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Tampa tradition of baking Cuban bread with palmetto leaves at risk
  1. Pinellas rolls out BeBot, a beach-cleaning robot with a message for humans
    Jul. 16• Pinellas
    A remote-controlled robot named BeBot rolls over a patch of sand in Indian Shores during a cleanup demonstration on Thursday, July 14, 2022. BeBot is part of a campaign by Keep Pinellas Beautiful to raise awareness about debris left by humans that lurks under the beach surface and eventually winds up in the Gulf of Mexico.
  2. Meet Anarkitty, St. Pete’s teen band that pulled off the impossible
    Jun. 29• Life & Culture
    Anarkitty performs on Saturday, June 25, 2022 in St. Petersburg.
  3. St. Pete Pride draws thousands in first parade after pandemic
    Jun. 25• St. Petersburg
    Flags during the St. Pete Pride Parade on Saturday, June 25, 2022 in St. Petersburg.
  5. Tampa tradition of baking Cuban bread with palmetto leaves at risk
    Jun. 23• History
    Palmetto leaves create the signature split on the top of baking loaves at La Segunda Central Bakery in Ybor City.
  6. Apollo, St. Petersburg’s TikTok famous parrot, speaks for himself
    Jun. 22• Pets
    Dalton Mason and Tori Lacey are raising their African grey parrot, Apollo, like a human toddler.
  7. Kenan Thompson on his love for Tampa, the Lightning and ‘The Mighty Ducks’
    Jun. 20• Lightning
    Kenan Thompson, who has a home in Tampa, is back as host of the year's NHL Awards.
  8. Gio Swaby celebrates Black women at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
    Jun. 2• Visual Arts
    Gio Swaby discusses her work, "New Growth Second Chapter 3," 2021, at right, while providing a tour of her exhibition "Gio Swaby: Fresh Up" at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg.
  9. Inside the Tampa Airbnb that looks like the ‘Friends’ sitcom
    May 23• Real Estate
    Airbnb superhost Frank Albert poses for a portrait in the rental that he and his friends designed to commemorate the "Friends" sitcom.
  10. A Tarpon Springs artist painted a Versailles masterpiece on his ceiling
    May 11• Arts
    Julian Hartzog stands near his rendition of the historic ceiling painting 'The Apotheosis of Hercules' from the Hercules Drawing Room at the palace of Versailles in France.
  11. Tampa Bay protesters speak out about possible overturning of abortion ruling
    May 4• Hillsborough
    Sarah Noles, 22, Erica Dunlap, 24, and Khaleel Hamed, 24, all from Clearwater, hold their Roe v. Wade pro-choice signs while listening to speakers at a reproductive rights rally at the Joe Chillura Courthouse Square on Tuesday in Tampa.
  12. Embrace your inner Tarzan at Bradenton’s TreeUmph!
    Apr. 19• Outdoors
    If you like hiking with a challenge, the obstacle courses at Bradenton's TreeUmph!, complete with bridges among the trees, might be for you.
  13. Inside St. Petersburg’s 2D Cafe, opening this week
    Apr. 7• Business
    Inside the 2D Cafe in St. Petersburg on Monday. It was painted by local artist Chad Mize.
  14. Widow of man shot in theater pushes beyond anger to make love his legacy
    Mar. 27• Pasco
    Letters of encouragement come from all over the world for "the Oulson girls," as 10-year-old Alexis calls her and her mom Nicole. Chad Oulson, their father and husband, was shot to death in a Wesley Chapel movie theater eight years ago. The shooter was acquitted.
  15. He was healthy, vaccinated, then had a heart attack. Was it COVID?
    Mar. 16• Health
    Cardiologist Hoshedar Tamboli, left, and his patient Juan Sosa pictured in a patient room at the Heart Vascular & Vein of Tampa Bay in Brandon in January. Sosa, 58, was healthy, vaccinated and recovering from a mild COVID-19 infection in September when he felt pain in his chest. He was having a heart attack, and it would take Tamboli hours to save his life. Sosa's case demonstrated a troubling new discovery that medical researchers are studying: COVID-19 is turning healthy people into cardiac patients and can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke.
  16. Ferg’s is selling pizza from an ATM. Is it any good?
    Mar. 15• Food
    Ferg's Sports Bar & Grill in St. Petersburg is now selling pizza out of a vending machine.
  17. How kids at two Tampa schools made it through COVID, as told in a mural
    Mar. 10• Education
    Kendall Ker, 18, adds detail to the top of the wall as she joined other students from Berkeley Preparatory School’s National Art Honor Society who partnered with elementary school students at Town ’n’ Country Elementary to create a mural on an exterior wall, that commemorates the pandemic,Tuesday, March 8, 2022 in Town 'n' Country.
  18. This Tampa Bay kitchen aims to stand up for Ukrainian culture with pierogi
    Mar. 7• Business
    Pierogi Bar, a cottage kitchen restaurant in St. Petersburg, makes pierogi for customers who ordered online on Wednesday March 2, 2022.
  19. Tampa Bay’s TikTok-famous beekeeper finds success with sweat and honey
    Feb. 25• Life & Culture
    Elisha Bixler displays a tray from a bee box at one of her apiaries in Terra Ceia.
  20. Welcome Cuban dancer Irene Rodriguez to Tampa
    Feb. 7• Stage
    Irene Rodriguez, who is a highly acclaimed Cuban dancer, leads a flamenco lesson at Brucie Klay's Dance Center in Tampa on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.
  21. Student activists disrupt Florida 15-week abortion ban hearing
    Jan. 27• Politics
    Taylor Cook, 21, an activist with Students for a Democratic Society, leads chants outside a Florida House committee meeting on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022.
  22. Behind the scenes of the Bucs-Eagles broadcast on Fox Sports
    Jan. 20• Bucs
    NFL on Fox director Rich Russo directs the over 23 cameras and field crews for the broadcast from the production trailer during the NFC wild-card game between the Bucs and Eagles Sunday at Raymond James Stadium.
  23. Meet the sober hands at the wheel of the Gasparilla pirate ship
    Jan. 19• Entertainment
    Jack Timmel, 34, and his father, John Timmel, 65, who are licensed harbor pilots, serve as the sail masters for the "Jose Gasparilla" pirate ship that leads a flotilla of private boats into downtown Tampa before its signature parade. They are standing in the elevated perch that the captains use on the ship, which was built in 1954 for the festival.
  24. A mural in Water Street Tampa animates with augmented reality
    Jan. 5• Visual Arts
    A new mural painted on the East Cumberland Parking Garage in Water Street Tampa animates when viewed with an app.
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