{"id":179159,"date":"2026-03-05T12:18:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179159\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T12:18:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T12:18:26","slug":"morning-briefing-tampa-march-5-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/179159\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Tampa March 5 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today.<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

We have a better chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms today.<\/p>\n

The rain chance begins this afternoon and continues into the evening.<\/p>\n

Some of us could get a heavy downpour while others see no rain at all.<\/p>\n

If you plan to jog or walk the dog after work,\u00a0get updates from Klystron 9<\/a>\u00a0before you leave the house.<\/p>\n

We are warm again with high temperatures in the mid 80s.<\/p>\n

Overnight lows fall to the mid to upper 60s.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Get the full forecast here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Highs: 84<\/p>\n

Lows: 68<\/p>\n

Rain Coverage:\u00a050%<\/p>\n

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Check your hour-by-hour forecast here<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Share your weather photos<\/a><\/p>\n

Around Tampa Bay<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Hegseth to get Iran operations update at MacDill Thursday<\/a>
Department of War Secretary Pete Hegseth will visit MacDill Air Force base in Tampa on Thursday.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Shore Acres residents voice concern over $32 million flood mitigation project<\/a>
St. Petersburg officials and community members met Wednesday to discuss the city’s latest flood mitigation plan for Shore Acres.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Crystal River looks to improve stormwater infrastructure with new project underway<\/a>
Crystal River has already received a $2 million state grant to improve stormwater drainage throughout the city. It\u2019s the first step in a long-term effort to reduce flooding after major weather events.<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0‘This is why we are here;’ Veterans groups speak up about resources after U.S. service members killed<\/a>
Floridians are grieving the loss of a serviceman killed this week when an Iranian drone strike hit a makeshift operations center in Kuwait, and organizations are speaking out about the need for resources for affected family members, veterans and friends.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0St. Pete mayor calls proposed Florida DEI ban ‘dangerous’<\/a>
City and county leaders from across Florida held a joint press conference on Wednesday to sound the alarm about DEI rollback legislation which will be voted on this week, with St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth Welch calling it \u201cdangerous\u201d and \u201cundemocratic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Around the Nation & World<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0White House says Iran’s top priority was nuclear weapon, refutes criticism on lack of preparation to help Americans return home<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Senate Republicans vote down legislation to halt Iran war in Congress’ first vote on conflict<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0White House says Iran’s top priority was nuclear weapon, refutes criticism on lack of preparation to help Americans return home<\/a><\/p>\n

4.\u00a0Legendary college football coach Lou Holtz dies at 89<\/a><\/p>\n

Quote of the Day
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Lou Holtz, the\u00a0College Football\u00a0Hall of Fame coach who led\u00a0Notre Dame\u00a0to the 1988 national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89.<\/p>\n

Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that Holtz died in Orlando, Florida, surrounded by his family. Spokeswoman Katy Lonergan said a cause of death was not provided by the family.<\/p>\n

Armed with a homespun brand of folksiness that could trickle into corny but always contained a kernel of truth, Holtz lit up bulletin boards and motivational posters with dozens of memorable quotes and pithy observations, virtually all of them constructed to inspire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Tampa Bay.\u00a0Here’s what you need to know today. Your Weather Planner We have a better chance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2126,275,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-179159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-morning-briefing","tag-spectrum-news-staff","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}