August 26, 2025 • 6 mins
DCR launches an awareness campaign to deter trucks from driving down Storrow Drive, a judge has temporarily blocked the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Somerville police are searching for a possible arson suspect. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Seventy two degrees in Boston, partly cloudy, nice and breezy
at eleven o'clock. Good morning, I'm Nicole Davis, and here's
what's happening. It's something we hear each in every August.
Do not take the U haul onto Stero Drive or
soldiers Field Road or Memorial Drive, and yet stirrowings happen anyway.
DCR out with the brand new awareness campaign today trying
(00:31):
to keep those trucks off the river roads.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Your latest PSA makes a compelling case for not trying
to drive an eleven foot tall truck under a ten
foot tall bridge.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You'll just become a local meme for a few days,
and neighborhood children will hear the bang and come out
to make fun of you.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
And to try to curb the phenomenon known as storrowing.
DCR has also been putting up new high visibility signs
along the river roads, but these local residents are skeptical.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
They will never change anything. Everybody's always going to do.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
It hasn't helped so far, I mean very now. And
then you see one stuck there and there's several signs
going back that I already say it, so.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Other people just don't pay attention.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
Plus they're just young kids anyways, Renton trucks sit, don't what.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
The hell of that going deep?
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It ignorant and that is the problem DCR is hoping
to solve with its awareness campaign. It remains to be
seen in thousands of college students move in this weekend
whether they can learn about storing the easy way. Kendall
be Old to be busy Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
At eleven oh one Other news We're watching, two years
after he was arrested on child porn charges. A long
time a Thuin police officer has agreed to give up
his state certification, the state's Peace Officer Standards and Training
Commission says. Back in September twenty twenty three, Matthew Bistaini
was suspended weeks after he was arrested, according to the
Eagle Tribune. He retired from the department a couple of
(01:43):
months after that and pled guilty to the charges against
him the following year. With this latest decision, the post
commission says he can no longer work on any police
force here in Massachusetts. Kil Marbrigo Garcia still in the
US for now. A judge has blocked his deportee as
he fights to stay in the United States. That order
coming down shortly after Abrego Garcia was re arrested yesterday.
(02:07):
Here's ABC's Christian Cordero at.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Brego Garcia spent the night at an immigration detention center
in Virginia after a judge ruled the government is absolutely
forbidden from deporting him to Uganda or anywhere else, at
least for now. He was arrested when he appeared for
an immigration appointment in Baltimore yesterday, three days after being
released from federal custody and reuniting with his family.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Abrego Garcia is the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported
earlier this year to El Salvador. He has pled not
guilty to the human smuggling charges against him. California Governor
Gavin Newsom's social team has been trolling the president online.
Now they're bumping it up a notch Govinor.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
Newsom shared in a post on ex that the Patriot
Shop is now open and it's sold over one hundred
thousand dollars worth of merchandise already. It marks the governor's
latest move in his recent campaign mocking the president's social
media style. Customers can purchase items from the shop, including
a Newsome twenty twenty six mug, a Don't Poke the
Baar Yard sign, and a baseball cap with the phrase
(03:07):
Newsome was right about everything. I'm Tammy Trihio.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Gorgeous blue skies outside right now. It is looking phenomenal
for the rest of the afternoon. A couple of clouds
here and there, but that's really about it. Ragweed, by
the way, hi today. Yes, I know, if it's not gratspollen,
if it's not something else, the allergies are back out,
so be sure to keep that in mind. Get your
allergy pills if you need them. But that's really the
only weather issue we've got going on today. Humidity is low,
(03:33):
lots of sun. We have nice breeze from the west
to high just about eighty for tonight, clear to party,
cloudy lone near sixty in Boston, fifty if you're inland.
And then for tomorrow and Thursday, both days looking good
mix of sun and clouds and we've got a high
in the mid upper seventies. It's seventy two right now
in Brockton, seeing sixty nine in Marlborough, seventy three in
(03:54):
Methuin in Boston. Right now at eleven oh five clear skies,
and it's seventy three. Ousted State Police trooper Michael Proctor
says he wants his job back.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
Michael Proctor was an exemplary member of the mass State Police.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
His attorney right now making his case at a Civil
Service Commission hearing in Boston, and Proctor was fired, of course,
after it was revealed he made derogatory comments about Karen Reid,
comments yet to read in court. His attorney says Proctor's
privacy that was violated when the Feds went through his
personal phone. A lawyer for the State Police says no.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
One committed the acts for which he was terminated other
than Michael Proctor alone. No one authorized his communications of
sensitive and confidential case information about an active homicide investigation
to others outside of law enforcement.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Reid was acquitted of murder in June in her second trial.
President Trump says he is firing a member of the
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, but she says she's not
going anywhere.
Speaker 7 (04:48):
In a White House letter on social media last night,
President Trump said he is removing FED Governor Lisa Cook,
accusing her of making false statements on mortgage documents he
claimed were potentially criminal. Trump had previous They urged Cook
to resign, leading her to say she wouldn't resign quote
because of some questions raised in a tweet. Federal Reserve
Board members can only be fired by the president for cause,
(05:09):
and there are no charges against Cook. In a statement
provided to The New York Times last night, she said,
I will not resign. Michael Toscano, CBS News, Washington.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Cook's term on the board runs until twenty thirty eight.
And on Capitol Hill, the Republican Ledhouse Oversight Committee has
subpoena Jeffrey Epstein's estate for an array of documents. Here's
Brian Schuk.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
The committee is moving ahead with its probe into the
disgraced financier, with a request for his will, any documents
resembling a client list, any black books containing Epstein's contacts,
flight logs, and an alleged book of birthday letters from
Epstein's friends. According to a letter from committee chair James Comer,
the Epstein estate is ready and willing to provide these documents.
(05:51):
I'm Brian Shook at.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Eleven oh seven. Three homes in Somerville ward damage during
a fire last week. Now police say they're searching for
a potential arson suspect. This all started about eleven fifty
Wednesday night, just about ten minutes before midnight, in a
home that was under construction on Thurston Street. Officials say
that house was all but destroyed and the fire spread
to two other homes, forcing them in other people inside
(06:14):
to evacuate. If you have any security camera footage from
that neighborhood from back on Wednesday night, or any information
about what happened, you're asked to call Somerville Police. You
are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Nicole Davis, wb LEE and Boston's News Radio
This is WBZY, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Seventy two degrees in Boston, partly cloudy, nice and breezy
at eleven o'clock. Good morning, I'm Nicole Davis, and here's
what's happening. It's something we hear each in every August.
Do not take the U haul onto Stero Drive or
soldiers Field Road or Memorial Drive, and yet stirrowings happen anyway.
DCR out with the brand new awareness campaign today trying
(00:31):
to keep those trucks off the river roads.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Your latest PSA makes a compelling case for not trying
to drive an eleven foot tall truck under a ten
foot tall bridge.
Speaker 3 (00:39):
You'll just become a local meme for a few days,
and neighborhood children will hear the bang and come out
to make fun of you.
Speaker 1 (00:45):
And to try to curb the phenomenon known as storrowing.
DCR has also been putting up new high visibility signs
along the river roads, but these local residents are skeptical.
Speaker 2 (00:53):
They will never change anything. Everybody's always going to do.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
It hasn't helped so far, I mean very now. And
then you see one stuck there and there's several signs
going back that I already say it, so.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Other people just don't pay attention.
Speaker 5 (01:04):
Plus they're just young kids anyways, Renton trucks sit, don't what.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
The hell of that going deep?
Speaker 1 (01:08):
It ignorant and that is the problem DCR is hoping
to solve with its awareness campaign. It remains to be
seen in thousands of college students move in this weekend
whether they can learn about storing the easy way. Kendall
be Old to be busy Boston's News Radio.
Speaker 2 (01:22):
At eleven oh one Other news We're watching, two years
after he was arrested on child porn charges. A long
time a Thuin police officer has agreed to give up
his state certification, the state's Peace Officer Standards and Training
Commission says. Back in September twenty twenty three, Matthew Bistaini
was suspended weeks after he was arrested, according to the
Eagle Tribune. He retired from the department a couple of
(01:43):
months after that and pled guilty to the charges against
him the following year. With this latest decision, the post
commission says he can no longer work on any police
force here in Massachusetts. Kil Marbrigo Garcia still in the
US for now. A judge has blocked his deportee as
he fights to stay in the United States. That order
coming down shortly after Abrego Garcia was re arrested yesterday.
(02:07):
Here's ABC's Christian Cordero at.
Speaker 3 (02:09):
Brego Garcia spent the night at an immigration detention center
in Virginia after a judge ruled the government is absolutely
forbidden from deporting him to Uganda or anywhere else, at
least for now. He was arrested when he appeared for
an immigration appointment in Baltimore yesterday, three days after being
released from federal custody and reuniting with his family.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
Abrego Garcia is the Maryland man who was mistakenly deported
earlier this year to El Salvador. He has pled not
guilty to the human smuggling charges against him. California Governor
Gavin Newsom's social team has been trolling the president online.
Now they're bumping it up a notch Govinor.
Speaker 6 (02:46):
Newsom shared in a post on ex that the Patriot
Shop is now open and it's sold over one hundred
thousand dollars worth of merchandise already. It marks the governor's
latest move in his recent campaign mocking the president's social
media style. Customers can purchase items from the shop, including
a Newsome twenty twenty six mug, a Don't Poke the
Baar Yard sign, and a baseball cap with the phrase
(03:07):
Newsome was right about everything. I'm Tammy Trihio.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Gorgeous blue skies outside right now. It is looking phenomenal
for the rest of the afternoon. A couple of clouds
here and there, but that's really about it. Ragweed, by
the way, hi today. Yes, I know, if it's not gratspollen,
if it's not something else, the allergies are back out,
so be sure to keep that in mind. Get your
allergy pills if you need them. But that's really the
only weather issue we've got going on today. Humidity is low,
(03:33):
lots of sun. We have nice breeze from the west
to high just about eighty for tonight, clear to party,
cloudy lone near sixty in Boston, fifty if you're inland.
And then for tomorrow and Thursday, both days looking good
mix of sun and clouds and we've got a high
in the mid upper seventies. It's seventy two right now
in Brockton, seeing sixty nine in Marlborough, seventy three in
(03:54):
Methuin in Boston. Right now at eleven oh five clear skies,
and it's seventy three. Ousted State Police trooper Michael Proctor
says he wants his job back.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
Michael Proctor was an exemplary member of the mass State Police.
Speaker 2 (04:07):
His attorney right now making his case at a Civil
Service Commission hearing in Boston, and Proctor was fired, of course,
after it was revealed he made derogatory comments about Karen Reid,
comments yet to read in court. His attorney says Proctor's
privacy that was violated when the Feds went through his
personal phone. A lawyer for the State Police says no.
Speaker 4 (04:25):
One committed the acts for which he was terminated other
than Michael Proctor alone. No one authorized his communications of
sensitive and confidential case information about an active homicide investigation
to others outside of law enforcement.
Speaker 2 (04:38):
Reid was acquitted of murder in June in her second trial.
President Trump says he is firing a member of the
Federal Reserve Board of Governors, but she says she's not
going anywhere.
Speaker 7 (04:48):
In a White House letter on social media last night,
President Trump said he is removing FED Governor Lisa Cook,
accusing her of making false statements on mortgage documents he
claimed were potentially criminal. Trump had previous They urged Cook
to resign, leading her to say she wouldn't resign quote
because of some questions raised in a tweet. Federal Reserve
Board members can only be fired by the president for cause,
(05:09):
and there are no charges against Cook. In a statement
provided to The New York Times last night, she said,
I will not resign. Michael Toscano, CBS News, Washington.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
Cook's term on the board runs until twenty thirty eight.
And on Capitol Hill, the Republican Ledhouse Oversight Committee has
subpoena Jeffrey Epstein's estate for an array of documents. Here's
Brian Schuk.
Speaker 5 (05:28):
The committee is moving ahead with its probe into the
disgraced financier, with a request for his will, any documents
resembling a client list, any black books containing Epstein's contacts,
flight logs, and an alleged book of birthday letters from
Epstein's friends. According to a letter from committee chair James Comer,
the Epstein estate is ready and willing to provide these documents.
(05:51):
I'm Brian Shook at.
Speaker 2 (05:53):
Eleven oh seven. Three homes in Somerville ward damage during
a fire last week. Now police say they're searching for
a potential arson suspect. This all started about eleven fifty
Wednesday night, just about ten minutes before midnight, in a
home that was under construction on Thurston Street. Officials say
that house was all but destroyed and the fire spread
to two other homes, forcing them in other people inside
(06:14):
to evacuate. If you have any security camera footage from
that neighborhood from back on Wednesday night, or any information
about what happened, you're asked to call Somerville Police. You
are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.
Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app. I'm
Nicole Davis, wb LEE and Boston's News Radio
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