madeira beach ferry and taxsy started. we have the free rides all day today. you can go to tampa bay ferry.com to get the schedule. we are picking up from the mainland, taking people out to the beaches. moving people up and down the beaches. it is going to be a fun >> reporter: i love that term. let's talk about the route. looking at it 9 different sp spots, nine different locations and take two-plus hours to take the whole route but not a big loop. this is actually -- to get on one place and get back there fairly easily. >> an on-off ferry. you can get on and off as many times you as want. get on the boat jungle p arada and go to the beaches, treasure island or john north as madeira beach and come back, right, to your car. you don't are to do the whole loop. same thing people in treasure island are staying out on the hotels come to john's pass and go over to jungle parada ta tavern, the sacred lands, museum over there and move north to rock part in madeira beach. the city center. >> anybody who has been out to the beaches know that parking and driving around

elk's lodge, madeira beach marina, madeira beach recreation center president american legion. the jungle prada park in st. petersburg. treasure island city hall, and gator's cafe and saloon in treasure island as well. and this is just the official start to this program depending on how popular this ferry service becomes they may extend all kinds of location in the mix, but at this point, they want to cage how popular the service is. pickup s on wednesday and in the weekends as well and not free. it is not free. it does take a day pass. a $20 for adult day pass. $10 for kids, a but -- and all kinds of options. three-day passes. all that information on our web site as well. but as far as the planners go, they say just a much easier way to get around, to take advantage of the waterway and to aroad the headaches of driving and, of course, par parking. >> it makes sense. it makes sense to be able to use these water ways to move people up and down from businesses to businesses from towns to towns. the waterway is a way to go ahead and open up our streets. >> reporter: hey, makes sen

. >> a fantastic sunset, madeira beach, and stephanie ingram, love that photo, and an umbrella goes out to stephanie, just go to a pc and like my facebook page, you u upload the photos to the app and we give away monday through friday. and there you go. breezy out there, with clouds to rolled in from the gulf. brooksville at 71. the wind direction this weekend will stay generally north and northwest all the way through sunday evening. that is our cool and dry wind direction with dewpoints may go virtually cloud free between now and monday afternoon, maybe a few fair-weather clouds on sunday,

you have a bigger vision than that. >> yes, i am so excited to start today here in madeira beach. we have future plans you can go to tampa bay ferry.c pete beach, fort de soto. even st. pete beach north all the way to clearwater, partnering with the clearwater ferry service. >> reporter: fun stuff. i will send it back to you guys and coming up at 9:00, we will take this little baby for a spin and check out some of those other locations. we are just going to get out on the water. that is really my goal today. not a bad shift this morning. >> alcides: a good start to >> anjuli: lindsay says showers will be winding down for you. enjoy your cruise. >> reporter: wonderful news. thank you. >>> 8:08. creepy clown sightings are spooking people around the country and the incidents are happening here in the bay area as well. pasco county deputies are investigating at least three reported clown sightings after a girl says a clown chased her thursday in largo. on friday, pasco schools were on high alert after a national threat that cln students or even teachers. it did not happen thankfully, a

on saturday, the madeira beach ferry make nine stops along boca ciega bay. it makes the connections in a brand-new way. >> it's so nice to be out on the water and so easy of a ride you can sit back and relax and let someone else do the driving. >> for ferry captain mark hubbard, the new ferry transportation device was a no brainer. >> even here fort lauderdale water bus, has learned how to use the water. >> we don't have a boat to get around in so we're taking advantage of the water taxi to get around to be able to see different areas. and it's just so beautiful out here. >> reporter: and it takes the stress out of getting to and parking at beaches, restaurants, and shops. >> there's no traffic out here to fight and if they have to fight anything it will be a dolphin. >> the madeira beach ferry will run from 10:00 to 9:00 p through march then it will pick up an extra day, wednesdays. kellie cowan, fox 13, . >> hurricane matthew is now one of the most powerful storms in the atlantic in recent history. and it's barreling towards the caribbean. caribbean. i' ??

the fair kicking off today in madeira beach... the 35th annual "john's pass seafood and music festival." the four day event will have more than a ?hundred food options... live music... a halloween block party... a fishing tournament, and they will even attempt to break the world record for the ?largest bloody mary toast. it's all going on at johns pass village. admission is free , but food and drink will cost you extra. much of the proceeds will also benefit pinellas schools , small businesses, and the fishermen lost at sea memorial. it all starts at noon today. tonight in clearwater... you can see singer "alessia cara" . her tour is stopping at ruth eckerd hall. the canadian r&b star got her start on "youtube." she gained several ?famous fans... including taylor swift, who brought her on stage at her tampa show last year. alessia is the tonight in st. petersburg... you can check out one scary sequel. "ghostbusters 2" is screening tonight as part of the "movies in the park" series at north straub park. there's no admission... and

roads safe, they're hand delivering pedestrian safety kits to businesses in treasure island and madeira beach... but hope to expand to other areas. the conference starts at 3 at the bilmar beach resort. afterwards... police are hosting a guided walk along og gulf boulevard. a citizens review board meeting looked over body cam research from the tampa police department... and it shows a camera. the board was put in place earlier this year to serve as a watch dog for t-p-d. researchers have been tracking officers and their use of body cameras over the past year. they found and 8-point-4-percent decrease in physical use of force... that's about 20 incidents. when presented with the information... boardmembers agreed-- the cameras make a difference. but the numbers can be misleading... according to tampa police of the 641 officers ?not wearing body cameas... use of force went down by 12 percent. that's a ?bigger decline than those equipped with cameras... they credit diversity training. a witch hunt...a sham...a circus. those are just a few of the phrases tossed around during an emergency at stake

. >>> and the seafood festival celebrating his 35th year at madeira beach, the seafood is the big draw with over 100 vendors.>>> a toast to the world's largest bloody mary, live music and arts and crafts as well.>>> enjoyed the food of the international folk spare going on at the saint pete's park, 42 years strong and a great way to celebrate diversity in honor the tradition.>>> another opportunity to dress up in a costume, mega-con at the convention center, all things animated, comics, science fiction and gaming, lots of opportunities for celebrity autographs a great day everyone. >>> if you're still looking for halloween costumes, i am sure you can head over to get some good ideas because you are running out of time. >>> a lot going on, and the weather looks great for halloween, so don't worry about a jacket or sweater, staying on the warm side. ditch the umbrella for trick-or- treating, drive with temperatures -- dry with what would you be for halloween? >> i have not decided jet, and speaking of running out of time, i need to get my costume. >> and ashley is dressing up as a ladybu

we are live a madeira beach. and you have learned has been arrested once before. >> reporter: this is the second time that he has been arrested for dui. that 2 to 3 miles from where i'm standing they spotted him late last night passed out in his own car near intersection of gulf boulevard and the deer away. green is an officer with the st. petersburg police department. and caught the police chief placed him on administrative leave without pay. this is not the first time that he has gotten in trouble for drinking and driving. he was suspended back in 2010 after a dui conviction. part of the policy says that officers who have had a dui cannot have a sip of alcohol potential of getting randomly tested. the chief stressed behavior like this will not be tolerated. people in his own neighborhood say they are shocked. >> every encounter that i have had with him is always professional and he gives you the straight story on things and he was always helpful. >> reporter: the chief says that officer green and -- his patrol

it makes nine stops connecting madeira beach to st. pete and treasure island. riders says the ferry offers view you -- the ferry offers views you do not see from the roadways and takes the stress the beach. >> we don't have a boat to get around in, so we're just taking advantage of it. the water taxi to get around and see the areas and it's just so beautiful out here. >> there's no traffic to fight, and if they have to fight anything, it will be a dolphin. >> anjuli: the ferry runs fridays and saturdays and starting in march it will pick up an extra day on wednesdays from 10:00 to 9:. florida in week. both vice president joe biden and president obama will be in the sunshine state to campaign for hillary clinton. biden will visit orlando on monday afternoon before coming to sarasota where he will visit a community center. president barack obama is scheduled to campaign for clinton in orlando on wednesday. >> alcides: a man already on florida's death row is indicted for another killing. a grand jury says 70-year-old franklin rose murdered and raped girl back in 1

. >>> happening today, the walk with care drive aware campaign kicks off in madeira beach. the news conference is set fo 3:00 this afternoon. >>> an orangutan escapes from its closure at a kansas zoo forcing it to close down. why it tried to hide in the crowd and how they got it back in the enclosure. >>> the world's first commercial shipment of beer delivered by a self driving truck. where the more than 100-mile >>> investigators are looking into what made the entire flight crew sick on a british airways flight. passengers new something was wrong on the san francisco to london flight when the pilot there were toxic fumes in the plane. the crew is fine and out of the hospital. so far firefighters found nothing toxic on the plane. >>> a kansas city man is in jail charged with tricking dozens of women into having sex with him. he told women he was a casting agent for an adult film company. he promised the women thousands of dollars and work as adult film actresses but first they had to shoot an him. detectives say when the women complained about not getting paid, he sent the

. >>> and madeira beach begins today. there is a ribbon cutting this afternoon. the votes will run from today to sunday and launch from hubbard's marina and go to treasure island, saint pete and saint pete beach. >>> and the mayor is making a pitch to land the tampa bay rays of unveiling this design. the rays are searching for sites in hillsborough and pinelas counties. the mayor is proposing building downs racetrack. and they would pay for the park and straddles the hesboro- pinellas county line. homeowners have concerns. >> and it's a good thing for them. the revenue. and taxes between hillsborough and pinelas. but it will cost a lot of traffic here. >> and the stadium could cause the daily chokehold traffic at the intersection to become gridlocked. the race has -- rays have not said how long the search will take. >>> and nearly 40% of women in an abusive relationship won't leave because they don't want to leave their pets behind and that is why i group opened a domestic violence shelter involving animals and this organization of women in safe place with animal

you can join in the conversation and leave your board work in historic john's village on madeira beach. live music and much more. today was the final day of the seafood festival. >>> still ahead on ten news at 11. no candidate is safe. parties go out putting political spins on the fantasy fest. >> ways in store for lucky winners about to spend halloween night inside the real dracula's castle. >>> some folks made it up to 90s. hard to get into the halloween spirit with the warm temperatures but at least we are staying dry and get to go to bus stop. it will be 66 degrees in the tampa bay area with sunny skies and winds out of the northeast at six. stay tuned. i will have your full week forecast coming up next. >>> all this week. 10 news and the tampa bay text 10 news to 61873 for your under state attorney mark ober's watch, rape and sexual assault are on the rise. ober is not just ineffective, rced a girl into sexual slavery, even blad the ctim. ober: she was with him voluntarily. our community deserves new leadership. andrew warren, an experienced prosecutor, hillary clinton: far too ma

we are talking about the gulf boulevard in madeira beach and treasure island. the community and law enforcement want to come up with some kind of solution as we get closer to the tourist season. 10news anchor courtney robinson is live in treasure island. police are not only warning >> reporter: they are handing out signs just like this to both walkers and drivers and businesses, too. you can see it says walk with care, driveway ware, a shared responsibility. you know how this works. you are supposed to come to a crosswalk. you push the button. you wait for the lights to flash. if you are driving and see the lights flashing, you are supposed to stop. that's not happening and this has a lot of melanie says we haven't been hurt or killed yet. jim as flash yellow three times, then go to a steady red. a few jaywalking signs, enforce it. there will always be those two disregard the signs and law. you can't legislate against stupid. this does affect all of us. sometimes you are driving. don't use the crosswalks. it sounds simple. why can't we do the right thing? follo

this isn't just a problem for treasure island and madeira beach. every county has this problem. something we all need to keep in mind. reg. >> all right. >>> take a look at the lowest of the low. look at these two women rifling through a church office with a sunday worship underway. you can see the surveillance video. they are looking for valuables, going through the drawers. they ended up walking away with cell phone. now, the women also stole a $300 donation check. the pastor says she is practicing what she preaches. >> absolutely. absolutely. i forgive them. i am sad for them and i pray for them and i would love to talk to them. >> now, money aside, property can be replaced, but there is some things that were stolen that can't be replaced. the pastor had photos where she spread her daughter's ashes after she died cancer. >>> well, a louisiana man says playing by the rules is actually working against him. he is trying to fix his home after the historic flooding in august. now, he says having flood insurance paid off, but his mortgage company is now fighting him on the payout.

looking good if you're heading out to madeira beach. also looking good on the radar, nothing to speak of and we don't expect to see any rain for the next several days. just a few clouds moving through the area and that is about all that we will expect. the same thing for halloween. not a lot of changes in store as we go into trick-or-treating time. partly cloudy, mild and the 70s around. trick-or-treating time, just after sunset. i will give you more of your forecast and let you know when things are going to be changing up a little bit in just a little bit.>>> right now, just after 6:30, witnesses are selling -- sharing their accounts. >> a fedex plane caught fire. a small explosion forcing them to >> oh my god! >> oh my god! >> the plane was coming straight from a building and i am thankful that it stopped where it did.>> reporter: snyder saw the fedex dc-10 explodes, slide and skid to a stop at the hollywood international airport. the fda says the main landing inbound from memphis tennessee. >> there was a fireball, a running fuel fir

. >> a fantastic sunset, madeira beach, and stephanie ingram, love that photo, and an umbrella goes out to stephanie, just go to a pc and like my facebook page, you u upload the photos to the app and we give away monday through friday. and there you go. breezy out there, with clouds to rolled in from the gulf. brooksville at 71. the wind direction this weekend will stay generally north and northwest all the way through sunday evening. that is our cool and dry wind direction with dewpoints may go virtually cloud free between now and monday afternoon, maybe a few fair-weather clouds on sunday, but 64 dre degrees at 9:00 a.m.d 72 by 4:00. a fantastic weekend coming up. >> a media giant's stock is up on talks of a giant hook. up, shares of time hitting its highest price in 14 years on rumors that at&t is planning to buy the company. you are paying around 2:.23 fora gallon of unleaded on average, and then the majority of adults have a drink while watching a football game, and the most popular drink? no tw surprise, it's a when powerful people need someone to do their dirty work, they hire bo

. >> the annual john's pass seafood festival opens this afternoon at madeira beach and this year it's four days. the kickoff event is the chef showdown, local restaurants get to prove they are the best in the bay area. gates open daily at 10:00. >>> a wife taking a creative approach to try to get her husband out of the house. the hilarious spin she's >>> 6:26 thursday morning. we've all of negative campaign ads this election year. one airing in texas is getting a thumbs up from republicans and democrats. a candidate's wife is asking voters to re-elect her husband to get him out of the house. >> this 18-wheeler parked in this neighborhood, fumes all over the place. frankly it's not a code violation. i think i like helping around the house here. >> please re-elect gerald. please. her husband gerald has no hobbies and generally brings work home with him. in the background he's rattling off statistics about county affairs and driving his wife and all his friends crazy. >>> ashy arby's in november, is testing a venison sandwich. right now it's only in certain deer hunting states like wisco

they connect madeira beach to st. pete and treasure island. riders say it offering views you don't see from roadways and takes the stress out of getting to and parking at the beach. >> we don't have a boat to get around in, so we're taking advantage of the water taxi to get around and see different areas. it's so beautiful out here. >> there's no traffic out here to fight. if they have to fight anything, -- dolphin. >> anjuli: it will run fridays and saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and in march it is also on wednesdays from 10:00 to 9:00. >> alcides: a murder suspect known for better for escaping a broward county courtroom is proceedclaiming his innocence. in a facebook post he says i never committed murder a day in my life. he went on the run for six days back in july. during that time, he says he would clear him of a 2014 murder in fort lauderdale. prosecutors say dna ties him to that killing. >>> all right. time for a little levity this morning. during last night's season premiere of "saturday night live," alec baldwin did an uncanny

we are live in madeira beach as a new ferry service gets set to launch news station, this is "good day tampa bay." >> reporter: good morning to you. welcome to "good day tampa bay." 7 a.m. on this saturday mor morning. i am anjuli davis. >> alcides: i am ark lcides segui. thank you for joining us. lindsay to talk about the forecast. a large storm, category 4 down there. >> lindsay: strong cat 4. yesterday we talked about the first category 5 in the atlantic since 2007. and now this system is going