Thursday, August 4, 2016

Pokemon craze forces Tampa moms out of aerobics class and other top stories.

  • Pokemon craze forces Tampa moms out of aerobics class

    Pokemon craze forces Tampa moms out of aerobics class
    TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – For Lisa Henry, aerobics class is doing the opposite of what it’s supposed to, going from relieving stress to causing it. Lisa had always looked forward to the high-energy step class at Joe Abrahams Fitness and Wellness Center. But getting there has become a nightmare. Whoever said it’s the journey, not the destination, obviously hasn’t tried to attend Lisa’s early evening class located within Ballast Point Park. “This is a nightmare,” she told WFLA. The rec center where t..
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  • Researchers: Climate change to make Tampa increasingly ...

    Tampa tends to land on two kinds of lists these days. The first is the fun quality-of-life ranking of U.S. metros: best places to retire, best cities for staycations, best cities for celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. The second is the scary hurricane list. Tampa’s worst-in-the-nation vulnerability to hurricane-driven storm surge made news a year ago and again in June. And it’s been well-documented by University of South Florida researchers Robert H. Weisberg and Lianyuan Zheng. Now comes yet an..
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  • New Tampa school offers students a real-world education

    New Tampa school offers students a real-world education
    New Tampa school offers students a real-world education TAMPA (FOX 13) - As students across the Bay Area get ready to head back to school, Christo Rey Tampa High School students are preparing for an education unlike any other in the state. The first group of ninth grade students will begin class next Monday.Their schedules will include college-prep level classes, but some of the biggest lessons they learn over the next four years will occur outside their classroom walls.In additions to..
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  • On Cuba, Bob Buckhorn's out of step with many around Tampa Bay ...

    On Cuba, Bob Buckhorn's out of step with many around Tampa Bay ...
    So what’s the deal with Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn? When Cuban officials searching for a possible consulate location toured St. Petersburg but not Tampa over the weekend, Tampa City Council member Yvonne Yolie Capin said Buckhorn, unlike St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, was hurting his city's chances of getting the consulate. "It is very sad that our mayor has been AWOL on this subject. Cuba is part of this city's history. He doesn't seem to understand that," she told Tampa Bay Times staff writ..
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  • Waterfront Rays stadium site surfaces near Gandy Bridge

    Waterfront Rays stadium site surfaces near Gandy Bridge
    ST. PETERSBURG — When you think Tampa Bay, you think water, right? So how about a new waterfront baseball stadium that's in St. Petersburg but close to Tampa, complete with boat slips, a marina and bay views? The Snug Harbor site on Gandy Boulevard could be just the latest fresh face in a parade of locations discussed and dismissed since 2008, but it has some advantages: At 39 acres, it's large enough for a stadium and all the extras the Rays envision. It's owned by a local couple who wants t..
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  • Tour Tampa's underworld with the man who inspired new Cigar City ...

    Tour Tampa's underworld with the man who inspired new Cigar City ...
    To pinpoint a city's saucy landmarks, ask a secret agent.That scheme led to a criminally good rendezvous in Tampa, now a hot draw with its new Riverwalk, chef-driven restaurants, craft breweries, quick access to Gulf-coast beaches and fascinating gangster heritage, some of which inspired a new blockbuster true-crime movie.The Infiltrator stars Bryan Cranston as undercover agent Robert Mazur, a Tampa resident who in the late 1980s helped smash Pablo Escobar's money-laundering operation and bring..
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  • Giants ship Matt Duffy to Tampa Bay for lefty starter Matt Moore

    Giants ship Matt Duffy to Tampa Bay for lefty starter Matt Moore
    LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 27: Matt Moore #55 of the Tampa Bay Rays in the sixth inning of the game agains the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 27, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. Rays won 3-1. (Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images) ( Jayne Kamin-Oncea ) SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants knew they would take a talent hit to bolster their pitching staff at the trade deadline. Turns out their clubhouse took quite a hit as well.The club traded one of its most popular players, dealing third baseman Ma..
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  • Cannabis dispensary gets state approval, will open Tampa location

    TAMPA — A new wellness center is scheduled to open this month near a number of hospitals around the University of South Florida. It will sell cannabis. Following approval Wednesday from the state Health Department, Surterra Therapeutics can proceed in the next week with plans to start home deliveries of a strain of medical marijuana low in THC, the chemical that causes a euphoric high. The company also can open a wellness center this month near USF. The approval from the state was "a long time c..
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  • Port Tampa Bay signs partnership deal with Ports America through ...

    Port Tampa Bay signs partnership deal with Ports America through ...
    Port Tampa Bay renewed an agreement with Ports America to continue operating its container terminal through May 2046, according to a news release. Ports America handles Port Tampa Bay's container and break-bulk cargo operations. The company recently agreed to a new break-bulk concession for five years. Ports America has handled general cargo and container operations at the port since 2006, according to the release. Officials with the port and Ports America signed a contract after a commissionin..
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  • July was Tampa's hottest since 1932; drier than normal, too

    July was Tampa's hottest since 1932; drier than normal, too
    If the last several weeks felt oppressively hot even by Florida standards, your internal thermostat wasn't on the fritz. Last month tied for the hottest July on record in Tampa, according to the National Weather Service. The average temperature at Tampa International Airport last month was 84.9 degrees, nearly two degrees above normal for July and the hottest since July 1932. St. Petersburg's average temperature last month climbed to 85.5 degrees, 2.5 degrees above normal and the third highest ..
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