Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio re defining local news.
Speaker 2: Thirty one degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon,
Speaker 2: and Merry Christmas. Happy Hanukkah. I'm Suzanne Susville. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2: We're learning about a large avalanche on Mount Washington. The
Speaker 2: Mount Washington Avalanche Center says it happened near Hillman's Highway
Speaker 2: yesterday after the area got strong winds and several inches
Speaker 2: of snow. Authority say the risk of avalanches will be
Speaker 2: elevated there until the wind dies down and are urging
Speaker 2: people to hire guides before going on the mountain. Let
Speaker 2: it snow. Boston is having its first white Christmas in years.
Speaker 2: Wbz's Charlie Bergeron has the details.
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas. Snow is on the ground in many areas.
Speaker 1: So are we officially labeling today a white Christmas? Yes,
Speaker 1: we are. The National Weather Service says there must be
Speaker 1: at least one inch of snow on the ground as
Speaker 1: of seven o'clock this morning to qualify as a white Christmas.
Speaker 1: Here in Boston, we certainly qualify because we had about
Speaker 1: four inches of snow earlier in the week, and that
Speaker 1: certainly has not melted with all of the cold weather
Speaker 1: we've had. The National Weather Service says twenty nineteen was
Speaker 1: Boston's last white Christmas. Back in twenty seventeen, we had
Speaker 1: snow on Christmas Day, but it was after seven am,
Speaker 1: so the National Weather Service doesn't recognize that, but the
Speaker 1: snow purist would certainly add that into the white Christmas mix.
Speaker 1: Charlie Burger on WBZ, Boston's news.
Speaker 2: Radio, the new year means a new administration in the
Speaker 2: White House. Wbz's Mike Macklin has more on how local
Speaker 2: leaders are preparing for the uncertainty with.
Speaker 3: Donald Trump's inauguration to a second term less than four
Speaker 3: weeks away. Democratic governors and mayors around the country contemplate
Speaker 3: the prospect of dealing with Republicans in control of the
Speaker 3: federal bureaucracy.
Speaker 4: You're monitoring everything very carefully, and you know, in terms
Speaker 4: of federal funding, have gone through all of our grants
Speaker 4: and are working very closely to make sure that everything
Speaker 4: is turned into firm contract language.
Speaker 3: Boston Mayor Michelle Woo says she'll hope for the best
Speaker 3: for Boston, but will be prepared for whatever a second
Speaker 3: Trump administration delivers.
Speaker 4: That's what we will do, and we hope that at
Speaker 4: every level of government we'll have partners and allies and
Speaker 4: move that forward. But we'll be ready for anything.
Speaker 3: With Republicans in control of both the US Senate and House,
Speaker 3: Democrats in Congress anticipate ideological battles on many fronts. Mike
Speaker 3: Macklin WBZ, Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2: The trial for the man accused of the South Florida
Speaker 2: assassination attempt against President e Left Donald Trump has been postponed.
Speaker 5: A judge has set September eight to begin Ryan Ruth's trial,
Speaker 5: delaying it from the previous Star day of February tenth.
Speaker 5: Ruth's attorneys asked for the delay, saying they needed more
Speaker 5: time to review the evidence and decide whether Mountain and
Speaker 5: Sanity defense Ryan Ruth. He is accused of aiming a
Speaker 5: rifle through shrubbery at Trump, who was playing golf at
Speaker 5: his West Palm Beach country club lass September. Ruth was
Speaker 5: spotted by a Secret Service agent, who opened fire, and
Speaker 5: Ruth fled without firing a shot. He was arrested a
Speaker 5: short time later and has pleaded not guilty. Linda Kenyon
Speaker 5: CBS News.
Speaker 2: Washington, partly to mostly cloudy Tonight, lower round twenty five
Speaker 2: teens in most western suburbs, but near thirty on the
Speaker 2: Capean Islands. Tomorrow, some clouds to start, then becoming mostly sunny,
Speaker 2: high thirty seven, low forties on the Capean Islands. Friday,
Speaker 2: mostly sunny high near forty and done. Saturday, mostly cloudy,
Speaker 2: high around forty, mid forties on the Capean Islands. Right
Speaker 2: now in Boston, it's thirty one degrees. Two people are
Speaker 2: dead and two others injured after a house fire in
Speaker 2: a Kushnit early this morning. Firefighters responded at around two
Speaker 2: am to the house on Garfield Street, and officials say
Speaker 2: that two people killed are believed to be a man
Speaker 2: and woman in their eighties. The blaze landed one firefighter
Speaker 2: in the hospital and he's expected to recover the ACCUSHONNT
Speaker 2: Fire Department is investigating the cause of that fire. The
Speaker 2: music World says goodbye to producer Richard Perry.
Speaker 6: Perry was the man behind artists like Carly Simon, The Pointer, Sisters,
Speaker 6: Willie Nelson, and Julio Iglesias.
Speaker 3: To All the Girls.
Speaker 6: Leaving Tiny Tim Perry was one of only a few
Speaker 6: producers that have number one hits on the Pop, R
Speaker 6: and B, dance and Country charts. Richard Perry was eighty two.
Speaker 2: Michael Wallace CBS News, a legendary rock star, will be
Speaker 2: honored with a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: CBS's Stacy Lynn with that.
Speaker 7: The sixty seventh Annual Grammy Awards will be held in
Speaker 7: Los Angeles on February second, but the Recording Academy will
Speaker 7: hold a special Merit Awards ceremony the day before, and
Speaker 7: Prince gets the honor. He won seven Grammys during his
Speaker 7: forty year career, and three of his albums have been
Speaker 7: inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Other honorees of
Speaker 7: the Lifetime Achievement Grammy include Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Doctor,
Speaker 7: Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Roxanne Chante, and Frankie Valley. Stacey Lynn,
Speaker 7: CBS News.
Speaker 2: Holliston Town Administrator Travis Ahern agrees to lead the state's
Speaker 2: Cannabis Control Commission starting next year. He'll fill the vacancy
Speaker 2: after inaugural direct actor Sean Collins resigned last year. Chief
Speaker 2: People Officer Deborah Hilton Creek has been filling in as
Speaker 2: acting director ever since. Ahearn has several city leadership roles
Speaker 2: on his resume, including finance director for Danvers and finance
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Speaker 2: I'm Suzanne Sosville WBZ, Foston's news radio