Come in everyone.
6:00 o'clock here on this Monday.
Jason, rock and solo with
you for the next few days as
Alicia has a few days off here.
Thank you for starting your
day with us here on Sunrise.
Let's get over to Guy for a look at
this important holiday forecast. Heat
advisory will go in effect this afternoon.
Jason. Expire at 7:00, o'clock this evening.
Heat index values up to near 100 degrees.
You can see 95 to 99 heat indices today.
So get ready right over the metro too.
So find that dry time or rather cool time.
Also maybe some dry time
later on this afternoon.
You want to find that going inside
and you know you may have to
dodge some thunderstorm activity,
so get ready for that.
There's a chance for a few shower
and thunderstorms that are on
radar right now this morning,
breaking apart and dissipating.
But another chance this afternoon for
shower and thunderstorms isolated.
Better chance for storms tomorrow
on a day like today, obviously,
with heat indices where they are,
you know this is the first time this
season and the hottest day so far this year.
Know the difference between heat
exhaustion and heat stroke.
Heat stroke?
You're going to find a throbbing headache.
Hopefully you don't.
No sweating body temperature at above 100.
Degree 103.
3 degrees, you know, so pretty high fever,
red hot, dry skin, nausea,
vomiting, rapid strong pulse.
You want to call 911 if you suffer
more from a heat exhaustion where
you have excessive sweating,
find a cool place and drink
water so you can recharge.
All right,
I got you covered on traffic this morning.
Time now six O 2.
Nothing whatsoever out there
on the roads to slow you down.
So you may find maybe some
damp pavement over Plymouth,
Hopkins area and Eden Prairie
other than that smooth sale
for you. All right, guy, thank you.
And you don't have to wait until the
4th to celebrate Independence Day.
Red, White and Boom happens
tonight in Minneapolis,
but with one big difference here.
Instead of those rockets launching,
the lasers will be shining.
And it's not the only change
you're going to see here.
CC Gaines is live at Boom Island
Park with more on what's happening.
CC good morning.
Hey, good morning.
Yeah, a lot of fun here at the
park in just a few hours, right?
At 8:00 o'clock, there's going to be live
music and food trucks, so that's great.
And then at 10:00 PM there's going to
be a laser light show, not fireworks.
So as you were kind of predicting,
let's talk about why that big
change is coming. No fireworks.
We're told the city went this
route because it's more affordable.
The cost of fireworks has gone up and a
laser light show is about half the cost,
Officials say.
There were also security concerns
with a large scale fireworks show
and with an ongoing shortage of
police officers and the taste of
Minnesota happening at the same time,
some parks officials were concerned
that there wouldn't be enough officers
to police a large scale fireworks show.
Now last year there wasn't even a
fireworks show, but this still happened.
You'll remember people shooting fireworks
at buildings a few blocks off the riverfront.
And as you see in this video,
there are also cars whipping around
shooting fireworks sometimes at people.
So officials just wanted
to be extra cautious.
Here's a heads up if you want
to see the show,
the laser light show is
going to be a smaller,
I guess area where it'll take place,
whereas fireworks you can see for,
you know, miles, a couple miles,
laser light show.
You're going to need to be in
the Boom Island Park vicinity
to see the actual show.
Yep. Again in
Boom Island Park here to
see that show tonight.
And then another reminder,
if you are going to be around the
Stone Arch Bridge at all today,
it does close down at 10:00 PM, Jason.
All right, thank you for that reminder.
CC Gaines reporting live this morning.
Thank you. And you can expect to see a
lot more people on the road and at the
airport next in the next couple of days.
The travel numbers are skyrocketing.
With 51 million Americans on the go,
that's according to AAA setting a record
for the holiday. Now here's a bit of
good news for drivers this morning.
AAA says gas prices are down nearly 30%
from this time last year. In Minnesota.
The average is $3.44 a gallon.
If you're sticking close to home for the 4th,
you can catch fireworks near you.
We have a list of the shows and the
festivals all ready to go this morning.
All you have to do is text 4th to
763-797-7215. Remember, text That number.
Do not call. Listen.
Six hours from hours from now,
you can head out to Nicolette
Mall for the Taste of Minnesota.
There's a lot of fun to sink your teeth into.
From incredible food,
from local restaurants to art and live music,
there is something out there for everyone.
Eva Anderson is live at Nicolette
Mall with a closer look at what's in
store for day two of that festival.
Eva, good morning.
Well, I can tell you day one was
super popular. I I didn't go,
but I had a view of it from my rooftop
and I was able to enjoy a free concert.
Last night was Third Eye Blind.
There are three different stages though.
Tonight's big act on the
main stage is Big Boy.
You may remember him from Outkast,
but there's another stage for my
personal favorite style of music, jazz.
And then there's another
singer-songwriter stage as well.
It's free to attend.
You can get your ticket on Eventbrite,
but if you show up without registering,
they say they'll let you in as well.
They're excited to continue bringing
people downtown after a big weekend
with Pride and Taylor Swift and
provide people with an option to
stick around this holiday weekend.
Well, if you're going to live in
a city and you're going to stay,
not everybody has a cabin that they
go to for the weekend if you're
looking for something to do and you
want to participate in the city.
We have Taste of Minnesota
as a festival down here.
Again, there is lots of music,
but there's also fantastic food.
And the festival kicks off at noon.
It'll wrap up at 8:00,
but coming up in 30 minutes,
we'll have some tips for you to watch out.
Because as we've been mentioning all morning,
it's going to be really hot.
So we'll have what you need to know,
especially if you're heading
out to events like this.
Yeah, we all have to take precautions
today to keep ourselves safe.
No doubt about that. Eva Anderson.
Going to check back in with you
here in a few minutes. Thank you.
We are following overnight news.
Breaking news from overnight Minneapolis
fire crews are watching for hotspots
after a house fire on 17th Ave.
South that's in the Phillips neighborhood.
It happened around 3:00 AM.
Our photographer on scene said it looks like
the fire was contained to the attic area.
We're told no injuries were reported.
Developing this morning,
Minneapolis police tell us they plan on
arresting the man who they say caused
an evacuation during a standoff as
soon as he gets out of the hospital.
Officers say the suspect periodically
fired a gun out his window on Weeks Ave.
after three yesterday afternoon.
That's not far from EU of M campus.
Police say they evacuated nearby
buildings and blocked off streets
as negotiators got to work.
The suspect eventually came out
and was taken to a local hospital.
Minneapolis police are also investigating
a shooting in Uptown that left a
teenage girl with serious injuries.
This happened on Pillsbury Ave.
near 29th St.
just after 10:30 Sunday morning.
No arrests have been made.
Right now,
the FAA is investigating what
caused a power parachute to collide
with a power line in Chetek, WI.
This happened on Saturday night.
The police say two people were on board,
the pilot was taken to the hospital
and the passenger was Okay.
If you're not familiar with
a power parachute,
it has an inflated wing and a
hanging cart that's connected for
the pilot to sit in this morning.
The NTSB is looking for any video that
might have captured the deadly plane
crash on the LAX Lake this past Friday.
The local Sheriff's Office also tells
us they've identified the pilot as
47 year old Ryan Comer from Blaine.
He died when the plane nosed
dived into the water.
Investigators say he had 20
years of flying experience.
The sheriff says Ryan and a friend
were flying and took off from the
Anoka County Airport when they
were flying their planes to a cabin
in Atkin County in Aitken County.
They planned for a brief stop on
the lake but investigators say
Ryan's plane went down.
The friend was flying about 1/4
mile behind the guy that was flying
the the crashed one and above him
and was able to was able to see the
the impact when he hit the water.
And as we mentioned,
the National Transportation Safety
Board is looking for video right now.
They're asking the boaters or any
property owners on the Southwest
Shore to check their cameras.
If you plan to spend that part of your
long holiday picking strawberries,
you might be a little bit disappointed.
Minnesota strawberry farmers
are taking a huge hit after June
became the 2nd driest on record,
and right now it's forcing
fields to close some for
the first time in their history.
The farms like Pine Tree
Orchard in White Bear,
which lost 15 acres of strawberries.
But it's not just the record dry spell.
Farmers say they're also seeing diseases
like black root rot hit their crops.
This has got to be one
of the most challenging.
The problem is you get one shot a year,
but you know when it comes down to it,
I'm the one responsible for
the berries in our farm
now, Jacobson says.
There are still 5 healthy acres
of strawberries which will be
used to make popular projects
that they sell at their bakery.
But their farm is primarily known
as an apple farm, and Jacob says,
thankfully, this year's apple season.
Is on track to be healthy and successful.