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Tampa Bay’s barbecue tradition sizzles at these 12 Black-owned spots

Title: Tampa Bay’s barbecue tradition sizzles at these 12 Black-owned spots
Runtime: 1:35
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: There are decades of tradition in smoking meats at Black-owned barbecue joints around the Tampa Bay area.

Watch smoked meat emerge from grills with origins found all across the South.

Jumbo smoked oxtails and “thin ends” are found on some of these menus.

Click here to read more about where to find these meats: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/food/food-news/2026/03/09/tampa-bays-barbecue-tradition-sizzles-these-12-black-owned-spots/

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Title: The Bay Brief March 12, 2026
Runtime: 1:46
Date posted: 7 months ago
Description: Why does life feel so expensive in Florida, and what role do lawmakers play? How are real estate agents catering to wealthy condo buyers? What does one St. Pete case reveal about youth gun violence in the area?

Here’s what we know in the Tampa Bay Times’ weekly roundup, The Bay Brief.

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Title: The Bay Brief March 5, 2026
Runtime: 1:52
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: How is a major U.S. military operation tied to Tampa? Who found glyphosate in bread after it was sprayed in Florida waters? And, how are Ray-Bans helping a blind woman read and navigate the world?

Here’s what we know so far, in the Tampa Bay Times’ weekly roundup, The Bay Brief.

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Crowbar, Ybor City’s last full-time music venue, is closing. What happens next?

Title: Crowbar, Ybor City’s last full-time music venue, is closing. What happens next?
Runtime: 1:22
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: Crowbar, the last full-time independent music venue in Ybor City, turns 20 this year. And it’s closing at the end of the summer.

Owner Tom DeGeorge has been on a crusade since the pandemic to save not just his own independent venue, but hundreds of others that are at risk around the country.

DeGeorge doesn’t want to say goodbye to Crowbar. But he has a plan for an epic sendoff — and some hope for local music fans.

Read the story: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/music/music-news/2026/02/27/crowbar-closing-ybor-city-development-tom-degeorge-tampa-music-venue/

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Title: Meet the Tom Brady of wiener dog racers
Runtime: 1:41
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: Dozens of dachshunds assembled for a wiener dog race as part of the 22nd annual Get Rescued Animal Rescue Festival.

The race was supposed to be neck-and-neck, but one dachshund was fastest out of them all.

Read the full story about the winner, Koa, at tampabay.com.

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Opening day scenes from a wet Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg

Title: Opening day scenes from a wet Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg
Runtime: 0:55
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg’s first day usually brings practices and autograph sessions.

On Friday, the weather brought fog and rain, interrupting qualifying for the NASCAR Craftsman Trucks.

Watch to see scenes from the wet opening day.

Tap the link in our bio to see more of the Grand Prix.

Click here to see more of the Grand Prix: https://www.tampabay.com/photos/2026/02/27/indycar-grand-prix-st-petersburg-nascar-craftsman-trucks/

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Title: The Bay Brief Feb. 26, 2026
Runtime: 1:47
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: How has mobile sports betting impacted those calling Florida’s gambling helpline? How do state leaders plan to discipline students for protesting ICE? And, why does ChatGPT think Tampa Bay locals are “smelly” and “lazy”?

Here’s what we know so far, in the Tampa Bay Times’ weekly roundup, The Bay Brief.

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Can Hillsborough and Tampa afford to pay for a Rays stadium?

Title: Can Hillsborough and Tampa afford to pay for a Rays stadium?
Runtime: 1:37
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: The Rays’ proposed stadium plan could move the team into a new echelon of ballpark budgeting — few in Major League Baseball have reached.

The team could look to Hillsborough County and the city of Tampa for about $1.15 billion, but can the city and county afford those costs?

Read more about where the money could come from: https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2026/02/21/tampabay-rays-mlb-baseball-stadium-desantis-zalupski-sportsbusiness/

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For strawberry season in Florida, celebrate with 5 Tampa Bay treats

Title: For strawberry season in Florida, celebrate with 5 Tampa Bay treats
Runtime: 1:16
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: It’s strawberry season in Florida. Plant City’s Strawberry Festival kicks off Feb. 26 and brings the juicy goodness with all manner of berry delights.

But don’t sleep on these Tampa Bay treats worth trying beyond the festival grounds.

Read more about these delicious treats: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/food/2026/02/19/strawberry-treats-florida-plant-city-hillsborough/

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First look at St. Pete’s huge new food hall, Central Park

Title: First look at St. Pete’s huge new food hall, Central Park
Runtime: 1:28
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: Five years past the expected opening date and $20 million dollars later, St. Petersburg’s highly anticipated food hall Central Park is finally making its grand debut.

Watch as the Times takes a peek inside before the grand opening.

Throughout the hall there are individualized touches like multiple 3D printed pigeons and custom-designed cup dispensers on the first floor.

Click here to read our exclusive: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/food/2026/02/21/st-pete-food-hall-kojo-bar-hanna-central-park/

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Title: The Bay Brief Feb. 20, 2026
Runtime: 1:31
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: What does it mean that ICE plans to renovate warehouses into detention centers? Will Manatee County build a new cruise port on its coast? And, why were those buildings in downtown St. Pete painted hot pink?

Here’s what we know so far, in the Tampa Bay Times’ weekly roundup, The Bay Brief.

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Title: The Bay Brief Feb. 13, 2026
Runtime: 1:24
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: Have you noticed how Tampa Bay’s increasing lack of shade has impacted your energy bills? What does it mean for the governor to consider groups as “terrorist organizations?” And, could you walk 1,000 miles across Florida at 13?

Here’s what we know so far, in the Tampa Bay Times’ weekly roundup, The Bay Brief.

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Hear from Hillsborough’s school board chairperson, Karen Perez

Title: Hear from Hillsborough’s school board chairperson, Karen Perez
Runtime: 1:30
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: Karen Perez joined the Hillsborough County School board in 2018 with a background working in mental health.

Amid a contentious year, her colleagues pointed to the compassion she brought to the job during a time when heated discussions challenged the district.

Watch part of Karen Perez’s interview with education reporter, Divya Kumar.

Read the full interview: https://www.tampabay.com/news/education/2026/02/06/hillsboroughs-school-board-chair-talks-schools-hope-state-influence/

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Trump Road in Tampa Bay? Stop naming streets after people. | Column

Title: Trump Road in Tampa Bay? Stop naming streets after people. | Column
Runtime: 2:11
Date posted: 8 months ago
Description: Roads and buildings should be named for benign, agreeable things, writes columnist Stephanie Hayes.

They should be named for natural features, weather patterns, wildlife, colors and regional idiosyncrasies.

But there's one particular man who loves to put his name on stuff: hotels, steaks, meme coins, performing arts centers.

And maybe Pasco roads?

Read Hayes’ perspective: https://www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026/02/03/trump-road-kirk-pasco-florida-usf-bayside-bridge/

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The Times Food Hub tries new Florida State Fair foods

Title: The Times Food Hub tries new Florida State Fair foods
Runtime: 1:50
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Mexican-style street corn, Italian sausage and frozen cheesecake are just some of the new dishes at this year’s Florida State Fair, which runs through Feb. 16.

With over 30 new food and drinks to try this year, we’ve culled about a dozen that you might want to put on your radar.

Join the Times as we taste some of these new foods ourselves.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/food/2026/02/07/we-tried-new-florida-state-fair-foods-this-was-our-favorite-dish/

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Title: The Bay Brief Feb. 6, 2026
Runtime: 1:22
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Where should I go for Valentine’s Day? Will Florida see recreational marijuana on this year’s ballot? And, what’s going on with the Trop development plans?

Here’s what we know so far, in the Tampa Bay Times’ weekly roundup, The Bay Brief.

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E-bikes are all over Tampa Bay. Is a crackdown on bad behavior coming?

Title: E-bikes are all over Tampa Bay. Is a crackdown on bad behavior coming?
Runtime: 1:15
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Concern about e-bikes — from reckless riders to dangerous roads to poor protections — had been growing among traffic investigators and emergency room doctors watching injury and death numbers tick up.

Efforts to better educate drivers, track deaths and crack down on children riding e-bikes recklessly didn’t stem the streak of crashes.

Tampa Bay families have mourned more than two dozen deaths related to e-bike crashes over the last five years.

Read the report: https://www.tampabay.com/news/transportation/2026/02/03/ebikes-crashes-electric-scooters-pinellas-trail-hillsborough-biking/

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A Lightning comeback win for the ages in historic Stadium Series

Title: A Lightning comeback win for the ages in historic Stadium Series
Runtime: 1:08
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: It was a chilly weekend — perfect for an outdoor ice hockey game.

No one could’ve predicted that a cold front would be on the Lightning’s side this weekend, but fans filled the sold-out Raymond James Stadium, making the historic game one to remember.

Read about the Bolts’ Stadium Series comeback win: https://www.tampabay.com/sports/lightning/2026/02/01/lightning-comeback-win-ages-historic-stadium-series/

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What it’s like to be on a ship during the Gasparilla invasion

Title: What it’s like to be on a ship during the Gasparilla invasion
Runtime: 1:12
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: After Tampa Mayor Jane Castor refused to peacefully surrender the key to the city to Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla, the pirates staged an invasion. And the Tampa Bay Times was there aboard a ship!

On Jan. 31, Tampa Bay was invaded by the tall ship Jose Gasparilla II, filled to the brim with Ye Mystic Krewe of Gasparilla pirates.

Despite cold weather and high wind speeds, a flotilla of multiple boats burst through the Bay, joining and following the invasion.

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Title: The Bay Brief Jan. 30, 2026
Runtime: 1:25
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: It’s a busy week in Tampa Bay. Stay on top of the local headlines with The Bay Brief.

Find out more about the cold fronts headed to Florida’s Gulf coast, some Tampa Bay families that moved to Minneapolis who are finding themselves in the center of an immigration crackdown and a list of must-try spots to grab a bite to eat during the Gasparilla parade.

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Travel back in time with the 712-recipe ‘Gasparilla Cookbook’

Title: Travel back in time with the 712-recipe ‘Gasparilla Cookbook’
Runtime: 8:09
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Gasparilla is mostly a drinking holiday these days. But Florida food nerds looking to feed hungry pirates should look no further than the Junior League of Tampa’s “Gasparilla Cookbook.”

These 712 recipes range from congealed jello salads and pies of the late 1950s to Latin, Greek and Italian dishes that represent the best of Tampa Bay cuisine.

There are even secret recipes from local restaurants past and present.

Culture and nostalgia reporter Gabrielle Calise embarked on a quest to conquer a classic mid-century recipe: a cucumber and onion aspic.

Click here to read more: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/food/food-news/2026/01/28/gasparilla-history-food-drinks-tampa-pirate-parade-florida-cookbook/

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Did the Lightning hit the weather jackpot?

Title: Did the Lightning hit the weather jackpot?
Runtime: 0:47
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The hockey gods and Mother Nature seem to have gotten together to bless the Lightning for their first home outdoor game at Raymond James Stadium on Sunday. Local meteorologist Denis Phillips says with a cold front sticking around Tampa Bay, it could make for excellent conditions at puck drop.

Get the full forecast at the link in our bio.

Take a look inside the ‘Florida Man house’ on sale in Pinellas Park

Title: Take a look inside the ‘Florida Man house’ on sale in Pinellas Park
Runtime: 1:19
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Ever wonder what it’s like to live inside a theme park?

One Pinellas Park man made that dream a reality, building a series of fantastical themed rooms including a pirate's cove and a Western saloon inside his home.

Now the property is for sale. Click here to read more about the home: https://www.tampabay.com/news/real-estate/2026/01/21/florida-man-home-zillow-crazy-unique-pinellas/

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What is scachatta? The saucy history of Tampa’s pizza-like potluck staple

Title: What is scachatta? The saucy history of Tampa’s pizza-like potluck staple
Runtime: 1:54
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: If you’ve grown up in Tampa, you’ve probably consumed quite a bit of scachatta, an Ybor City delicacy with Cuban and Sicilian roots.

However, if you’re new to the area or live across the bridge, seeing a tray of this cold pizza-like bread may leave you scratching your head.

Culture and nostalgia reporter Gabrielle Calise traced the roots of this potluck staple, which you might see at an upcoming Super Bowl or Gasparilla party.

Get a bite of Tampa History: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/food/2025/12/30/tampa-scachatta-scacciata-ybor-city-cuban-italian-food-tomato-pie-party-pizza/

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Title: The Bay Brief Jan. 23, 2026
Runtime: 1:23
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The Bay Brief shares the Tampa Bay Times’ top headlines for the week.

Find out more about the quirky Pinellas County "Florida Man house" that’s up for sale, the Rays potentially crossing the bridge to Hillsborough College and how Florida’s higher education policies are impacting other states.

Thanks for joining us!

Look inside the site of the new Rays stadium

Title: Look inside the site of the new Rays stadium
Runtime: 1:17
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: Hillsborough College’s board of trustees unanimously approved a non-binding memorandum of understanding with the Rays on Tuesday.

The college would lease the southeast corner of its property to the team with a long term lease.

Get a glimpse of the spaces that will one day host the new home of the Tampa Bay Rays, and take a look at artist's renderings of what the entertainment complex surrounding the new stadium will be like.

The plans have drawn both skepticism and support.

Read more about the college and team’s plan: https://www.tampabay.com/sports/rays/2026/01/20/hillsborough-college-board-approves-initial-rays-stadium-deal/

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Title: The Bay Brief
Runtime: 1:03
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: The Bay Brief shares the Tampa Bay Times’ top headlines for the week.

In Florida news, find out more about the world’s largest rubber duck visiting Clearwater, Florida’s lieutenant governor running for governor this year and St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch’s reelection PAC reports at least $200,000 missing.

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A guide for Floridians to survive the coldest weather of the season

Title: A guide for Floridians to survive the coldest weather of the season
Runtime: 1:40
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: On Friday, Floridians can expect to wake up to bone-chilling weather.

While snow is not in the forecast, the National Weather Service has placed much of the state under a freeze watch beginning Thursday night and lasting through Friday morning.

Forecasters said temperatures could fall as low as 24 degrees north of Tampa Bay.

Click here to read our guide on how to stay safe & warm: https://www.tampabay.com/news/weather/2026/01/14/florida-cold-freezing-temperatures-forecast/

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Scenes from ICE protests as the border patrol agency recruits in Tampa Bay

Title: Scenes from ICE protests as the border patrol agency recruits in Tampa Bay
Runtime: 1:01
Date posted: 9 months ago
Description: After a weekend of protests, both sides of Tampa Bay drew people critical of U.S. immigration enforcement tactics to rally Jan. 13 against recruitment for the organization.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and ICE are different agencies under the Department of Homeland Security. However, they’re increasingly intertwined with recent immigration arrests.

Eventually, counterprotesters arrived carrying posters of four women they said had been killed by immigrants in the country illegally.

Click here to see more from the protests: https://www.tampabay.com/photos/2026/01/13/scenes-ice-protests-agency-plans-tampa-bay-recruitment-events/

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Florida says it found toxins in infant formula, but provides no data

Title: Florida says it found toxins in infant formula, but provides no data
Runtime: 1:06
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: During a news event led by Gov. Ron DeSantis Friday, the state announced that its testing has uncovered a variety of toxins at amounts above federal standards in 16 infant formulas on the market.

State officials did not share specific testing data, methodology or containment levels found in each brand.

The findings are a part of a state testing initiative from Florida’s “Make America Healthy Again” Commission.

Click here to read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2026/01/09/desantis-infant-formula-toxins-testing/

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Will Lightning’s $250M in tax funds for arena boost Rays’, Bucs’ ask?

Title: Will Lightning’s $250M in tax funds for arena boost Rays’, Bucs’ ask?
Runtime: 1:20
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Hillsborough County staff and the Lightning have negotiated a six-year lease extension through 2043 in exchange for the county paying for $250 million in renovations to Benchmark International Arena.

The money would be sourced from taxes on hotel stays and other overnight accommodations.

Some members of the Tampa Sports Authority are worried the Buccaneers and the Rays may seek a similar, roughly 75% public subsidy for their own expected stadium pitches.

Read the report: https://www.tampabay.com/news/hillsborough/2026/01/07/lightning-bucs-rays-stadium-tampa-sports-authority/

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Scenes from Epiphany: The 120th celebration in Tarpon Springs

Title: Scenes from Epiphany: The 120th celebration in Tarpon Springs
Runtime: 0:38
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: The St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Tarpon Springs held its 120th Epiphany celebration Tuesday.

Epiphany commemorates the baptism of Jesus Christ.

After morning Orthros and Liturgy services, a procession led to the Spring Bayou, where spectators watched dozens of boys and young men leap into the water to retrieve a white cross.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/news/clearwater/2026/01/06/tarpon-springs-epiphany-st-nicholas-greek-orthodox-cathedral/

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She was charged with DUI manslaughter in 2022. Now she's suing Clearwater.

Title: She was charged with DUI manslaughter in 2022. Now she's suing Clearwater.
Runtime: 0:39
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Body-worn camera footage recorded by a Clearwater Police Department officer at the crash scene on Dec. 4, 2022 shows Officer Scott Yeates putting Hannah Ray under arrest on a DUI charge without testing her breath.

Ray was arrested on a DUI manslaughter charge after a crash that killed a motorcyclist.

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Meet the 19-year-old charming St. Petersburg with ‘blind date’ romance books

Title: Meet the 19-year-old charming St. Petersburg with ‘blind date’ romance books
Runtime: 1:00
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Located on Central Avenue, The Book Lounge is a new bookstore owned by 19-year-old USF St. Petersburg student Pamela Calleja and her mom, Natalya.

Bibliophiles can immerse themselves in romance novels and some surprises, as the shop sells specially crafted “blind date” books that pair a mystery read with items like stickers and tea bags.

Read more about this haven for book lovers:
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Tampa Bay captains say they saw a great white shark. Did they?

Title: Tampa Bay captains say they saw a great white shark. Did they?
Runtime: 0:28
Date posted: 10 months ago
Description: Tampa Bay charter captains Jordan Sandlin, 35, and Nick Spiridis, 50, saw a shark they say was a juvenile great white off Honeymoon Island on Dec. 27.

Great white sharks have been found in the Gulf of Mexico, particularly in the winter months when waters are cooler, but they’re rarely seen this close to shore.

“Pictures don’t do justice at all, but for me, to be there ... it was a great white,” Spiridis said.

But what do the experts say? Generally, they agree.

Hear from them and read more about the captains’ encounter: https://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/2025/12/30/juvenile-great-white-shark-honeymoon-island/

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How Old Florida nostalgia inspired a 13,000-piece pop-up shop

Title: How Old Florida nostalgia inspired a 13,000-piece pop-up shop
Runtime: 1:02
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: 🧵 British felt artist Lucy Sparrow is practically part-Floridian after multiple road trips around the state.

Florida nostalgia and roadside attractions are the inspiration behind her latest installation: a 13,000-item pop-up shop filled with felt versions of supermarket delights.

At “Lucy Sparrow’s Quick Shop,” nestled inside St. Petersburg’s FloridaRAMA, shoppers can purchase fabric replicas of grocery store staples, with a special emphasis on local fruits, vegetables and seafood.

See more of our trip inside her Florida fantasy: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/arts/visual-arts/2025/11/25/lucy-sparrow-quick-shop-st-petersburg-miami-florida-felt-floridarama/
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Check out Tampa Bay’s Top 50 Restaurants of 2025

Title: Check out Tampa Bay’s Top 50 Restaurants of 2025
Runtime: 1:17
Date posted: 11 months ago
Description: 🍽️ Food and dining critic Helen Freund’s list of Tampa Bay’s Top 50 Restaurants is out.

While compiling her ranking, she had to ask herself some tough questions. Among them: Who is this list for? And what does it say about how we choose to dine right now?

Hear more from her about how the list came together, then check it out at tampabay.com/toprestaurants

Bonus: Sign up to be among the first to get details on our 2026 Top Restaurants event ➡️ https://tampabay.wufoo.com/forms/2026-top-restaurants-reveal-party/

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Tampa’s sea turtle hospital, pushed to the limit, fights to save a record number of rescues

Title: Tampa’s sea turtle hospital, pushed to the limit, fights to save a record number of rescues
Runtime: 1:02
Date posted: 12 months ago
Description: At the Florida Aquarium’s sea turtle hospital, staff and volunteers worked long days and weekends, trying to help turtles heal so they could send them back home.

Climate change, pollution and development have caused more than 1,000 sea turtles to wash up on Florida beaches this year.

Rescuing one turtle costs about $15,000. But environmentalists say you can’t put a price on saving a species.

We spent six months inside the aquarium’s Apollo Beach rehab center as workers confronted a common diagnosis: cold-stunned turtles.

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How St. Petersburg’s Old Northeast preps for 4,000 trick-or-treaters

Title: How St. Petersburg’s Old Northeast preps for 4,000 trick-or-treaters
Runtime: 0:31
Date posted: 12 months ago
Description: 🦇 Kids will invade St. Petersburg’s Historic Old Northeast neighborhood by the busload on Halloween.

More than 4,000 trick-or-treaters in search of king-sized candy bars and spooky home displays are expected.

In this corner of the bay, decking out your front yard and buying enough candy to feed a small, fitted army is a decades-long way of life.

We sought out behind-the-scenes secrets for making Halloween magic in Tampa Bay’s spookiest neighborhood.

Here’s what we found: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/entertainment/2025/10/29/halloween-old-northeast-neighborhood-trick-treat-parking/

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Water Street brought urban luxury to Tampa. Will the rest of the city follow?

Title: Water Street brought urban luxury to Tampa. Will the rest of the city follow?
Runtime: 1:03
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: What was once a sea of parking lots and industrial land surrounding the Lightning’s arena is now known as Water Street, a bustling Tampa neighborhood filled with offices, apartments, restaurants and more.

The nearly $4 billion transformation of the area kickstarted by former Bolts owner Jeff Vinik took over a decade. But it’s been a rousing success, attracting new transplants and investors to the city.

Efforts to launch similar developments have been met with skepticism. Some longtime residents question the direction Tampa is moving, fearing rising housing costs and increased traffic.

Take a closer look at Water Street and the role it plays in the city’s future:
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Florida Highway Patrol arrest man on immigration charge after jaywalking stop

Title: Florida Highway Patrol arrest man on immigration charge after jaywalking stop
Runtime: 3:25
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: After stopping a Honduran man for jaywalking on an Orange County highway, police accused him of violating the state's immigration law.
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Is Florida’s attorney general in contempt of court?

Title: Is Florida’s attorney general in contempt of court?
Runtime: 1:47
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier hasn’t been on the job long, but he has already attracted his share of controversy.

In April, Uthmeier wrote state law enforcement officials a letter saying that a federal court order didn’t apply to them.

In response, a judge said she might have to find Uthmeier in contempt of court.

Senior political reporter Kirby Wilson explains the situation.
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The secrets of The Columbia Restaurant’s Original 1905 Salad, the most popular salad in Florida

Title: The secrets of The Columbia Restaurant’s Original 1905 Salad, the most popular salad in Florida
Runtime: 2:34
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: The Original 1905 Salad is whipped up tableside at Columbia Restaurants in Sand Key, Sarasota, St. Augustine and Celebration. You can gobble one down at Tampa International Airport before catching a flight. The recipe has been prepared on live television for Kelly Ripa and is plastered across the internet on food blogs and TikToks.

But some swear it tastes different in Ybor City, washed down with a pitcher of sangria and sopped up with a chunk of La Segunda Cuban bread at the restaurant’s original location.
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Rubio takes on two top national security roles after embracing Trump's 'America First' vision

Title: Rubio takes on two top national security roles after embracing Trump's 'America First' vision
Runtime: 1:10
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been thrown into two top national security jobs at once as President Donald Trump presses forward with his top-to-bottom revamp of U.S. foreign policy, upending not only longstanding policies that the former Florida senator once supported but also the configuration of the executive branch.

Trump's appointment of Rubio to temporarily replace Mike Waltz as national security adviser is the first major leadership shake-up of the nascent administration, but Waltz's removal had been rumored for weeks — ever since he created a Signal group chat and accidentally added a journalist to the conversation where top national security officials shared sensitive military plans.

So, just over 100 days into his tenure as America’s top diplomat, Rubio now becomes just the second person to hold both positions. He follows only the late Henry Kissinger, who served as both secretary of state and national security adviser for two years under Pre...

DeSantis touts immigration arrests, vows to 'take it to the next level'

Title: DeSantis touts immigration arrests, vows to 'take it to the next level'
Runtime: 1:25
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis joined officials from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Thursday to tout an operation that authorities say netted 1,120 immigration arrests in less than a week.

The arrests were part of an interagency statewide effort called “Operation Tidal Wave” that included federal, state and local involvement.

At a press conference announcing the arrests on Thursday in Miramar, DeSantis vowed that his state would continue to lead in immigration enforcement efforts, in line with priorities set by the administration of President Donald Trump.

He said that state agencies such as the National Guard were “willing and able to take it to the next level,” including by expanding detention capacity, and even have National Guardsmen “serve as immigration judges” to speed processing of detained immigrants.

Meanwhile, Larry Keefe, the Executive Director of Florida’s newly created State Board of Immigration Enforc...

For 50 years, this Ybor City vintage shop has been the go-to for funky finds

Title: For 50 years, this Ybor City vintage shop has been the go-to for funky finds
Runtime: 0:58
Date posted: 1 year ago
Description: YBOR CITY — Right off the hustle of Seventh Avenue, La France stands as part fashion time machine, part Hollywood-worthy costume closet.

Look up and see frilly hats fit for the Kentucky Derby, right across from a rainbow of feather boas. Crouch down to sift through the wingtip shoes.

There are sequined clown vests and silk wedding kimonos, mod dresses from the 1960s and gothic jewelry suitable for a night out at the Castle. Do you, for some reason, need geese earrings or a purse shaped like a cockroach? La France has those, too.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/entertainment/shopping/2025/04/22/visit-tampa-ybor-city-shopping-la-france-vintage-store/
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Why Ron DeSantis is going to war with his own party

Title: Why Ron DeSantis is going to war with his own party
Runtime: 3:03
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Republican politicians in Florida are in a state of open warfare with Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The governor called state legislative leaders “a disgrace,” and a key lawmaker responded by saying DeSantis is throwing a “tantrum.”

At the center of it? One of first lady Casey DeSantis’ pet projects: Hope Florida.

Here’s a quick breakdown from senior political reporter Kirby Wilson.

Read the full story on the governor’s feud with his fellow Republicans:
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A ‘flying car’ over Tampa Bay? Yes, it’s real.

Title: A ‘flying car’ over Tampa Bay? Yes, it’s real.
Runtime: 1:05
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: TIERRA VERDE — To get 250 feet above the mangroves while flying at least 40 miles an hour, you don’t need a runway. Or even a pilot’s license.

With the emerging technology of ultralight all-electric aircraft, all that’s required is a patch of flat land and a sizable sense of adventure — plus two weeks of required training. And some disposable income, of course.

That’s what a Silicon Valley company called Pivotal showed off earlier this month when it launched multiple test flights from a neighborhood in Tierra Verde, a grouping of barrier islands in Pinellas County. These vehicles are called electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs, and are generally considered the next frontier of EVs. Although they don’t have any wheels or landing gear, these craft are sometimes called “flying cars” because the industry aims for them to one day to be just that — used for people’s commutes, joining traffic patterns in the sky of similar v...

First look at Epic Universe, Universal Orlando’s massive new theme park

Title: First look at Epic Universe, Universal Orlando’s massive new theme park
Runtime: 0:31
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Bigger than either of Universal’s other theme parks in Orlando, it has something for everyone.

Read more: https://www.tampabay.com/life-culture/2025/04/06/universal-new-epic-universe-nintendo-world-orlando/
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Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean's reefs in biggest-ever event

Title: Global coral bleaching has now hit 84% of ocean's reefs in biggest-ever event
Runtime: 1:19
Date posted: 2 years ago
Description: Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced Wednesday.

It's the fourth global bleaching event since 1998, and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs, said the ICRI, a mix of more than 100 governments, non-governmental organizations and others. And it's not clear when the current crisis, which began in 2023 and is blamed on warming oceans, will end.

“We may never see the heat stress that causes bleaching dropping below the threshold that triggers a global event,” said Mark Eakin, executive secretary for the International Coral Reef Society and retired coral monitoring chief for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Last year was Earth’s hottest year on record, and much of that is going into oceans. The average annual sea surface temperature of o...

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