Good morning, Tampa Bay. Here’s what you need to know today.
Your Weather Planner
After a cold start to the day, we will have a milder afternoon.
High temperatures will reach the upper 60s to low 70s with sunny skies.
In Tampa, a high of 70 degrees is still 10 degrees below normal, but the winds are lighter so it feels more comfortable.
Tonight will not be as cold with lows in the upper 30s north to upper 40s in Tampa Bay.
Highs: 70
Lows: 49
Rain Coverage: 0%
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Around Tampa Bay
1. Son of Ybor crash victim says he wants to see justice for his mother
The son of Lisa Johnson, one of four people killed in Saturday’s deadly crash in Ybor City, remembered her as a wonderful mother and grandmother.
2. Florida head start group temporarily closing several centers due to government shutdown
Dozens of families are now looking for a childcare center for her daughter.
3. Flight cancellations and delays impact Tampa Catholic Church choir’s travels to preform for the Pope
A Bay Area choir is on their way to sing for the Pope in Italy, but all of the delays and flight cancellations almost stopped the music for the group.
4. SeaPort Manatee handled a record number of cargo in 2025
SeaPort Manatee is making waves, moving more cargo than ever before. The 55-year-old port handled nearly 12 million tons of cargo in fiscal year 2025, which concluded at the end of September.
5. Veteran on quest to honor first Black woman to work at Bay Pines VA
A book filled with articles, pictures and priceless items details the life of the first Black woman to work at Bay Pines VA.
Around the Nation
1. Bill to end government shutdown awaits final House vote after passing Senate
3. Supreme Court expected to say whether full SNAP food payments can resume
4. Wintry chill grips the eastern half of the nation
5. Families accuse Camp Mystic of ignoring risks in Texas lawsuit over flood deaths
Quote of the Day
The tech industry is moving fast and breaking things again — and this time it is humanity’s shared reality and control of our likeness before and after death — thanks to artificial intelligence image-generation platforms like OpenAI’s Sora 2.
But a growing chorus of advocacy groups, academics and experts are raising alarms about the dangers of letting people create AI videos on just about anything they can type into a prompt, leading to the proliferation of nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes in a sea of less harmful “AI slop.”