Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: We defining local news. Forty nine degrees in Boston at
Speaker 2: four o'clock. Good afternoon. I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening
Speaker 2: first sight in Boston. Maybe keep the umbrella handy.
Speaker 1: Clouds will increase tonight and some rain will arrive toward midnight,
Speaker 1: continuing overnight midnight temperature right around forty five degrees.
Speaker 2: That is WZ active where the mediaorologists carries schwinden Hammer.
Speaker 2: We will have a fairly mild day to start twenty
Speaker 2: twenty five tomorrow, that a cool down and wintery temperatures
Speaker 2: moving in by the weekend. A public square in Boston's
Speaker 2: Back Bay is reopening with some big upgrades in the
Speaker 2: new year. Wbz'sma Friedman with details.
Speaker 3: It's time for the first sneak peek into the renovated
Speaker 3: Copley Square Park.
Speaker 4: People can come and visit this section of the park
Speaker 4: and they will be having a seat in some of
Speaker 4: our new lovely benches.
Speaker 3: Each Hotfield is the senior project manager with Boston Parks
Speaker 3: and Red She says the area right between Trinity Church
Speaker 3: and Boylston Street has new benches and planters. By the
Speaker 3: end of January into February, the new plaza, tree canopies,
Speaker 3: and a shady deck called the Raised Grove area will
Speaker 3: be open, and then in the spring a new fountain
Speaker 3: and lawn area. The new flexible event spaces will be
Speaker 3: used for things like the Boston Marathon, the Compley Square,
Speaker 3: Farmers Market, and just normal things on a day to day.
Speaker 4: I also want to go there for some concert and
Speaker 4: just see how it feels where the backdrop, instead of
Speaker 4: being Trinity Church will now be the Library. And I
Speaker 4: think that's just going to be a breath of fresh
Speaker 4: air and kind of exciting and a new way to
Speaker 4: experience the Square.
Speaker 3: I'm a Freedman WBZ, Boston's news radio.
Speaker 2: Just under eight hours surround these parts until a new
Speaker 2: year is rung in, and there will be some new
Speaker 2: laws starting on New Year's Day. In Massachusetts, Ober and
Speaker 2: lyft drivers will receive new benefits also going into effect
Speaker 2: on January first, the Patient First Act. It changes the
Speaker 2: state's healthcare laws by requiring healthcare providers to inform patients
Speaker 2: how much they'll pay for hospital stays, meta procedures, and
Speaker 2: the like, based on the patient's insurance plan. There's also
Speaker 2: changes to the maximum weekly benefit amount and employee contribution
Speaker 2: rates under Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave. Rhode Island,
Speaker 2: by the way, hikes their minimum wage tomorrow a buck
Speaker 2: to fifteen dollars per hour. Burglaries of the rich and famous,
Speaker 2: some pro athletes may have to change their social media soon.
Speaker 2: ABC's Jim Ryan tells us they're being told not to
Speaker 2: show off those wealthy lifestyles.
Speaker 5: In the past four months, at least ten pro athletes,
Speaker 5: most recently look at Doncic of the Dallas Mavericks on
Speaker 5: Christmas Day, were victims of home burglaries. The FBI says
Speaker 5: South American criminal organizations are responsible for at least some
Speaker 5: of the break ins, insurging celebrities to refrain from posting
Speaker 5: pictures of their valuables and the interiors of their homes
Speaker 5: on social media.
Speaker 2: Recently, former Bruins player and current Dallas starr Tyler Sagan
Speaker 2: had his house hit by Roberts. The mother of Celtics
Speaker 2: star Jalen Brown had her home broken into a few
Speaker 2: weeks ago while the Celtics were on the road watching
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. As it continues to meander around the globe,
Speaker 2: many countries just bringing in the new year at the
Speaker 2: top of the hour. As of three minutes ago, twenty
Speaker 2: twenty five is here in another part of Russia, Turkey,
Speaker 2: Saudi Arabia, and Iraq. In Africa, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya
Speaker 2: celebrating the new year. Coming up at five o'clock. Places
Speaker 2: like recent Egypt will ring in the new year. Boston
Speaker 2: gets icy for New Year's Eve. We'll have more on
Speaker 2: that coming up. We are heading into a new year,
Speaker 2: and we're going to bring it in with perhaps a
Speaker 2: little bit of rain in Boston. It's going to be
Speaker 2: a timing issue. We do have the clouds that are
Speaker 2: building in as we go through the latter half here
Speaker 2: of the afternoon and into the evening, and eventually some
Speaker 2: rain will come in here. The thing is it could
Speaker 2: come in right around midnight, so we'll have to wait
Speaker 2: and see if it slows down a tiny bit, maybe
Speaker 2: we'll get past midnight. Who's to say, keep the umbrella
Speaker 2: handy just in case. Tonight midnight will feature temperatures of
Speaker 2: about forty five and we'll lose a few degrees during
Speaker 2: the overnight hour. Tomorrow, rain ends early. It's still cloudy
Speaker 2: though through the day, temperatures near fifty by Thursday. We're windy,
Speaker 2: in fact, quite windy around these parts, with a mix
Speaker 2: of clouds and sun. Temperatures in the low forties. Friday,
Speaker 2: brisk chili thirty seven for the high and we'll have
Speaker 2: a chili weekend coming up as well. It'll well feel
Speaker 2: like January. Weird forty nine degrees right now in Boston,
Speaker 2: frozen artists scattered all about the city tonight as the
Speaker 2: new year approaches. WBC's Kyle Shaffield taking a look.
Speaker 6: If you want to see all the ice sculptures on
Speaker 6: the Boston Harbor Walk before the New Year, you would
Speaker 6: have had to start walking yesterday.
Speaker 4: Today we have forty ice sculptures that are spanning all
Speaker 4: the way up from Revere down to Nubian Square.
Speaker 1: Rebecca Smirling is with Boston Harbor now.
Speaker 6: They're celebrating the fortieth anniversary of the Harbor Walk with
Speaker 6: ice sculptures spread all around.
Speaker 1: They start carving in November and house them and then
Speaker 1: bring them out. But a small handful or made the
Speaker 1: day up. This one in Martin's Park near.
Speaker 6: The Children's Museum, gathered a big crowd of onlookers. The
Speaker 6: ice cover says he's lucky it's warm out so he
Speaker 6: doesn't freeze himself.
Speaker 1: Not on today, with weather like this, this will be
Speaker 1: pretty refreshing.
Speaker 6: Actually, the carver started giving out quick melting salvenirs to
Speaker 6: the dozens of families that were watching big chunks of ice.
Speaker 1: But to see the project finished, they're gonna need patients.
Speaker 2: We'll be here for three hours.
Speaker 1: Kyle Shaffle Tobe Busy boston'son's radio.
Speaker 2: Perhaps you're making a list and checking it twice to
Speaker 2: figure out what you'll do to make next year nice.
Speaker 2: And the last day of the old year has many
Speaker 2: people thinking about what they want from the new one.
Speaker 2: Wbuz's Kendall Bull went to find out what's on people's minds.
Speaker 7: The resolutions for twenty twenty five run the gamut among
Speaker 7: the pre dawn patrons of Salem's Coffee Time bake Shop.
Speaker 7: Fromkicking bad habits, quit cigarettes. That's a tough one, it is.
Speaker 7: But I'm determined to be in a good person, just
Speaker 7: to be a better husband and father.
Speaker 8: That's about it.
Speaker 7: To the most basic of plans, be happy.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 7: That's not to say everyone has a resolution. Some just
Speaker 7: don't see the point.
Speaker 2: I don't know, I guess I'm too old.
Speaker 7: No plans on changing at this point.
Speaker 2: Nope, nope, nope, not enough.
Speaker 7: Which I suppose is a resolution in itself. Kettle Buld WBSY,
Speaker 7: Boston's news Radio.
Speaker 2: One resolution that many people make every year is to
Speaker 2: be healthier and to hit the gym. Certified personal trainer
Speaker 2: Sierra Lucas telling CBS Mornings that when people hit the
Speaker 2: gym with their new year goal, keep it simple and
Speaker 2: stick with it.
Speaker 8: Feels like there's a lot of pressure this time of year,
Speaker 8: so we like to remind people to start exactly where
Speaker 8: you are. It's not about finding the perfect time or
Speaker 8: the perfect opportunity. It's about embracing and honoring exactly where
Speaker 8: you are, just to get started.
Speaker 2: Data shows about twelve percent of new gym memberships begin
Speaker 2: in January. Fifty percent of new members, though, quit within
Speaker 2: the first six months. You are now in the loop
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