Speaker 1: This is WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: We defining local news.
Speaker 3: You might want to get out and enjoy the outdoors today.
Speaker 3: It's going to be a beautiful day, cooler and less humid,
Speaker 3: a mix of sun and clouds. Today's high in the
Speaker 3: city seventy seven. We're already at sunny Sky's in seventy six. Hello,
Speaker 3: thanks for being with us. I'm Sherry Small. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 3: The Red Sox came up short against the Dodgers at
Speaker 3: Fenway last night.
Speaker 1: It's in ball right side.
Speaker 4: Kim is there over the first and that's the ball game.
Speaker 2: Dodgers take the opener from the Red Sox five to two.
Speaker 3: Joe David is on the call for Sportsnet LA. Now,
Speaker 3: while the Dodgers put the herd on the Red Sox
Speaker 3: inside Fenway parking session workers hit the picket line outside
Speaker 3: the old ballpark. Er Mark employees at Fenway and the
Speaker 3: MGM Music Hall are in their second day of a
Speaker 3: three day strike seeking better pay and other benefit improvements.
Speaker 3: CBS News Boston's Brandon Truitt with more.
Speaker 5: Fans who attended Friday night's game say lines at the
Speaker 5: concessions seemed longer.
Speaker 1: There are no up in the aisle.
Speaker 5: Down the aisle vendors which seem to be weird and
Speaker 5: cause a lot of lines in the corridor.
Speaker 1: They're just still stacked up in there. We're like seventy
Speaker 1: people to get a dippin' dots right now.
Speaker 2: All of it.
Speaker 5: Despite this, the Red Sox organization says Era Mark brought
Speaker 5: in back up fully staffing the game, adding fans can
Speaker 5: expect a full and uninterrupted ballpark experience this weekend while
Speaker 5: negotiations between the two parties continue.
Speaker 4: Not against the Red Sox, We're not against the fans.
Speaker 2: If this is a situation with the concessionaire and a
Speaker 2: concessionaire that's trying to pay bottom dollar.
Speaker 5: Those who are on strike are really rallying against things
Speaker 5: like self checkouts that they say are cutting jobs. This
Speaker 5: is the first workers strike in the park's history.
Speaker 3: And the strike schedule to last through the weekend series,
Speaker 3: with the Dodgers Game two tonight. First pitch is at
Speaker 3: seven point fifteen and the trash workers strike against Republic
Speaker 3: Services continuing for another week. Republic says that Republic workers
Speaker 3: rather not only a major This strike not only a
Speaker 3: major headache for many, it's also opening doors for some
Speaker 3: smaller businesses. Here's WBC scandal Bule with that.
Speaker 1: It's the second largest waste management company in the US,
Speaker 1: but as Republic Services finds itself hobbled by the teams
Speaker 1: to strike, it's vulnerable to smaller local businesses.
Speaker 3: So loo unfortunate on the people that are on shrike
Speaker 3: on their end now obviously been out of work for
Speaker 3: three four weeks now, but you know we're going to
Speaker 3: kind of capitalize them what the opportunity is.
Speaker 1: That's Lorenzo Popolo, president of Middleton's Viking Disposal Services. He
Speaker 1: says he's gotten a lot of calls for both residential
Speaker 1: and commercial trash collection since the strike started. And it's
Speaker 1: not just the collection companies. Co owner of Pro Warrior
Speaker 1: Dunsters and Salisbury Romi Magett says more people erupting for
Speaker 1: his services too.
Speaker 6: People are still willing to just order a roll off
Speaker 6: dumb seris and so they know they're getting quality care
Speaker 6: and they know, Okay, these guys are gonna take care.
Speaker 1: Of my trash knobile. They'll be busy. Boston's news radio.
Speaker 3: Four dawbz ACU weather forecast today much cooler, less humid,
Speaker 3: a mix of sun and clouds, some hazy sunshine. High
Speaker 3: seventy seven in the city eighty five for those inland areas,
Speaker 3: becoming mostly cloudy overnight. We'll see an overnight low of
Speaker 3: sixty seven. Tomorrow Sunday humid once again, with a thunderstorm
Speaker 3: or too around starting in the morning. Late in the
Speaker 3: morning heis near seventy five. Monday, back to work, even
Speaker 3: more humid, mostly sunny. Eighty three is the high near
Speaker 3: the harbor, closer to ninety for those well inland areas,
Speaker 3: and the humidity hanging on on Tuesday turns hotter too
Speaker 3: sun much of the time, but high's in the city
Speaker 3: up to ninety three. It's sunny and seventy six in
Speaker 3: Boston at eleven oh five. All right, back to news now,
Speaker 3: the parties back in Loll for a thirty eighth year.
Speaker 3: A weekend of music, dancing, and all things folk.
Speaker 6: It's a multicultural, genre bending celebration of sound and dance
Speaker 6: on stages throughout downtown Loll. Bluegrass to salsa to polka.
Speaker 6: What you're hearing right now is Cecilia blending Irish tread
Speaker 6: and kebaqual music. I'll be on Market Street Sunday afternoon
Speaker 6: among the homegrown talent. A Vision in gold Encore Cambodian
Speaker 6: Dance Troupe performs at boarding House Parks Saturday at noon,
Speaker 6: and Vassili's Kostas Ensemble traditional Greek music out of Boston
Speaker 6: is on several different stages Sunday. The festival is a
Speaker 6: Cherish tradition decades in the making and lull and one
Speaker 6: of the biggest free folk festivals in the country. Madison
Speaker 6: Rogers WVZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 3: More fallout from the kiss cam moment at Gillette Stadium
Speaker 3: during a Cold Plate concert that went viral. The CEO
Speaker 3: of Astronomer caught on the jump Oftron embracing the company's
Speaker 3: head of HR, Kristin Cabot, has now resigned from the company,
Speaker 3: CEO Andy Byron, stepping down earlier after he it's pardon
Speaker 3: me after he was initially placed on leave. Well. The
Speaker 3: Athletics haven't given their fans much to cheer about lately,
Speaker 3: but designated hitter Nick Kurtz changed all that last night.
Speaker 4: As Kid is Another Planet, Kurtz became the first rookie
Speaker 4: to hit four home runs in a game. First Pitch
Speaker 4: Line NBC Sports California had the call Kurtz also tied
Speaker 4: the major League record for most total bases in a
Speaker 4: game nineteen. He went six for six at the plate
Speaker 4: in a fifteen to three win over the Astros in Houston.
Speaker 4: The bat he used is headed for the Baseball Hall
Speaker 4: of Fame. Kurtz said after the game, it felt like
Speaker 4: a dream. It was only the twentieth four homer game
Speaker 4: in MLB history. Michael Wallace CBS.
Speaker 3: News and this all happening at the start of Hall
Speaker 3: of Fame weekend in Cooper'stown in New York. Brian Shook
Speaker 3: with a preview of tomorrow's induction ceremony.
Speaker 2: He Chiro Suzuki, CC Sabbathi, Dick Allen, Dave Parker, and
Speaker 2: Billy Wagner will all be inducted into the Hall. Suzuki, Sabbathia,
Speaker 2: and Wagner were elected by the Writers, while Allen and
Speaker 2: Parker were elected by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. The
Speaker 2: ceremony begins at one thirty pm Eastern. I'm Brian Shook.
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