DeSantis signs bill to protect children from hot car deaths
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Governor Ron DeSantis signed seven bills Friday, including one that declares April as “Hot Car Death Prevention Month.” The bill is named after 10-month-old Ariya Paige from…
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Only one more signature needed before bill to protect children from hot car deaths is made official
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida bill fighting to save children from hot car deaths is one signature away from becoming law. Senate Bill 554, also called Ariya’s Act, would designate…
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Grandmother testifies to state leaders in push to pass bill to prevent hot car deaths
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Every year, too many children across the United States die from being left in a hot vehicle. Now a family who experienced this tragedy is continuing their…
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Hot Spell Fog may white out the beach
Last February a winter heat wave hit Jacksonville sending the temperature to 88 degrees for a couple of days in a row. The warm-up brought days of dense sea fog…
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Hot tips for cold weather to protect your home and utility bill
First Coast News is On Your Side with hot tips from JEA on staying warm in cold weather to protect your home and save money on your utility bill. JACKSONVILLE,…
Read more » Proposed bill could make April ‘Hot Car Death Prevention Month’ after 10-month-old died in July
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Six months after 10-month-old Ariya Paige died from being left in a hot vehicle in late July in Baker County, her family is pushing lawmakers to create…
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Jewish community serves hundreds of homebound seniors around Northeast Florida a hot meal on Christmas
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Members of Jacksonville’s Jewish community fanned out around Jacksonville to deliver Christmas meals to seniors served by the Meals on Wheels program, operated by Aging True. For…
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Utility crews still working to restore gas for northern St. Johns County neighborhoods, businesses without hot water
ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – A gas outage in St. Johns County that left businesses closed and homeowners without hot water and working stovetops continues Wednesday with TECO Engercy utility…
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Volunteers help deliver hot meals to older Northeast Florida residents on Thanksgiving
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – More than 1,200 older adults in the Northeast Florida area had something to eat on Thanksgiving thanks to Ascension St. Vincent’s and other local groups who prepared…
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Hot, and partly sunny
Temperatures across the area are in the upper 70s to 80s under partly cloudy skies. Watching for a chance of patchy dense fog this evening into tomorrow morning with overnight…
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