Speaker 1: This is WBC Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Right now, it's forty four degrees in Boston at four o'clock.
Speaker 2: I'm I'm a freedman, and here's what's happening. Health officials
Speaker 2: lift the bacteria advisory they issued for Sprague Pond earlier
Speaker 2: this month. They first sounded the alarm weeks ago about
Speaker 2: high levels of dangerous blue green algae that were killing
Speaker 2: fish in the pond. Health officials closed off the area
Speaker 2: from the public just to be safe. But now a
Speaker 2: new test conducted last week finds that the algae levels
Speaker 2: are now safe, allowing health officials to lift that advisory.
Speaker 2: This all comes months after waters around the state face
Speaker 2: closures this summer because of unsafe bacteria levels. A Black Friday,
Speaker 2: shoppers may be deal hunting with a little more urgency
Speaker 2: this year. CBS's Heather Bosch says the President elect proposed
Speaker 2: tarra could do away with the low prices by now
Speaker 2: or pay more later because of US imposed tariffs. That's
Speaker 2: the warning from many US businesses to consumers. President elect
Speaker 2: Trump has promised to impose a twenty five percent tariff
Speaker 2: on goods from Mexico and Canada and boost the price
Speaker 2: of products from China by at least ten percent. Retail
Speaker 2: experts tell The Wall Street Journal that country's exporting goods
Speaker 2: to the US will likely pass on the increased costs
Speaker 2: to consumers. Trump believes tariffs will ultimately boost manufacturing in
Speaker 2: the US and convince foreign manufacturers to open plants.
Speaker 3: Here.
Speaker 2: Heather Bosch CBS News, well, if you are looking for deals,
Speaker 2: there are plenty on new cars and trucks this Black Friday.
Speaker 4: No pandemic or chip shortage to worry about this year,
Speaker 4: and incentives, while not huge or definitely back. Kelly Bluebook
Speaker 4: says there are a lot of no interest financing deals
Speaker 4: out there, particularly on GM's full size pickup Crux. Chevy
Speaker 4: also has some good lease offers on the outgoing model
Speaker 4: of the Equinox small suv. Other vehicles with good deals
Speaker 4: include the Honda Cord and SUPERU cross track.
Speaker 2: That was CBS's Jeff Gilbert, Well, it's closing in on
Speaker 2: that time to start heading back home after the holiday.
Speaker 2: Wbz's Jared Brosnan has some tips on how to keep
Speaker 2: you out of a traffic jam.
Speaker 5: Here's a look at what Triple A expects will be
Speaker 5: the best and worst times to hit the road these
Speaker 5: next few days. For Saturday, the best time to travel
Speaker 5: is before one pm. The worst is well anytime after that,
Speaker 5: but especially between four and eight pm. On Sunday, you'll
Speaker 5: want to start your journey well before the clock strikes noon.
Speaker 5: It'll be a rough trip between twelve and six pm,
Speaker 5: And for those of you making the most of your
Speaker 5: Thanksgiving weekend, you'll want to leave before eight am or
Speaker 5: after seven pm on Monday. Jared Brosnan, WBZ Boston Snooze Radio.
Speaker 2: If you thought celebrity lookaliz lookalike contests were over, well
Speaker 2: think again. This time another Marvel superhero gets the spotlight.
Speaker 2: Captain America. A Chris Evans lookalike contest is set to
Speaker 2: happen tomorrow at one pm on Boston Common, So if
Speaker 2: you look like Kim you might want to stop by.
Speaker 2: Last weekend, we had a Tom Holland lookalike contest also
Speaker 2: at the Common, and hundreds of people showed up. You
Speaker 2: can read more about that one on our website Wbznewsradio
Speaker 2: dot com. Right now, it is forty four degrees in
Speaker 2: Boston at four oh four, and it is going to
Speaker 2: start to get a little colder. You know, as it
Speaker 2: gets dark, the temperatures are going to drop and we
Speaker 2: might see a stray shower or two. The low is
Speaker 2: thirty two in Boston this evening, upper twenties in the suburbs.
Speaker 2: But for tomorrow through the weekend, we are going to
Speaker 2: start to see some sun, which is good news. There
Speaker 2: will still be some clouds in the skies and it
Speaker 2: will be pretty chilly out there, with a high of
Speaker 2: forty two tomorrow night a low of twenty nine, so
Speaker 2: you're still going to want to bundle up. But as
Speaker 2: for your Monday morning commute, well it's going to be
Speaker 2: mostly sunny with the breeze and cold still though with
Speaker 2: a high near forty degrees. Right now, it's forty four
Speaker 2: in Boston at four oh ooh five and two Boston
Speaker 2: residents are accused of stealing mopeds from the same victim
Speaker 2: twice and one day. Police say they arrested Sebatian Faku
Speaker 2: of Dorchester and Nikita Struthers of Roxbury Tuesday morning. They're
Speaker 2: accused of stealing mopeds from a man and his friend,
Speaker 2: and then stealing them again after the man tracked them
Speaker 2: down and took them back. Fako and Struthers allegedly confronted
Speaker 2: the man showing guns during the second theft. They'll face
Speaker 2: charges including assault and battery when they're arraigned in Dorchester
Speaker 2: District Court. Well, it's Black Friday if you haven't heard,
Speaker 2: But if you got up dark and early this morning
Speaker 2: to chase door doorbuster deals, you might not have encountered
Speaker 2: much of a crowd. Wbz's Kendall Buele.
Speaker 1: Reports doorbusters, of course what they call the big Black
Speaker 1: Friday deals, evoking images of huge and rowdy crowds waiting
Speaker 1: outside when stores open up. But the early birds who
Speaker 1: came to a major box store in Peebdy before sunrise
Speaker 1: found they had plenty of elbow room.
Speaker 2: It's much easier getting in, but there's less deals. Thought
Speaker 2: it would be more hectic, not as chaotic.
Speaker 4: This years seems barren.
Speaker 1: That last chopper came out with a full carts, but
Speaker 1: says he's still disappointed with this year's Black Friday experience.
Speaker 2: This seems like they opened later than they should usually
Speaker 2: and the majority of the stuff they surely have on
Speaker 2: sale at nod And.
Speaker 1: It wasn't just that big retailer cars that the parking
Speaker 1: lot of a major mall nearby were similarly sparse. Whatever
Speaker 1: deals people are finding, the big crowd seemed to be
Speaker 1: a ghost of Christmas past from the North Shore. Can't
Speaker 1: be able to be a busy Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: And if you're wondering about how black Friday came to
Speaker 2: be in the first place, John Fink has the details
Speaker 2: on that.
Speaker 3: One of the first instances of the term black Friday
Speaker 3: described to the Gold Market crash of September eighteen sixty nine.
Speaker 3: Black Friday's association with shopping began in Philadelphia in the
Speaker 3: mid twentieth century, where police and city workers dealt with
Speaker 3: large crowds before the Army Navy football game and the
Speaker 3: seasonal sales in the area. The term black Friday was
Speaker 3: used by bus and cab drivers to describe the headaches
Speaker 3: caused by the crowds. In the nineteen eighties, retailers popular
Speaker 3: the idea that black Friday marked the shift from operating
Speaker 3: at a loss to making a profit, although this interpretation
Speaker 3: is debated by experts.
Speaker 2: I'm John Fink and Stoneham Police are searching for suspects
Speaker 2: in an armed home invasion early Thanksgiving morning yesterday. The
Speaker 2: victim told authorities that two suspects armed with knives entered
Speaker 2: their apartment on Fallon Road while they were sleeping. They
Speaker 2: allegedly took off with cash and other valuables. They also
Speaker 2: punched the man who was sleeping at the time. Police
Speaker 2: say there's no ongoing threat to the neighborhood. One suspect
Speaker 2: is described as a black man in a green north
Speaker 2: faced jacket. The other man is white with blue eyes,
Speaker 2: wearing all black. Both were wearing masks on their faces.
Speaker 2: Anyone with information is asked to contact police. You are
Speaker 2: now in the loop. For news updates throughout the day.
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Speaker 2: a Freedman, WBZ Boston's news radio