September 5, 2025 • 6 mins
BPS school buses set new drop-off record, former city councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson heads to federal court, and the smell of rotten eggs takes over Gloucester. Stay in "The Loop" with WBZ NewsRadio.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Yeah,
we're gonna go ahead and need you to work on
Friday this week. It is six o'clock and hello Friday.
Get in here, let's hug it out. Thank you for
stopping by. We're getting done with some heavy rain this morning.
(00:21):
It is sixty six degrees here in the city. The
news at six o'clock is brought to us by your
New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters.
Thanks for tagging along today. I'm Jeff Brown. As summer
gets to flex its muscles again, showers early today, It'll
be breezy, warm, and rather humid. Otherwise, as clowns give
way to some afternoon sunshine, we'll have a high of
(00:41):
eighty three. Outs WBZ aki weather meteorologist Heather's are hot
tomorrow much cooler though. On Sunday. Students in Boston are
off to a timely start. Buses in the city set
a new record in getting kids to class on time.
Longtime contractor Transdev picked up and dropped off student on
time two thirds of its occasions on the first day
(01:03):
of school yesterday, which not only hits an all time high.
It doubles what many critics say was a sloppy performance
on the first day of school last year. President Trump
is ready to give his executive sharpie a run for
its money today with an order to call for the
renaming of the Department of Defense. It's back to the
future time at the Pentagon, as the President will host
(01:23):
a signing ceremony to deliver on a promise to bring
back the original Department of War name. The President cannot
do this formally without the approval of Congress, so in
the meantime, he will allow the Pentagon to use Department
of War as a secondary reference, but in a primary capacity.
The Department of War was established at the nation's formation
(01:44):
and abandoned right after World War II. Former President Joe
Biden recovers this morning from cancer surgery. Mister Biden had
a skin cancer lesion removed from his forehead recently and
is expected to make a full recovery. This is not
the first bout with Basil Cell Carson, the former Commander
in Chief, had a lesion removed from his chest while
in office, but this does come months after mister Biden
(02:07):
was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in
the spring. Cancer is no stranger to the Biden family.
His son Bo died from brain cancer, and former First
Lady Jill Biden had two cancers removed. Red Sox on
the road late night baseball tonight in Arizona and done
for the season. Injuries cut short WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark's
(02:28):
sophomore season after just thirteen games. And we're off a
feisty fight as the NFL kicks off the regular season.
Eagles over the Cowboys. It's Chiefs and Chargers tonight in Brazil,
and the Patriots get ready to open their regular season
Sunday afternoon in Foxborough. WBC's Drew mo'hollands is here. How
are you feeling. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
It's tricky, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
I like the quarterback. It's going to be an interesting
year after a tough year last year, and of course
this is a new regime. Jeff head coach Mike Varibel
keeping it simple.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
We just want to be good enough to take advantage
of bad football.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Like that's where we're going to start. We're undefeated right now,
focusing on the little things and the details. That's a
great place to start.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, good places.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It sounds like a great place to start.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
I ask you both, eight and a half wins is
what Vegas has set for the over under. What do
you got?
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I think they make the playoffs this year.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Line of showers finally pulling off shore in much of
the region. It's still coming down though in portions of
the south shore and headed towards the Cape and Islands
this morning. But once we get through this, we'll be
in for a pretty decent day today, a summer makes
a little bit of a return.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Today.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
It's going to feel more like the season, as we're
going to see temperatures jumping into the eighties later on today.
It will be cooler, substantially cooler along the shoreline and
especially the Cape and Islands. These clouds that will be
with us for a good portion this morning will eventually
break up. We'll see some sunshine throughout the day, so
it's a beautiful Friday ultimately to end this abbreviated workweek.
(03:55):
Some patchy clouds in the picture. Overnight Tonight lows a
muggy sixty five to seventy. Tomorrow, it's going to be
hot with high temperatures in the mid eighties. The humidity
levels are still on their eyes. Will need to keep
another eye to the sky too, with some showers and
thunderstorm activity rumbling through the area late tomorrow afternoon. That
will bring a cold front our way, which means Sunday
(04:16):
will be much more refreshing. We've got a mix of
sun and clouds on the way to wrap up the weekend,
with high temperatures in the low seventies. Right now in
Boston it's sixty six and maybe a couple of rain
drops and especially some heavier rain south of Boston this morning.
It is six oh six on this Friday morning, A
big day in federal court for a former Boston City councilor.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Former Boston City Councilor Tanya Fernandez Anderson will learn her
fate today before a federal judge, as she pleaded guilty
to two charges of federal corruption earlier this year, admitting
to taking seven thousand dollars in a city hall bathroom
as part of a kickback scheme. She could serve a
year in prison, but there is the possibility of probation.
(04:57):
Jim McKay wb Z Boston's.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
News The Justice Department takes aim at Boston and calls
the city the mayor, Boston Police and its commissioner into court,
unclaims its sanctuary city policies will interfere with federal immigration efforts.
This is a first of its kind case that puts
the city's eleven year old Boston Trust Act, which prohibits
(05:19):
local police from assisting federal agents in a roundup in
this spotlight. Mayor Michelle wou says, bring it, and she
will not back down from who we are or what
we stand for, and calls the lawsuit an attempt by
the White House to advance its own authoritarian agenda. Roll
up a sleeve if you want to. Governor Mari heely
sidesteps the Trump administration and says anyone who wants a
(05:42):
coronavirus vaccine booster shot in the Commonwealth can get one
and insurance will pay for it. The governor says she
will not let President Trump stand the way of a
healthy Massachusetts and no one will be denied vaccine access
because of cost. Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein also gets the
keys to deter in which vaccinations in the future that
might be subject to a federal blockade will still be
(06:04):
available in Massachusetts. And something stinks these days in Gloucester.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
When you visit the shores of Gloucester, the smell of
rotten eggs may be the last thing you would expect,
but that's what locals have been reporting the culprit invasive
Japanese seaweed. The city says, a bunch of it washed
ashore and as it's decayed, it's released a rotten egg
like odor That can seem concerning, but it's all natural.
Last week's hurricane push the seaweed onto shore. That smell, however,
(06:31):
should fade away as the seaweed breaks down in Gloucester.
James Rojas WBZ Boston Snooze Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's news radio
This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Yeah,
we're gonna go ahead and need you to work on
Friday this week. It is six o'clock and hello Friday.
Get in here, let's hug it out. Thank you for
stopping by. We're getting done with some heavy rain this morning.
(00:21):
It is sixty six degrees here in the city. The
news at six o'clock is brought to us by your
New England Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters.
Thanks for tagging along today. I'm Jeff Brown. As summer
gets to flex its muscles again, showers early today, It'll
be breezy, warm, and rather humid. Otherwise, as clowns give
way to some afternoon sunshine, we'll have a high of
(00:41):
eighty three. Outs WBZ aki weather meteorologist Heather's are hot
tomorrow much cooler though. On Sunday. Students in Boston are
off to a timely start. Buses in the city set
a new record in getting kids to class on time.
Longtime contractor Transdev picked up and dropped off student on
time two thirds of its occasions on the first day
(01:03):
of school yesterday, which not only hits an all time high.
It doubles what many critics say was a sloppy performance
on the first day of school last year. President Trump
is ready to give his executive sharpie a run for
its money today with an order to call for the
renaming of the Department of Defense. It's back to the
future time at the Pentagon, as the President will host
(01:23):
a signing ceremony to deliver on a promise to bring
back the original Department of War name. The President cannot
do this formally without the approval of Congress, so in
the meantime, he will allow the Pentagon to use Department
of War as a secondary reference, but in a primary capacity.
The Department of War was established at the nation's formation
(01:44):
and abandoned right after World War II. Former President Joe
Biden recovers this morning from cancer surgery. Mister Biden had
a skin cancer lesion removed from his forehead recently and
is expected to make a full recovery. This is not
the first bout with Basil Cell Carson, the former Commander
in Chief, had a lesion removed from his chest while
in office, but this does come months after mister Biden
(02:07):
was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer in
the spring. Cancer is no stranger to the Biden family.
His son Bo died from brain cancer, and former First
Lady Jill Biden had two cancers removed. Red Sox on
the road late night baseball tonight in Arizona and done
for the season. Injuries cut short WNBA superstar Caitlin Clark's
(02:28):
sophomore season after just thirteen games. And we're off a
feisty fight as the NFL kicks off the regular season.
Eagles over the Cowboys. It's Chiefs and Chargers tonight in Brazil,
and the Patriots get ready to open their regular season
Sunday afternoon in Foxborough. WBC's Drew mo'hollands is here. How
are you feeling. I don't know.
Speaker 2 (02:49):
It's tricky, isn't it.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
I like the quarterback. It's going to be an interesting
year after a tough year last year, and of course
this is a new regime. Jeff head coach Mike Varibel
keeping it simple.
Speaker 1 (03:00):
We just want to be good enough to take advantage
of bad football.
Speaker 2 (03:02):
Like that's where we're going to start. We're undefeated right now,
focusing on the little things and the details. That's a
great place to start.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, good places.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
It sounds like a great place to start.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
I ask you both, eight and a half wins is
what Vegas has set for the over under. What do
you got?
Speaker 1 (03:17):
I think they make the playoffs this year.
Speaker 2 (03:18):
Oh.
Speaker 1 (03:19):
Line of showers finally pulling off shore in much of
the region. It's still coming down though in portions of
the south shore and headed towards the Cape and Islands
this morning. But once we get through this, we'll be
in for a pretty decent day today, a summer makes
a little bit of a return.
Speaker 2 (03:34):
Today.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
It's going to feel more like the season, as we're
going to see temperatures jumping into the eighties later on today.
It will be cooler, substantially cooler along the shoreline and
especially the Cape and Islands. These clouds that will be
with us for a good portion this morning will eventually
break up. We'll see some sunshine throughout the day, so
it's a beautiful Friday ultimately to end this abbreviated workweek.
(03:55):
Some patchy clouds in the picture. Overnight Tonight lows a
muggy sixty five to seventy. Tomorrow, it's going to be
hot with high temperatures in the mid eighties. The humidity
levels are still on their eyes. Will need to keep
another eye to the sky too, with some showers and
thunderstorm activity rumbling through the area late tomorrow afternoon. That
will bring a cold front our way, which means Sunday
(04:16):
will be much more refreshing. We've got a mix of
sun and clouds on the way to wrap up the weekend,
with high temperatures in the low seventies. Right now in
Boston it's sixty six and maybe a couple of rain
drops and especially some heavier rain south of Boston this morning.
It is six oh six on this Friday morning, A
big day in federal court for a former Boston City councilor.
Speaker 4 (04:36):
Former Boston City Councilor Tanya Fernandez Anderson will learn her
fate today before a federal judge, as she pleaded guilty
to two charges of federal corruption earlier this year, admitting
to taking seven thousand dollars in a city hall bathroom
as part of a kickback scheme. She could serve a
year in prison, but there is the possibility of probation.
(04:57):
Jim McKay wb Z Boston's.
Speaker 1 (04:59):
News The Justice Department takes aim at Boston and calls
the city the mayor, Boston Police and its commissioner into court,
unclaims its sanctuary city policies will interfere with federal immigration efforts.
This is a first of its kind case that puts
the city's eleven year old Boston Trust Act, which prohibits
(05:19):
local police from assisting federal agents in a roundup in
this spotlight. Mayor Michelle wou says, bring it, and she
will not back down from who we are or what
we stand for, and calls the lawsuit an attempt by
the White House to advance its own authoritarian agenda. Roll
up a sleeve if you want to. Governor Mari heely
sidesteps the Trump administration and says anyone who wants a
(05:42):
coronavirus vaccine booster shot in the Commonwealth can get one
and insurance will pay for it. The governor says she
will not let President Trump stand the way of a
healthy Massachusetts and no one will be denied vaccine access
because of cost. Health Commissioner Robbie Goldstein also gets the
keys to deter in which vaccinations in the future that
might be subject to a federal blockade will still be
(06:04):
available in Massachusetts. And something stinks these days in Gloucester.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
When you visit the shores of Gloucester, the smell of
rotten eggs may be the last thing you would expect,
but that's what locals have been reporting the culprit invasive
Japanese seaweed. The city says, a bunch of it washed
ashore and as it's decayed, it's released a rotten egg
like odor That can seem concerning, but it's all natural.
Last week's hurricane push the seaweed onto shore. That smell, however,
(06:31):
should fade away as the seaweed breaks down in Gloucester.
James Rojas WBZ Boston Snooze Radio.
Speaker 1 (06:39):
You are now in the loop for news updates throughout
the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio on the iHeartRadio app.
I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ Boston's news radio
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