Morning Briefing, July 28

Today is Thursday, July 28th, the 208th day of 2011.

HEADLINES

TIDBITS

• Psst! There's gonna be a big water gun fight at 5 p.m. Saturday at the Riverwalk behind the St. Pete Times Forum. Pass it on!
• Seminole Heights resident Steve Quillian, owner of Wood Window Makeover, was quoted in a story about window restoration by the New York Times—and Patch is not jealous at all!

EVENTS

• 3:30 p.m. (for teens) at the Seminole Heights Branch Library
• 6:30 p.m. at the All People's Life Center

See Patch's Events Calendar for the rest of today's happenings.

MEETINGS

City of Tampa

• 9 a.m. Tampa City Council, 315 E. Kennedy Blvd. (Here is the agenda.)
• 12 p.m. East Tampa CRP Housing Sub-Committee, 3101 N. 34th St.
• 3:30 p.m. East Tampa CRP Public Safety Sub-Committee, 3808 N. 22nd St.

Hillsborough County

• 9 a.m. Environmental Protection Committee, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
• 6 p.m. Board of County Commissioners, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.

FORECAST

• Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 105. South southeast wind between 3 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Thursday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

POLLEN LEVEL

• Tree: No Activity
• Grass: Medium
• Weed: Medium

*Headlines compiled from Patch.com and other regional media outlets; Forecast and Pollen Level obtained from the National Weather Service and Weather.com.