pete to tampa. a gorgeous morning in tampa, a lot of people wondering whether or not folks would use this like. >> reporter: well, thousands of people did take the cross bay ferry across beautiful tampa bay but not everyone paid for their ride. the company behind the cross bay ferry did release their numbers yesterday for their first month of operation. they report more than 2,700 people took the free trips, another 4,700 people bought full price one way tickets. that means a little more than one out of 3 rode for free. of next year to gage interest. a one-way ticket costs $10 but there's a commuter pass that cuts that in half. . >> we really needed to do something that we can't just rely on cars for transportation. . >> reporter: now, this ferry wasn't cheap this was a one point $5 million investment for the 6-month pilot program. we still will become a permanent fixture in the area. earlier this month they did add beer, wine services on the ferry. miami that want to combine happy hour with rush ho

the man works at the garden of memories funeral home in tampa. if you know anything about this case contact the sheriffs office. >>> well, it's the season of gift giving and you'll want to budget for higher gas prices. december gas prices unseasonal for a gallon of regular unleaded increased $0.03 and that's because oil production was cut in an evident to reduce global excess and raise oil prices. >>> coming up, hey good morning, gorgeous outside really nice. >> it is so refreshing this morning. just a true breath of fresh air. we had some fog in the middle of day. but this morning r polk county. the forecast today looking gorgeous 70 by noon. getting to 75 for your high by 3 p.m. with mostly sunny skies and some fair weather clouds. a dry wind this morning now coming in out of the north averaging around 5 to 10 miles per hour. temperatures cooler 60s localing and a much colder air mass to the north. 30s and 40s all over the southeast this morning. our high pressure system will be the dominate feature for today giving us that continued dry flow o

how you can take a tour of some of tampa's most ?beautiful homes, after the just fifteen minutes and a little imagination are all you need to make holiday magic. chex party mix. it's what the holidays are made of. crave those crazy squares. this sunday is your annual chance to tour one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in tampa. it's the ?old hyde park home tour. and technically, not ?all of those homes are actually old. a few are actually brand new. but as able to tell the difference. trt: 1:48oc:std on south oregon avenue, this year's old hyde park home tour. beautiful homes... some old... some new...from swann avenue to bayshore boulevard. soundbite4:55:20----4:55:25we try to keep it all on one street. it's easy to transport people up and down. they can see more houses in less time.runs: :05 on this year's tour, chip vogel's home. built in 1916, it is one of the gems on this street. even featured in southern living and better homes and gardens. speaking of gardens, chip's garden is not to be missed. just funny to talk to chip ab

live in tampa, where a charity food bank just and wer'e following a developing story now in tampa: a bay area food bank just suffered a huge blow... to helping the homeless. last night, a car crashed... right into the "st. vincent de paul society" and today... was supposed to a ?very busy day for them. fox 13's shayla reaves is live at the charity right now... on nebraksa

he is now working at the garden of memories funeral home in tampa. if you know anything about this case contact the sheriffs office. >>> now, 8 on your side special coverage cuba mourns castro. many cuban americans are celebrating the death of fidel castro, but in cuba many remember him as a father figure. up with a tampa man witnessing this part of cuba's history. >> reporter: this morning the funeral processing of fidel castro continues to wind its way across this country on his long long journey to his final resting place. castro's remains are being pulled by a simple green military jeep. as thousands and this woman tells us she's very sad because he was the leader of the revolution, a figure for all of us. as it passes some cry openly in the streets. earlier a man from tampa came out to see the processing begin its journey . >> so i just started taking pictures and video and i was very surprised at the response as he came by. there were people crying, p >> reporter: he's here as part of a tour group with the tampa bay history center. . >> and we'

new tampa, brandon, sun city these spots in the upper 50s. tampa international, 60 degrees. good morning, west chase. you're at 56 lovely degrees this morning. to be honest, some of these mid to upper 50s, that is where we should be for this time of year. crystal river did a complete 180 because they were in the 70s yesterday morning at this time. and now they're at 46 degrees. yeah, there's a difference. that's a big difference. venice and englewood in the lower 60s. i got upper 50s through polk county and lower 60s down at the highlands county. north winds out of the northeast. notice how, as you get closer to the coast, they're a bit breezy, brisk north to northeast wind. that's really helped to drag in that drier air overnight. so instead of having dew points running close to 70, which is where they were yesterday morning, now they're in the continue to drain some of this drier air off to the south and the east. even places like sebring, you'll have dew points 10 degrees lower than that over the next several hours. and honestly, great timing. weekend is here. dry air is

the city of tampa will hold its annual tree lighting ceremony. it will be complete with music, food and fun for everyone in the family. it is happening of course at waterfront park and the fun starts around 6 with the mayor flipping the switch to light the about a great event kindness day is coming up. you can help news channel 8 support a number of worthy causes for the community. donation for toys for tots also feeding tampa bay and one blood are being accepted. it is friday december 9th out at our studios. i us a like to say this is the easiest way to give. >> one stop shop, right. >> much better than we were 24 hours ago. we started off december on an extremely muggy humid note but this morning it feels much more comfortable. in fact, taking a look at that humidity yesterday we were in the uncomfortable category, this morning we are in the pleasant category. and hour by hour today we're starting off around 60, those numbers get to around 75 this afternoon. just some fair weather passing clouds today. skies are clear as you head outdoor but we

: the tampa bay history center and cuba could >> the wheels are already spinning. as we went through, there was certainly information there but we could supplement that. we have items they don't have. they have of items we don't have.>> reporter: roberts understands the relationship speak -- relationship between the united states and cuba has been difficult. he is just helpful that both sides will be benefited. jeff patterson, news channel 8. >> jeff is in cuba all this week. he will bring us exclusive reports tonight and tomorrow. >>> now -- now, max defender 8, the world's most powerful radar and your storm team 8 forecast with chief meteorologist steve jerve. >> the cold front is moving in. we had hoped for more precipitation but what is left otherwise not much. we had a nice line up along the nature coast but it weekend as the front pushed to the south. we are seeing the wind shift out of the north and that will help draw in more stable conditions. kindest days coming up on december 9. drop off toys for toys for tots. close to our heart, the john winter memoria

in tampa bay, catch us on magic 94- point-9.... and the dove 105.5 f-m on sarasota talk radio, listen to on maxima 92-5. it's been such a difficult week for people in the smoky mountains because of the wildfires. one of the attractions near gatlinburg is stepping up to help that same community recover from the flames. and a shopper had to be escorted out of store while christmas shopping. the story doesn't end there. wait till you see who that shopper was and why he had to go. a live look at breakout the syrup because denny's new fluffier, tastier, better rudolph pancakes are here for the holidays. ? think of your fellow man. ? ? lend him a helping hand. ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? take a good look around... ? ? ...and if you're lookin' down, ? ? put a little love in your heart. ? ? in your heart. ? (avo) the subaru share the love event is happening now and will have given ninety million dollars to help real people like these. kanye west has been released from a los angeles hospital. the rapper is now at home with his

but at the noon hour, here in tampa, we're at 70. 70 a popular number here in tampa, new tampa, west change, palm harbor and sun city center at 70 degrees. downtown st. petersburg, a couple cooler, 66 degrees. some 60s to the north. brooksville, still sitting at 63 inverness is 66 degrees. lakeland, you're -- orlando is 76 degrees and sarasota at 74 throughout the interior, some 60s and 70s, getting into the mid 70s as you go down to highlands county. it was really a pretty significant told front that moved through. temperatures runng up to some cases 12 degrees colder compared to this time yesterday. and then on top of that, the much drier air yesterday with those dew points, they were in the 70s and it really felt fairly muggy outside. now we drop the numbers into the 30s and the 40s, 41 here in tampa. that's the kind of weather, even with these daytime highs getting into the mid and some cases approaching the upper 70s, it still feels very, very the weekend and into about sunday. by sunday, things will start to change because this high pressure, which is sitting to the north, that

wipe road rage in tampa. a man jumps out of his car at a red light to yell at a pregnant woman he says was driving too slow. wipe parents in hillsborough county. the school district is looking to cut routes for nearly 7 thousand middle and high schoolers next year.> it's always amazing -- sometimes pretty shocking -- when you see an animal where you don't expect to. and it really seems like every few days we're hearing about a run in that catches someone off guard...today jenny is no exception. animals and surprising places. here is some video you have to see before you head out this morning. this may give you the creeps. a man in south africa found this eight foot snouted cobra inside his toilet. it doesn't end there...these guys are venomous too! this story even gets more terrifying. the handler accidently lost his grip on the snake and it slithered back into the sewage pipe! as of right now, they still don't know where the cobra closer to home...check this out. an alligator was spotted walking along a fenc

tampa we are at 60. probably see a low of 59 before that sun comes up and starts warming up, although slowly. we have competitive northeast wind out there, which means normally up to 66 by your 10:00 hour. we are looking ahead to 70s today. 80s may return this return. our next frontal boundary looks a little bit stronger. >>> good morning. here are your hot spots at 6:30 on your friday. i am road warrior hilary zalla. in pasco county in the san antonio area there is a crash along southbound 75 on the entrance ramp from state road 52. let's go live to sky10 and check out pinellas county along gandy boulevard and 4th street. you can see here that gandy is not too busy just yet, but we are definitely picking up. we are also heading to an accident along park boulevard. i will have a live look there in less than ten glad you are with us. it is friday, december 2. i am ian reitz. >> jenny dean. >> it's devastating. we are heartbroken. >> crews continue to search for people missing after the devastating fires i

is headed to tampa. he'll meet with the special operations command at macdill air force base on tuesday. the president will give a speech on counter-terrorism, and meet with the troops... to thank them for their service. obama's first visit to macdill since 20-14... and could also be his ?last visit there, as commander in chief. (vanessa) today, lawmakers are expected to vote on a new defense bill that would give u-s troops their biggest pay raise in years. (vanessa - the 611-billion-dollar legislation authorizes a two-point-one percent hike in pay for troops... their biggest raise in six years. it also prohibits closing the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba... forbids the pentagon from trimming the number of military bases... blocks the pentagon's planned reductions in the number of active-duty troops. in fact, the bill would add seven- thousand new service members to the air force and marine corps. (wally/ the dallas cowbows are waking up winners yet again this morning. they escaped with a 17-15 win last

right now 67 in tampa, 63 inverness and brooksville, 70 in plant city. high pressure stays in charge across our area through the rest of today. if you're doing will cooperate rate for you. just some showers across south florida. heading into your weekend saturday morning mid-50s out there right about where we should be for this time of year. and afternoon temperatures will likely be a little bit warmer as the winds start to transition to more of an easterly and southeasterly direction. so we're going to bump up the highs for a few degrees for saturday and then the next weather system takes shape. this area of low pressure starts to form out over texas. as we start going into pattern. first cold front will arrive on tuesday bringing us a chance of rain followed by a second cold front that looks to arrive either late thursday or early friday. that will also be bringing us a chain of rain. the weekend fantastic 78 for saturday and for sunday 82. it is going to become more humid as we start going towards the end of the weekend. look at the temperatures we st

we are still at 71 degrees in tampa. with all the cloud cover we are seeing, we are not going to be able to drop the numbers much more from here, and we still will warm up to around 80 degrees even with the rain chances, but our showers are not going to be widespread for today. only looking for a coverage of help to warm up our temperatures again to around 80 degrees later on this afternoon. coming up in just a few minutes we are going to talk about this round of rain. we are going to talk about another round of showers coming in early next week, and we are going to talk about tomorrow's cooldown in ten minutes. >>> good morning. it is 6:30 on your thursday, december 1st. this accident is along 54th avenue north in the pinellas north. so you do have two lanes blocked there. other than that, it has been quiet. we go live to sky10, checking out our sky10 camera for some fog this morning along the i-4 corridor in lakeland. this is i-4 and polk parkway, and you can see a little bit of fog here. your drive time is normal. abo

but first, we're following some breaking news in tampa... where a huge fire has broken out at a rec center. fox 13's shayla reaves is out there with the

back and forth marking josi martm's time in tampa. they also rather -- happen to be here during a stunning part in history with the passing of fidel castro. to be here at this time was a stunning thing and perhaps to establish relationships beyond this week and many others is a meaningful here at this place, at this time. >>> again, jeff is the only bay area reporter in cuba right now. his next report will air at 5:00 . >>> still ahead: will chocolate with nearly half the sugar taste as good? see how one giant chocolate company is changing it's recipe. >>> one college is getting creative with their is substance -- acceptance letters how students are getting their answers instantly. that is make your holidays more delicious. right now, when you buy $20 in gift cards... ...you get a $5.00 gift certificate for yourself. tampa bay is amazing. i work here, i raise my kids here, i even take care of my mom here. but you know what? i could use a hand. hey! we hear you! it's why a-a-r-p is supporting family caregivers like you with free tools

the good news it's not really effecting your drive times into the tampa area. we have some construction at verging diamond. it has university parkway blocked in both directions right underneath i-75. they usually have this open by 6:00 a.m. if not sooner. back to you. >> thank you, janelle. >>> 5:18. this morning we are seeing new released video, police rescuing a man from his burning car. that driver crashed into a tree last week. the impact pinned him in the front seat and jammed the doors shut. several officers at that scene managed to crawl through the back hatch as they tried to work the driver free. that's when the suv caught fire. >> we need to get out of here. come on. let's go . come on. come on. through the backseat. >> in fact when we were pullinging look at his feet and i saw a red glow from underneath the firewall. >> officers pulled that driver free right before the interior became engulfed. that man was taken to the hospital and released the following morning. one officer cut his hand during the rescue and was treated at the scene. >>> still ahea

look over tampa bay. johns hopkins camera, you can see the wall to wall sunshine that we have for you. here are the temps. wow. 46 still in crystal river. i have leesburg at 52. a lot of mid to upper 50s inland. around 60 to 62 along the immediate coastline but everybody, everybody cooler than yesterday at this time. there's a 39 in the state, panama city, wow. we've also got jacksonville at 40, gainesville at 44. marathon saying cold front? what are you talking about? we're at 80 degrees or close to. they're at 79. the front hasn't really cleared the state all that well. it's 25 degrees colder in hour. it's 18 degrees colder in daytona beach. you get the point of what this front did by knocking down the temperatures, knocking down the humidity levels. you would have thought with a front like that, it would have brought some decent rain to us. absolutely not. now, there are some showers down over south florida if you're travelling there the next few hours. our next rain chance does make its way in early n

the money to pay for it tampa bay lightening owner and his wife. they have been pivotal in revitalizing downtown and the channel side districts. plans for the state of the arts boys and girls club included a roller hockey rink, dining hall and technology lab. >> few -- it's not clear what was inside of it when it burned but construction material was enough to fuel flames. >> every fire has its own challenges. the one the size of the building and how involved it mode. >> i hope they can make another win and make it better. i know they were building on it to make it bigger for more kids to. -- to. -- to. co-- to come. it's just sad to see. >> reporter: they still have an awful lot of work to do at the recreation center. firefighters will be out here for most of the someday and it could be days before we know what started the fire. i just rec from the tampa bay lightning and he will release a statement about this fire at this recreation center a little bit later this morning. live in tampa, lindsey logue, abc action news. >> thank you, lindsey. >>> ha

in tampa, shannon valladolid 10 news wtsp. one of the worst places for road rage is right here in florida. in fact -- for the past three years, south florida has been named the road rage capital of the united states. w if you found out your child's school bus would no longer come to get them in the morning? that could soon be the case for 7-thousand kids in hillsborough county. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live at the hillsborough county bus barn. sarah, why does the district says they don't have to give these kids bus rides. yes, they're called courtesy routes. that mens kids that live within two miles of their school can walk...and the state doesn't reimburse the school district a single penny for those riders. making those bus save $8-10 million bucks a year. money the district says can be pumped back into classrooms but this story has you blasting off on facebook on both sides. shannon roberts writes, "that's ridiculous!!! i'm a single mom with 3 kids in elementary, middle and high school and have to be to work at 8

but first, we're following some breaking news in tampa... where a huge fire has broken out at a rec center. fox 13's shayla reaves is out there with the in manatee county: a substitute teacher is off the job.. after he was charged with molesting three girls. detectives say "brad bellingar" knew the girls outside of school.. and he's been abusing them for ?years. the manatee school district says bellingar worked as a substitute teacher 20-11. the district released a statement to the bradenton herald.. saying bellingar was immediately removed from his position wednesday..after they learned of his arrest. and st. pete police will be out today... for a new operation, focused on pedestrian safety. over the next few weeks, officers will be at ten different ?high risk areas giving out warnings and education materials to drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. and starting next ?month, officers will start ?ticketing people in today's effort starts at ten a-m at the corner of 3rd avenue south and 3rd stret south. a local display of american history - c

pete to tampa for just $10 each way. now, ferry organizers say this first month of the service been strong, and they sold almost 60% of their inventory. on top of the paid trips, more than 27 people got on board for a free test ride. >> reporter: nick lamb wagner spends a lot of time and money upgrading his ride. >> it's ford racing tune that's recalibrated. >> reporter: he doesn't trust repairs to just anyone. >> it's usually by referral, and even then when i meet them i got to see if i like their to make sure that there is nothing shady going on. >> reporter: for many drivers finding a trusted mechanic is tricky. a survey by aaa found two out of three drivers don't trust auto repair shops in general. among those surveyed, 76% believe repair shops recommend unnecessary services, and 73% believe mechanics overcharge for work. many drivers also worry the work won't be done correctly. >> on the other hand, the city found that a majority of the drivers found a trusted mechanic. even though in general they don't trust repair

on the radar here in the tampa area.nd it continued to grow. and the result now is our drug treatment systems are taxed to the limits. and our county jails are now becoming taxed to the limits. >> colonel jim prevatara, a former secret service agent, runs the two facilities that make up the hillsboro county jail system. located just outside downtown tampa, the jail has a capacity of 3,000 inmates. and four miles away, the orient road jail has room for 1,700. it's also the site of intake, where men and women are processed into the jail. >> line up along the wall here. >> unlike prison, where all the inmates are convicted, the majority of jail inmates have only been charged with the crime and are awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases. but these days, many of them first arrive in a similar state. >> we are seeing more and more men and women arrive in our doors in a state of opiate withdrawal. it's not a black or white issue, it's not an old or young issue, it's not a rich or poor issue. it crosses all lines. peop

there that last was in 2010. 18 degrees in tampa in 1962. we have a cold front going by but i will table it is not going to be eight degrees behind the cold front. high pressure builds in. by, we have little surge of colder weather and then the hermas begins to modify. by sunday and monday we start approaching 80. another front can give us some rain. maybe on tuesday. 45 in panama city right now. at the same time it is 80 and marathon. do you think there is a front someplace over state? dew points range from july like 76 and marathon and key west to a desert in tallahassee. that my friends is a friend. the front slowly sat south. at least initially the dry air will win the battle. but in a couple of days moisture gradually comes back. so here is the front. high pressure builds income a nice day on friday. fair amount of sunshine and a cool breeze. highs in the mid-70s. i pressure starts to slide into the east. then wind starts turning to the eventually, this mess back here will slide northeast. bring some rain to the southeast and maybe a pa

fire tearing through a recreation center in tampa. a live update from the scene and resources that may have been lost inside. >> at this hour st. petersburg police are looking for a man who groped a woman inside of a popular downtown bar. ahead in a >>> fire destroys a recreation center under renovation in tampa. good morning. i'm dan shaffer. >> i'm deiah riley. we have been show ing not seeing video here. we are going to get you video of intense flames from the building. our lindsey logue has been out there all morning low. this center was under renovation but it's a huge loss for this community. >> reporter: deiah, it absolutely is. i was talking to neighbors out here this morning who cannot believe that this happened. this recreation center was currently under renovation. tvstacie -- it was going to be a state of the art recreation center for hundreds of c the building is destroyed from corner to corner. new information from the hillsborough county fire department. our good friend corey is here with us to tell us a little bit abou

. >> from tampa bay's number one news station, this is good day tampa bay. >>> hey everybody it's 8 o'clock i'm russell rhodes p.m. i'm jen epstein laura moody has day off thanks for waking up on friday >> oh, boy >> beautiful out here. yeah? jen why don't you come out and join us for 9? i think will be fun. no. okay. well. hey. no, no technically it's impossible. >> 59 degrees. it's gorge just out here. whole different atmosphere. our dew .43. and northeast winds at 9. i mean wow. what a start to day. still in upper 40s for crystal enjoy this little burst of dry air i'm giving to you for two and a half days, then guess what it starts to get humid again today we will back in mid 70s. all right sounds good dave thank you. 8:0 one right now skyfox checking on crash on westbound hillsborough right before you get to 275. we do have a couple of lanes blocked. you can see heading in that direction in just a single lane that's right lane that is passing. it appears to be just a minor fe delays as you might suspect with that lane blockage plan extra time. davenport a serious injuries crash with a s

one publix worker in tampa is that person. "publix penny" has had an influence on thousands of families including our courtney robinson's. but today penny will be in the checkout line for the last time. 1928 49 you ready to go see penny we go see penny? we go see penny? 53 -- everyday this is my routine with baby harper a trip to the publix on south dale mabry at special hello. -- 19 2913 hi penny -- this particular hello was a surprise -- oh hi how you doing 23 -- you probably recognize this friendly face and contagious smile from the checkout line. this is penny burland or publix penny as we call her. -- 1931 50 22 years honey thank you sweetie 51 -- in those 22 years she's made many friends ... watched babies grow into adults . and now it's her time. -- 1940 41 we love penny! "i know tomorrow last day." tomorrow? oh penny we're gonna miss you so much! "look at that see!" "she's always so sweet and so nice to all the kids and see everybody 54 -- it's easy to see why. -- 1933 48 you know penny her first orange from you. uh hu

there's the view from veterans ford in tampa. it's very warm. it's very humid out there this morning. you'll notice that, it doesn't feel like december 1st. 69 degrees. max defender 8 is looking at just a few showers. we've been tracking them throughout the morning over portions of hardee, desotoo and highlands county. fizzling out now. but there's more rain on the way. we have a thin line of showers stretching out over the gulf, only a few minutes away now county. we're watching that. overall rain chances fairly slim. 20% today. but there will be extra cloud cover. 76 at noon. 79 for this afternoon. 64 apollo beach. 68 zephyrhills and again 71 tampa. very humid ahead of this front as it slides through, less humid air comes our way friday at 76. wake-up temperatures cooling, highs 70s and 80s for the weekend. downtown taliban, seeing more vehicles on the road, southbound 275 as you come through downtown starting to get a little bit slower. beyond that here, where the buildings are, let's talk about what is going on in downtown. franklin street i

port tampa bay made that announcement a few carnival plans to deploy another ship to tampa. this carnival miracle cruise ships will set sail from tampa starting in january of 2018. >>> how would you feel if you found out your child's bus no longer picked them up or dropped them off at school? that could be the case for 7,000 kids in hillsborough county. if the district stops busing them, they can save between 8 it's called courtesy busing and the state doesn't reimburse the district because they live two miles within the school. the school district will discuss it at their meeting tuesday. >>> vacation rentals are a problem in beach neighborhoods across pinellas county. people are renting out their homes and sometimes throwing rowdy parties in what are typically considered quiet neighborhoods. clearwater, ma madiro beach, other anything about it. terry hamilton will enlist two doors down -- lives two doors down from one of these homes. >> they rented a porta-potty and put it in the front yard. this is waterfront property in a lovely, quiet neighborhood. it's a tragedy. i am

the white house naming tampa as one of the tech higher communities today. that means a multimillion dollar federal grant will kickstart specialized training for people living in low income areas near usf young people.>>> health touch some of the kids who may not have the opportunity or afford college but with a little assistance and training they can be productive members of society doing real work. >> more than 200 local employers will take part in training about 1000 people for it and tech jobs over the next three gentle giants, the reason cruise essay the lives of these manatees depended on an hour- long mission to move them from a local lake.>>> if you have a landlord, you might give him permission to go into your home when you are not around, but after the forecast the stomach turning thing one landlord is accused of doing inside of the z26pzz zy6z y26pzy yy6y doctor: oh yeah... right there. oh! you got a nickel back there! heh heh! when we say a health care company should treat you like family, we mean more like this. operator: it's gonna be ok, and i

today we hit 80 in tampa, 82 in lakeland. by tomorrow morning the cool air will filter in, mid-50s across are forecast showing partly cloudy to clear, great weather for the christmas break, temperatures mild early on that week left tomorrow, but the big cooldown is eight days away.>>> a pasco man accused of scamming grieving families selling fake burial plots for a funeral home. this man, michael ritz from trinity sold a burial plot back in march, from him for more than $2000. it was discovered the plot was not sold when the victim changed her mind about the location, the man pocketed the cash by putting his name on the check. the funeral home reimburse the victim. >>> today is world aids day raising awareness to the aids pandemic. it is also a time for people to remember those who have died there is no cure for the virus but researchers have developed effective treatments to suppress it and prolong the lives of those living with hiv. today a person can expect to live a nearly normal lifespan if they have the disease. >>> thi

i did also call his employer in tampa. that funeral home there, to find out what his employment status is there and i have not heard back. >> chip osowski live for us in pasco county tonight, thank you. >>> now an 8 on your side special coverage, cuba mourns castro. tonight fidel's castro's remains are on a cuba. since tuesday the procession has been slowly making its way east across the island, crowds of cubans showing up across the island to show their respect. sunday will end the country's nine day mourning period. news channel 8's jeff patterson is the only tampa bay reporter in cuba. >> reporter: tonight the funeral procession of fidel castro continues to wind its way through this country eventually traveling more than castro's cremated remains are pulled by a summer military jeep. his flag draped cedar coffin is surrounded by flowers as thousands and thousands of cubans line the streets to say farewell. this woman tells us she's very sad because he was the leader of the revolution, a figure for all of us. as the proc

we're continuing to follow breaking news in tampa... where crews are battling a massive fire at a rec center. (vanessa - take cg3) the winston park recreation center on destin drive in the clair- mel area, caught fire a little more than an hour ago. the flames were so huge at one point, our shayla reaves could see them a mile away on the selmon expressway. ((vanessa shayla is at the scene right now... shayla, firefighters just held they say? thanks, shayla. (dave some fog early, with variable clouds and a quick shower possible today. high temps in the upper 70s. tonight will feature a few clouds and turning much drier. lows near 60. mostly sunny skies return for friday, with drier air and somewhat cooler temps. highs will be in the mid 70s. (wally when the sun comes up, a major cleanup will commence across the southeast... a day after 13 tornadoes damaged homes, toppled trees and killed five people in louisiana, mississippi, tennessee and georgia. this is video from the atlanta, georgia area... where three tornadoes touched down... as y

no word on how the fire started.>>> a car plowing into a building in tampa today. this is the meridian three building in cyprus. really banged up. >> take a look at this. can you tell what it is? that is the skyway bridge this is what it looked like earlier today, completely closed because of fog. around lunchtime that was our fdot camera catching that. this is what it looks like now. a little bit better. you can finally see the road and the cars opened 1 1/2 hours ago. we have had showers but it is ju see a big change in that coming up over the next 24 hours. we have a front rolling through, check out anna maria island, beautiful blue skies and on the radar we are not seeing rain across hillsborough county, maybe some sprinkles or drizzles that is all you will find for tonight. we have rain moving it to highlands county, this is getting close to the lake placid area. you may end up with a light shower but that is about it. that is only through 6:00 tonight by 8:00 rain is unlikely and one thing you can do, curtis hixon park rock the park, a free event open to fami

look at that heading into tampa. that is where we are seeing that fog this morning. >>> no question about it, we've been talk about the fog here and the visibility continues to be rather low between a mile, a half mile at times zero. use caution there. we will be mostly cloudy with couple of showers and warm temperatures for one last day. >>> the first candidate-driven recount of the election in 16 years will begin today in wisconsin. jill stein requested that recount. the last time that happened was in 2000 between the election of al gore and george w. bush here in florida. maryland. that's a beaver caught doing some christmas shopping. the sheriff's office tweeted these photos. >> is he looking at tree?s >> i -- at trees? sdmrsz trees -- trees? >> i don't know what he was >>> good morni >>> good morning, america. trail of destruction. this twister in florida caught on camera as deadly tornadoes devastate the south. 48 twisters reported this week. >> it looks like a war zone up here. >> the storm system moving east

that's a sign a front is coming throughout -- coming 8 in tampa. that's just starting to fall. 81 lakeland. the front is pushing through there, too. look at the dry air behind it. dew points 39 in tallahassee right now. 52 in gainesville. 67 in tampa and 70 in fort myers. that's that moist air that cooled over top of our gulf waters. that's going away. the drier air moves in and our dew points go down into the 40s tomorrow. quiet evening out there as we get rid of the clouds and fall back down through the 60s. it will be cooler tomorrow morning. upper 50s to low 60s as you head out for friday. nice and sunny. a few clouds around. we will go mostly sunny in the afternoon. still mild. i mean, mid-70s. 75 is the average high. we will be 77 degrees. northeast winds tomorrow. two to four it's bump your further offshore. 2:00 in the morning is the high tide. tomorrow during the day we start with a low tide around 10:00 a.m. and high tide at 10:00 in the afternoon. attempt we've got football on saturday in atlanta. if you are heading out to tailgate, the

we are live from the orient road jail in tampa. >> josh, thanks. you know ybor city is known for being noisy after the sun goes spent roughly 12,000 to staff the protest, much of that overtime for bicycle officers who were not originally scheduled to work, and it cost them $8,000 to bring in troopers to help. and it's not just a taxpayer funded agency. some business owners in ybor is also feeling the pinch. >> enjoy dinner or a cocktail and see a comedy show, or get to go through chaos to get to the businesses here, so it creates an uncomfortable setting. >> and when protestors march through the streets, they often have to close down the streets >> and tonight we know what caused a deadly fire at an odessa mobile home park. someone left candles burning. a disabled man was trapped and did not make it out. his wife ran across the street to get help, but there really wasn't must have anything can do. the couple apparently fell asleep with and the smoke alarms did not go off. >> and there are some things you can do to protect yourself from identity the

marathon is 80, key west 77, in the middle tampa 67. athenia 43 in panama city. so 43 and 80, what is that? from north to south? i mean there's a lot of different climates over our state. the panhandle is a lot different than south florida. but that is a big contrast. dew point is 38 pensacola, as high as they get sometimes in the summer at 76. so this is a classic case of a cold front. they are ?there is a dividing line here, behind it cooler and drier. south of this almost july like with dew point right now in the mid-70s. right now we are on that boundary. wind is north, temperature is 67 degrees. a nice night. ) will continue to shift to the south. we get about two days of cool air and dry weather. but the jet stream is pretty active. what's that weather systems are on the go. another friend will be arriving for us on tuesday. hopefully that one could bring with it a band of rain. we will be watching that and mike bennett and lindsay will have more on that during the weekend. we have rain and snow showers in the northeast. a couple of snow showers in the west

a popular rec center in tampa caught fire overnight. putting a halt to millions of dollars in renovations planned this month. how the community is reacting. >> trump thank you tour. the president-elect traveling to states that helped him reach the white house where he's starting out, coming up. >> a resupply cargo ship now bound for the international space station. ahead, what is on board the progress 65? schaible. >> gene ramirez. let's check with ed in for lee. >> not bad, seeing clouds, also a few clouds earlier this morning. interesting site from the loe don cesar, there's a lot of sea fog, 72 degrees, winds south and the humidity very high this midday. max defender 8 scanning the skies, a million watts of power, not much out there. we've had occasional sprinkles. there's a very thin line of showers out over northern counties throughout the day. the corrupt though making progress. upper 70s, low 80s south of the front. 60s north of the front. you can see that clear divide in the temperatures. the cold front continues to slowly sag s

certainly with the fire efforts ongoing there in tampa. here at home, we are tracking this cold front that, that same system that brought the severe he way. it's going to roll through in a much weaker fashion. step outside and the first thing you notice, air is very thick out there. it's warm, it's steamy, temperatures will hit 79 later on today. this is all thanks to a cold front. there it is. as it slides to the area. it will give us a few of those hit and miss spotty showers but the rain chance overall only around 20% for today for most of us. i think drops even lower as you head to the south, as most of the energy rolls away from the weekend, got plans? upper 70s, low 80s. a bit more humid by sunday but all in all not a bad weekend ahead. >> especially in december. it's going to be beautiful. thank you. >>> i'm going to bring good traffic too. how about that? veterans expressway, odessa area, looks great. ehrlich road, no problems. suncoast parkway farther to the north looks 275 looks great throughout pinellas county. and again a littl

he will be pitching in tampa next season. that is of course unless matthew silverman throws a curveball in next week's meeting. the team president of baseball operations said he would not turn away any form of trades involving his stars. that includes specifically about archer and evan longoria. i think they both stay foot, -- stay put. but, he would not say neither were untouchable. >> is there a guy that is off >> nothing is off of the table for us. we have to listen and talk. that is who we are and it would be a disservice to the organization if we immediately turned ourselves off to conversations. >>> pinned to the top of joey i the's twitter is this picture of the gators linebacker. not stacking a quarterback but pointing to the sky. the caption? it is all for you, sis. as uf gets ready championship, iv continues to do it all for his sister jordan who died in a car crash. >> i think being able to honor her life helps him move past it because you know, you never really get over a loss like that. you know, it is not a woun

tampa is really the spot. there are a lot of chicks that come from all over out of town who come here just to dance. when you ask me about my ideal chick, that is her. see, she doesn't have any inhibitions. that's a stripper. that's my stripper. i respect a dancer who's got a mean hustle. some girls just don't have the hustle in them. there's other girls that can hustle. i mean, you can walk in the strip club and they can talk you out of your jeans and your shirt and have you walk to your car in your boxers, you know? >> 205. one man. >> flores isn't likely to meet his ideal woman any time soon. he has been temporarily transferred from state prison to hillsborough county to appeal his sentence in the nearby court. >> flores' case is a 25-year sentence. our policy is anybody with a 20-year sentence or over gets sent to confinement. while they are running through the court systems, we don't want our general population to be a training ground for criminals. >> flores received a sentence in part of a deal many whi

we checked out laser light displays across tampa the starry showers are beautiful . the gadget they come from ... 2010 18 it just plugs in, there's a stake in the ground and these things aren't expensive on average there about $40. -- 2002 38 people you know people get excited they want to steal things 43 -- in pinellas and across southwest florida detectives tell us these twinkling lights specifically are catching the eyes of crooks. the christmas spirit not doing much to stop them. but there is something more -- more important than a thief -- about the laser light display. -- 201023 the biggest concern is where you point it you don't want to pointed to the sky because you could blind pilots in tampa courtney robinson 10 news wtsp 1029 a bold thief steals more than a million-dollars of gold in broad daylight! take a look at new york city. the guards left this armoured truck unattended ... and the thief grabs a bucket right out of the back. but the bucket weighs 86 pounds... making his getaway quite difficult. what should have been a ten minute walk, took him an hour

tampa's at 72. pensacola is at 49. wow. dew points in tampa. 70 degrees tomorrow morning. you'll have this. a dew point of 45. big change coming. first things first. warm and muggy for next several hours. just quick little light shower and then by tomorrow morning drier air will have settled in. 79 for high temperature today. tonight 60 as it turns much, much drier. our dew points by tomorrow morning going to kickback into the 40s. and lot of sunshine tomorrow. should be a beautiful day. high of boaters be careful. winds will shift this afternoon to northwest abruptly. 15 knots or so giving us that moderate chop. quiet right now, they pick up a little bit later today. your next 7 days back to the upper 70s for saturday and sunday. and the warmth and mugginess comes ever so slowly creeping back in for monday, tuesday and wednesday. vanessa, you ever go to the beach and you waiting for perfect sunset i mean the kind of sunset where you have grab your camera and snap a picture, right? way. somebody gets in your way. look. oh, but that's good one. all you want to do get a pict

. >>> with an average of 361 days of sunshine per year, life in tampa, florida, would seem like paradise. but crime knows no geographical bounds. on any given day, the two sprawling facilities that make up tampa's hillsborough county jail system house roughly 3,000 men and women. >> your hands should be on the wall. >> most only stand accused of crime and are awaiting trial. others are serving short sentences of one year or less. they all begin their incarceration in the jail's intake department. but the crimes they're associated with range from horrific to petty and everything in between. >> i'm very photogenic. >> deandre barnes was just arrested on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession with intent to sell. he plans to plead not guilty. >> melissa, who was that? >> my baby mama. >> your baby mama. you got that drama? >> if he seems at ease here, it might be because this is barnes' third stay at hillsborough county. >> slide all the way back. >> barnes is already familiar with the full-body scan chairs and facial scanners used to detect weapons or other contraband that might be hi