahead of the front off and on all day starting from north to south. there's a 70% chance. and then it's cooler and drier friday before the next system saturday night. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, we're still looking at the big problem in the sun coast area, folks. double fatal accident here in so if you travel on u.s. 301, it's going to be tough right now because both directions are blocked at 63rd avenue east due to the crash. and we actually have meliek on the street. and get a live look at what is going on out here. and you can see a lot of activity out here, fire truck, police vehicle, this is

and also 52 in auburndale. seems to be a popular temperature. 53 in sarasota. boy, do we have popular weather in store. 74 degrees, a few passing clouds today, otherwise, a great day with a east to northeast wind at 10 to the 15 miles per hour. a pleasant evening under mostly clear skies and down to 55 degrees tonight. and then the weekend. that forecast come up. >>> a little bit of overnight construction to be on the lookout for. looking good in bradenton overall. but south 75 at state road 72, left lanes taken away. the construction should be wrapped up within the next hour. and the same thing for ehrlich road right underneath the you're not able to pass underneath it. take lynn road or sheldon down to gunn highway to get underneath the veterans expressway because ehrlich is blocked both directions but that should wrap up in about an or so. we have a good drive on dale mabry highway. this is 75 around fowler, nice shot for you. and 275 at fowler, that looks >>> well good morning and welcome to news channel 8 today. happy friday to you. i'm gayle guyardo. >> a

and also 52 in polk county, places like lakeland and auburndale. and inverness at 48. with big monkey in crystal beach. my weather watcher says 54 degrees. a light breeze from the northeast right now and that will continue through the day . it's cool but not too chilly. just a few clouds off the atlantic ocean but our great stretch of weather continues, cool in the morning, mid-70s through the weekend. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, a couple issues, overall a good drive folks. we have a couple accidents northbound on u.s. 41 into brooksville at spring hill drive. and we have a collision that's tying up one lane but traffic is still getting by. no delays. that's good news in hernando county. and now polk county, an accident with injuries tying up lanes at moore road and dean still road at the intersection north of lakeland and also north of i-4 . andi-4 looks great into lakeland. and then pushing into ybor city. not seeing any delays as of yet. and we still have a little bit of overnight construction that should be in the process of

especially like auburndale, 34. but up north, 30 in inverness and milder, 42 in sarasota. but colder than yesterday. anywhere from about five to 15 degrees colder. the thing about today, it's going to be a little bit more comfortable,er in the afternoon at 64 degrees and it -- comfortable, warmer in the afternoon at 64 degrees. in weather and traffic on the 8s, i will take you through the eight-day temperature trend. >> looking forward to that. >>> right now, look forward to a decent drive. we do have some issues but good drive on the interstates. work on bay shore boulevard. southbound at hawthorne road, one lane take anway. should reopen sometime tomorrow afternoon. and more repair work, this water main issue going on here, gulf boulevard. it's lowering some of the water pressure. so keep that in mind. and we have a good drive elsewhere. live look at i-75 at i-4, things look fantastic. that's weather and traffic. now back to gene and gayle. >>> right now, two bay area students are in big trouble. both for having guns on school property. we're talking about two totally se

and we are ahead of it and that's where it's warm and humid. 70 in lakeland and auburndale and polk county. 72 arcadia. look at the difference between this morning and yesterday morning. you are 11 degrees warmer in lakeland, plant city and brandon. 10 degrees warmer than yesterday in brooksville. we don't have the thick fog this morning but we may see low clouds, dreary skies between now and 7:00 this morning. and once the sun comes up, we clear out onland but we may see the sea fog continue for most of the day today as the rest of us hit 80 degrees. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:38, i have an eight-day temperature trend. so stay tuned but leslee has issues as well. we don't have congestion but we have issues going on. the roadways in tampa, i want you to look at -- i take back that we don't have congestion, i'm seeing it building on fowler avenue, folks. this is eastbound slow and go approaching nebraska. it's all because you can't turn on nebraska so fowler is getting bogged down. both northbound and southbound lanes on nebraska are blocked at fowler. take central. and you can t

polk county in the 40s. 45 in lakeland and auburndale but at the coast, upper 50s. so we know it's at least colder than yesterday. 16 degrees colder in brooksville and inverness. and you thought yesterday morning felt cool, right? so 11 degrees cooler than this time yesterday in lakeland. all day the today. it won't be as windy but there will still be a breeze and well below the average of 74. i am only expecting 62 and then the coldest night of the cold snap at 42. and on weather and traffic on the 8s, i take you hour-by-hour through friday so you can get which is really what i was thinking about. >> it is. >>> and we have overnight construction leading into the weekend. what's going on in pinellas county, westbound off of the gandy bridge on to gandy boulevard until about 6:00 a.m., you will be diverted to roosevelt boulevard. they have blocked that off. it should wrap up by 6:00 a.m. eastbound is not affected. take a quick look at the cameras. we have construction in the distance, 275, this is right at the 54th avenue south exit. it is blocked. so exit 22nd, down

polk county, 43 in auburndale. and farther south, 47 in arcadia but warmer near the the winds, they're light but because they're light, we're actually colder than this time yesterday. plant city, lakeland, nine degrees colder. 11 degrees colder in inverness. and the cool air will just spread in all day today. so we never warm up, 62 and still breezy this afternoon. at 5:38 in weather and traffic on the 8s, i have an eight-day temperature trend and you will watch it go up and down. so stay tuned but leslee has a few things for the friday commute. >>> it's looking better. a lot of the overnight construction has been picked up. what's happening out there on the travel times. 301, palmetto area, 10th street to state road 70, a nine minute commute. and on 41 from manatee avenue to state road 72, about half an hour. basically just red lights. and we have a great drive on 275. this is right around 38th avenue south. in the distance is 54th avenue south. they have reopened the off-ramp that was closed earlier. and a good d

right now, yeah, not a lot to talk about, it's just gorgeous. 45 in inverness. 53 auburndale. i mean a little bit of a chill in the air but not that bad. and let me talk about the wind speeds, out of the north now at 5 to 10 miles per hour. and i am moving this into the future. this is 7:00 a.m., still a light breeze from the north. and gets a little stronger by about 12:30, coming in at 10 to 15 miles per hour. and during the afternoon and evening though, that's when it gets stronger and a northeast breeze 15 the to 20 miles per hour but still gorgeous, 73 and sunny, hard to beat it. in weather and traffic on the 8s at 5:38, i have an eight day temperature trend to see how long it stays this nice. and leslee is going to tell us nicer as the morning goes along. >>> it's a pretty good drive. no major congestion, especially along the bay area bridges. but we still have overnight construction. again, it should be wrapping up soon. northbound on the veterans expressway, still taken off at gunn highway and ehrlich road is blocked underneath the veterans expressway. and now you can

auburndale, 53. not bad. just a little bit of a chill to remind us that it's february. 53 also in sarasota right now. to be nice and sunny all day today. thank you high pressure. that generally leads to relatively quiet conditions all the way through sunday. and into late sunday and monday, see how the high pushes toward the east? we get a return of moisture. due to the clockwise winds around the high which is going to bring up just some gradual increase in humidity. not a big deal into monday but you may notice the difference. this is ahead of 2 next storm system. notice the time here, tuesday night. a cold front cops through and we will get a little shot of cooler air. not cold but cool. we're in the mid-70s through tuesday and 60s for thursday. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> well, we are moving at good speeds out there. we have a great drive in and out of tampa from the howard four minutes. and bearss avenue to i-4, just a 10 minute commute. look at sarasota, we are up to speed between university

and 62 in auburndale. lakeland and bartow, 61. and wendy in brooksville also warm at 63. so through the morning, more humid, warm, extra clouds. here are the afternoon showers. this is about 2:35, most of them east of i-75. here's where things get more interesting. and unfortunately, stronger. strong cold front pushes closer to us overnight and could be here as early as 7:00 tomorrow morning, especially areas north of i-4. some of the storms, especially in the morning hours, could be strong. and watch how they quickly push northwest to southeast. and everything clears out by tomorrow evening. but look at the threat for strong storms farther up in the southeastern united states. strong, possibly damaging winds. isolated tornado, small chance. again, all under just a slight risk. and then we're cool and clear for the end of the week. leslee, how about traffic on the 8s? >>> all right, still looking good across the bay area bridges and no congestion that's going to slow you down but we have issues. southbound i-75 past blanton road, in pasco county, an accident taking up the

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. >> and these two, cindy mcleod and sean holly of auburndale stole about $10 worth of candy at a sunday and they were sitting in their car outside the store eating away when deputies showed up. they also found drug and meth paraphernalia, the two have been in jail a combined 48 times. and police are looking for this man. he tried to run over two deputies who were trying to arrest him. he is driving a light purple camelion painted infiniti. there will is a reward for information leading to his arrest, and a man is said to have attacked a 6-year-old girl in a bathroom stall, he barged into the same stall as the girl at countryside mall and pushed her to the ground and put his hand over her mouth. her scream scared him offer, and the suspect was spotted with two women, both of whom police are now also looking for. >> and protestors were arrested at the florida state fair. it started as a black lives matter protest, and they gathered to call attention to the state fair who was killed trying to cross i-4 to get back to the event. deputies tell us the protestors were asked to leave the fair a

deputies say, these two: cindy mccloud and shawn holley of auburndale, stole about 10-bucks worth of candy at a circle k. they sat in their car... right outside at the gas pump, eating away, when deputies showed up. they searched the car, and say: they discovered a stash of drugs, including meth and marijuana... plus drug paraphernalia. investigators say: these two have a long rap sheet. in fact, added up together, 3 3 (jen two people are dead and six others hurt after a fire broke out on a oil platform in the gulf of mexico. it happened just off the coast of campeche, mexico. oil company pemex says the fire started in a compression area. all of the people who were hurt were airlifted for medical treatment. pemex say they quickly got the fire under control and the platform did not have to be evacuated. 3 ((jen developing this morning: world leaders are condemning north korea's rocket launch. 3 ((jen)) the u-n security council held an emergency meeting sunday to talk about it... ((walter)) but, as fox's kristin fisher reports: they couldn't decide what to do. 3 3 at this emergency mee

responsible for numerous car thefts and break-ins and verlander's tag was found on a car stolen out of auburndale. traffic when the suspect came up to his car, pointed a shotgun at him. >> when someone pulls out a firearm and has you at that point the only thing that goes through your mind is am i going go them to home to see my family or am i going to die today? >> he said the suspect eventually allowed him to get out of the truck. the suspect is in jail with no bond, facing 2727 chargescharges including kidnapping and numerous charges including armed robbery. he tweeted today, with hashtags >> and the pirate water taxi had its maiden joyage voyage today. the shuttle will have three boats boats. mayor bob buckhorn and visit tampa bay were on hand for the occasion. >> mayor, invoice in some more marine patrols because you have some busy waterways behind us from paddle bikes to paddle boarding to water taxis to "e" boats. we have it all and a great destination to boot. >> well, the water taxis will run from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on wednesday and thursday and they spend to midnight on we underst

discuss it at a meeting >> last week, deputies found more than 100 marijuana plans, look at this. auburndale a worker with tampa electric was there to look into a power problem, but he found unusual wiring and a small marijuana smell. two were arrested. >> >> seminole county teacher fired for inappropriate behavior will not be allowed to teach again. last week, danielle lost her teaching license she was fired in 2013 for using inappropriate and derag torrey language in class and using a prop to depict a male body part. >> >> this morning, a man who is said to have killed one and injured two others at bethune- cookman is expected to face a judge. next, the message from the mother to her son's accused murderer >> it will be chilly and i'm tracking showers for us. >> first, here are some ideas for a complete list, go to ic florida. lowe's presents: how to plan for the future. happy valentine's day. happy birthday. sorry i forgot our anniversary. happy mother's day. now get this 1.5-pint orchid for only $9.98, at lowe's. every wonder what nature valley is made of? that's what we're made of. no a

two people arrested in an illegal marijuana grow house operation inside a home on dixie drive and auburndale. the grow house was discovered after electrical workers noticed unusual wiring near the home. paraphernalia, investigators estimate the total cost of stolen electricity to be more than 3,500-dollars. for more on that story and the rest of today's local head line go to fox35orlando.com. >> fans of marco rubio hope he has a bet dr bait performance in south carolina tomorrow night. >> to memorize a 30 second speech where you talk about great americans at the end of it doesn't solve one problem for this person. >> this notion of - - . >> there it is, the memorized 20 second speech. >> after the break, political editor craig patrick has a funny look back at those robotic answers for rubio. >> and coming up on fox 35 news tonight at 11ic we have cases of the zika virus on the rise. the cdc is struggling to come up with a vaccine. find out how long until a vaccine is going to be ready. bilge - - big changes coming to the details about their new avatar ride. coming up on fox 35 news at 11. >>

anything from near zero in clearwater, also in winter haven and lakeland, auburndale also at near zero. to three miles of visibility in tampa now. so again it just depends on where you're at but the whole area is under a dense fog and you can see the temperatures here are pretty mild anywhere in the upper 50s to mid-60s to start the day. we do a have a slight chance for a shower later this afternoon and into this evening, most areas will be completely dry though. 80 degrees as the high and then our best chance of rain this week is throughout the day on thursday. and cooler in to friday. >>> we are starting to see more crashes out there, not sure if fog is the reason but we have a crash in dover, u.s. 92 at north gallagher road, roadblock in the intersex there. in citrus a crash with injuries at norville bryant highway at lecanto highway. again with roadblock there in the intersection. so you want to leave yourself extra time if your morning drive takes you through there. th is what we're dealing with, a lot of fog, i-275 and bearss, look how thick it is out there. you're looking at 30

only up to 62 in auburndale. 63 currently in plant city. so, there's the cold front off to the south. for the rest of this evening expect the clear skies to stay with us. it will be a quiet friday night. so if you have plans it will be a nice night. just make sure you have a decent jacket because temperatures will drop quickly. waking up tomorrow morning we are in the 40s again. it will be similar to what this morning is like. as we head into the afternoon, we are talking about mostly cloudy skies. a slight rain chance. probably only about a 10% chance for saturday afternoon. if you have outdoor plans you will probably be okay. it will still be cool. with this developing area of low pressure, i think the best rain chance will come in saturday evening but it is only a 20% chance or so. the best place is to probably see some of the rain is high lands, polk county. inland locations saturday evening. notice as the area of pressure develops. by sunday morning it is still mostly cloudy. we will have a few light lingering sprinkles around sunday m

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. >>> lakeland and auburndale, not as chilly. and clearwater and tampa at 53. but the chill is in the air now. it won't last long. we get to 70 at 3:00 p.m. that's just about average for this time of the year. for saturday, a few extra clouds and breezy. chilly on valentine's morning. but then a nice warp-up. and the next rain chance is tuesday morning. >>> looks like we got an update. the fatal crash involved a wrong-way driver. >> we see these way too often but this one was really bad. >> at the exit ramp, a that exit ramp completely blocked. use the selmon expressway if you can to get into downtown tampa. ba da ba ba ba >>> good morning. cuddle up. valentine's day weekend off to a bone-chilling start. 19 in d.c. 16 in new york. 8 in boston. if you think that's cold, al says, just wait. >>> standing by herrmann man. hillary clinton comes to the president's defense during the debate. >> the kind of criticism we've heard from senator sanders about our president i expect from republicans, i do not expect from someone running for the democratic nomination to succ

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