WE ARE LIVE FROM THE FIRST EVER BERRY BLISS CELEBRATION. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE NAME
BERRY BLISS. AND HERE COMES THE
RAIN AGAIN. EVERYTHING IS
ALREADY SOAKED, BUT MOTHER
NATURE ISN’T TAKING A BREAK JUST
YET. WHAT PARTS OF THE WEEKEND
WILL BE A TOTAL WASHOUT?
>> ONE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT
LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6 A.M. STARTS
NOW.
>> GOOD MORNING AT 6:00. I’M
PRIYA MANN.
>> AND I’M NICK MONACELLI. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US FOR
LOCAL 4 NEWS HERE ON YOUR
SATURDAY MORNING. IT’S BEEN AN
INTERESTING WEATHER PATTERN THE
PAST COUPLE OF DAYS, HASN’T IT?
>> IT REALLY HAS. I DID ENJOY
THE RAIN YESTERDAY. THAT WAS A
NICE RELIEF. BUT BRANDON, WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT MORE RAIN ON THE
WAY FOR THE WEEKEND. HOW’S
SATURDAY SHAPING UP?
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WET
WEATHER OUT THERE. MOST OF IT
WILL BE PEELING OUT AND MOVING
OUT AND WE’LL GET A DECENT DAY.
IT’S MORE OF A SUNDAY STORM
DEVELOPING THAT WE’RE WATCHING,
BUT TEMPERATURES OUT THERE RIGHT
NOW ARE LOW TO MIDDLE 60S,
LOOKING PRETTY GOOD. WE SEE
VISIBILITY THAT’S DOWN TO A HALF
A MILE IN MONROE COUNTY.
DOWNRIVER, WE’RE LESS THAN A
MILE. FLINT, HOWELL, HOWELL.
WE’RE SEEING SOME VISIBLE ISSUES
THANKS TO THESE STUBBORN CLOUDS.
AND ON EXACT TRACK, 40 RADAR, WE
CAN SEE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF
THIS WET WEATHER THROUGH PARTS
OF MACOMB COUNTY. JUST A COUPLE
OF STREETS OUT THERE THAT ARE
GETTING A LITTLE WET THIS
MORNING. MOST OF THE AREA IS DRY
. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SOURCE OF
THIS, UNLIKE NORMAL, WHERE
WEATHER IS WEST TO EAST. THIS IS
COMING EAST TO WEST. BUT THIS
SYSTEM IS SLOWLY PULLING OUT OF
THE AREA. SO WE WILL GET BACK
INTO A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE
THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND
INTO THE AFTERNOON AND TEMPS
WILL TAKE OFF MIDDLE 70S AT
NOON, 83, WHICH WILL FEEL A
LITTLE MORE LIKE 85 WITH ADDED
HUMIDITY. WE TRACKING SUNDAY
STORM CHANCES GUYS, COMING UP.
ALL RIGHT, BRANDON, THANK YOU.
>> A SHOOTOUT IN A RESIDENTIAL
AREA IN LIVONIA LEAVES THE
NEIGHBORHOOD CONFUSED AND
CONCERNED. OUR MARA MACDONALD IS
AT THE LIVONIA POLICE
HEADQUARTERS WITH HOW THIS ALL
STARTED.
>> SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE DAY. NOW, LIVONIA POLICE GOT
THERE QUICKLY, BUT NEIGHBORS
ROLLED ON IT ALL BEFORE THIS
NEIGHBOR TURNED HIS PHONE TO
RECORD. HE’D ALREADY HEARD THREE
GUNSHOTS. LISTEN ANN CLOSELY.
THEN ANOTHER SHOT. IT’S ALL
COMING FROM ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU SEE THAT WHITE PICKUP TRUCK
TRYING TO BACK OUT? THERE’S A
BLACK VW RIGHT BEHIND IT, TRYING
TO DO THE SAME. NOW NOW WATCH AS
THE REAL SHOOTING STARTS. YOU
SEE THE ONE MAN RUNNING AND
SHOOTING NEIGHBORS SAY HE LIVES
IN THE HOME. HIS NEXT DOOR
NEIGHBOR IN GREEN IS ALSO OUT
WITH HIS WEAPON RAISED AS THE
WHITE TRUCK AND BLACK VW ATTEMPT
TO RUN. NEIGHBORS CAPTURING THE
MOMENT. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WHO
SHOWED UP AT THE HOUSE TRIED TO
RUN AND FELL OUT OF THIS JEEP.
NEIGHBORS TELL US LIVONIA POLICE
WERE ON THE SCENE IN 90S AND
SPENT HOURS IN THE HOME WHERE
THE ORIGINAL GUNMAN CAME RUNNING
OUT OF WHAT HAPPENED HERE. THE
INITIAL STORY BEING TOLD IS THE
PEOPLE IN THE WHITE TRUCK AND
BLACK VW CAME TO THE HOME AS
PART OF AN ONGOING CHILD CUSTODY
DISPUTE. THE CHILD’S FATHER
LIVES IN THE HOME. THE MOTHER
AND HER FRIENDS WERE IN THE
VEHICLES WHICH ARRIVED AT THE
HOUSE. NEIGHBORS LIKE KARLIE
MCMILLAN CAME HOME JUST AFTER
THE SHOOTING STOPPED. AS WE WERE
COMING HOME, WE SAW A ONE OF THE
TRUCKS AT THE CHILL BOX ON THE
CORNER SURROUNDED BY COPS.
>> AND WE THOUGHT, OKAY, MAYBE
THAT WAS WHAT IT WAS HAPPEN. AND
THEN WHEN WE CAME DOWN THE
STREET, WE SAW, I DON’T KNOW,
MAYBE LIKE A HALF DOZEN COP
CARS, K-9 UNITS AND THEN JUST A
WHOLE BUNCH OF POLICE ACTIVITY
AT A LOSS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS
HAPPENING.
>> ANOTHER NEIGHBOR FILLED HER
IN.
>> MY NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR, SHE
WAS, YOU KNOW, HAD TOLD ME THAT
THERE WAS A SHOOTOUT AND IT KIND
OF SEEMED VERY SURREAL BECAUSE
THIS IS A VERY NICE
NEIGHBORHOOD. POLICE TELLING US
THEY HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN
CUSTODY AT THIS HOUR.
>> CHARGES ARE COMING. WE’RE IN
LIVONIA. I’M MARA MACDONALD,
LOCAL 4. ALL RIGHT.
>> THANK YOU, MARA. A 17 YEAR
OLD GIRL IS RECOVERING AFTER
BEING HIT BY A STRAY BULLET THAT
CAME INTO HER HOME. IT HAPPENED
ON WABASH STREET NEAR PURITAN
AND LINWOOD ON DETROIT’S WEST
SIDE. POLICE SAY SOMEONE FIRED
SHOTS OUTSIDE THE HOME AND THAT
THE VICTIM WAS NOT THE TARGET.
SHE REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION
AT THE HOSPITAL. SO FAR, NO
ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE. WELL,
HER PLAZA LOOKS A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THIS MORNING. THE CITY
UNVEILED A BRAND NEW STATUE OF
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR
YESTERDAY IN HONOR OF THE 60TH
ANNIVERSARY OF DETROIT’S WALK
FOR FREEDOM.
>> THE STATUE DEPICTS DR. KING
DELIVERING HIS FAMOUS I HAVE A
DREAM SPEECH WHICH WAS FAMOUSLY
DELIVERED HERE IN DETROIT BEFORE
THE CIVIL RIGHTS ICON SPOKE IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. I HAVE A DREAM
THAT ONE DAY RIGHT DOWN IN
GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI AND
ALABAMA, THE SONS OF FORMER
SLAVES AND THE SONS OF FORMER
SLAVE OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO
LIVE TOGETHER AS BROTHERS. ZORA
THERE IS A CASS TECH STUDENT WHO
WAS DELIVERING A PORTION OF THAT
SPEECH DURING THE STATUE
UNVEILED YESTERDAY. THOUSANDS
ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER IN
DETROIT THIS MORNING FOR THE
60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THAT WALK IN
CELEBRATION OF FREEDOM. IF YOU’D
LIKE TO JOIN IN, STEP OFF IS AT
10:00 FROM THE CORNER OF
WOODWARD AND MARTIN LUTHER KING
JUNIOR BOULEVARD.
>> THAT STATUE IS BEAUTIFUL. I
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE IT UP CLOSE
OUT THERE. WOW. WELL, IT IS A
JAM PACKED WEEKEND AS BLAKE’S
FARMS IS HOLDING A DAY. ALL
ABOUT STRAWBERRY TREES. YEAH,
YEAH, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
BERRY BLISS CELEBRATION.
>> YEAH. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
THAT BLAKE’S FARMS IS PUTTING ON
THIS EVENT. MEGAN WOODS IS LIVE
IN OUR MEDA. THERE MEGAN, CAN WE
PUT OUR ORDER IN NOW OR LATER?
HOW DOES THIS WORK? LATER
>> OKAY. I ALREADY PUT IN MY
ORDER, BUT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE
IN THE STUDIO, YOU’RE GOING TO
HAVE TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT. BUT I
LIKE WHAT YOU DID THERE. PRIYA
WITH THE JAM PACKED WEEKEND. I
LIKE THAT. A PLAY ON WORDS. SO
YES, THIS IS THEIR VERY FIRST
TIME HAVING THIS EVENT. BUT
THEY’VE ALWAYS HAD STRAWBERRIES
. I’M HERE WITH JACLYN FROM
BLAKE’S. AND FIRST OFF, WHAT IS
THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THIS
EVENT? WELL, A LOT OF FAMILIES
HAVE MADE IT A TRADITION TO COME
TO BLAKE’S AND COME STRAWBERRY
PICKING EVERY JUNE.
>> SO WE DECIDED TO MAKE AN
EVENT AND INVITE EVERYONE OUT
AND HAVE A PARTY CELEBRATING
STRAWBERRIES.
>> AND SO WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT
AT THIS PARTY FOR STRAWBERRIES A
WEEKEND JAM PACKED FULL OF
STRAWBERRIES.
>> WE HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.
WE HAVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS.
WE HAVE HARD CIDER ON TAP, TOO.
SO THERE’S A LITTLE BIT FOR
EVERYONE. YEAH
>> SO YOU HAVE THE FRESH
STRAWBERRIES AND STRAWBERRY
EVERYTHING. SO WHAT ARE SOME OF
THESE GOODIES?
>> SO WE HAVE A STRAWBERRY
FLAVORED DONUTS WHICH YOU CAN
ONLY GET HERE IN JUNE ON THE
FARM WE HAVE OUR FUDGE HOMEMADE
FUDGE. WE ALSO HAVE STRAWBERRY
PUFF PARFAITS AND A PINK
CHAMPAGNE CUPCAKE, WHICH IS A
WHITE CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM
FROSTING. SO THERE’S A LITTLE
BIT OF EVERYTHING THAT IS ARE SO
GOOD. THAT’S OUR STRAWBERRY
SLUSHIE. IT IS DELIGHTFUL. LET’S
PUT THAT TO THE TEST.
>> JACQUELINE, WHO DO? IT’S LIKE
TWO DIFFERENT FLAVORS. IT
STARTS. OH, YEAH. MHM IT KIND OF
TASTES LIKE A STRAWBERRY
LEMONADE. YES OKAY. YES, THIS IS
REALLY GOOD. OKAY BUT IT’S NOT
JUST STRAWBERRIES. YOU ALSO HAVE
BERRIES. CHERRIES
>> YES. SO WE ARE FULLY
OPERATIONAL FARM SO PEOPLE CAN
COME HERE AND PICK PRODUCE ON
THE FARM. SO WE ARE ALSO DOING
THAT ALL WEEKEND LONG. YOU COME
OUT TO THE ORCHARD, PICK
STRAWBERRIES. WE HAVE 27 ACRES
OF STRAWBERRIES ACROSS OUR THREE
LOCATIONS. SO COME ON OUT AND
ENJOY THE FARM. SO WHAT’S YOUR
FAVORITE PART ABOUT THIS EVENT
OR JUST JUNE?
>> YOU KNOW, BLAKE’S IN JUNE.
IT’S A WONDERFUL TIME TO COME
WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND MAKE
MEMORIES FROM, YOU KNOW, HANGING
OUT IN OUR FUNLAND AREA TO
PICKING IN THE ORCHARD.
>> THERE REALLY IS ACTIVITIES
THAT YOU WILL CREATE MEMORIES
FOREVER. YEAH
>> AND IT’S NOT RESTRICTED TO
THE FALL BECAUSE PEOPLE LOVE
COMING OUT HERE IN THE FALL. BUT
THERE’S SOMETHING TO DO HERE IN
THE SUMMER. THIS FESTIVAL STARTS
AT 10:00. TICKETS ARE $15 AND
WE’LL PUT SOME OF THAT
INFORMATION ON
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. BACK TO YOU
GUYS OVERSEAS.
>> YOU KNOW, MEGAN, WE’VE BEEN
WORKING TOGETHER A LONG TIME AND
I ALWAYS KNOW WHEN YOU HAVE A
PAUSE AFTER YOU TRY SOMETHING,
YOU’RE GOING TO REALLY LIKE IT
BECAUSE I HAVE TO THINK I HAVE
TO REALLY LET IT SIT AND FIGURE
OUT, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS REALLY
GOOD.
>> WE ARE JUST SO JEALOUS
WATCHING YOU ENJOY THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A BLAST
AT BERRY BLISS. WE’LL CHECK IN
WITH YOU LATER, MEGAN. WELL THE
MICHIGAN PANTHERS OF THE UNITED
STATES FOOTBALL LEAGUE ARE JUST
TWO WINS AWAY FROM WINNING THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> THE TEAM BEGINS ITS PLAYOFF
RUN AND GETS THE PITTSBURGH
MAULERS IN CANTON, OHIO TONIGHT
. THE PANTHERS FINISHED THE
REGULAR SEASON WITH THE FOUR AND
SIX RECORD TIED FOR THE SECOND
WORST OF THE LEAGUE. BUT THE
LEAGUE ONLY HAS EIGHT TEAMS, SO
IT’S ENOUGH TO MAKE THE FOUR
TEAM PLAYOFF. HERE’S WHAT
DEFENSIVE END BREELAND SPEAKS
SAYS NEEDS TO HAPPEN FOR THEM TO
GET THE JOB DONE. TONIGHT
>> THIS PROBABLY MAKING SURE WE
START EARLY START FAST EARLY GET
THINGS ROLLING IN THAT FIRST
HALF SO THAT WE CAN FEEL PRETTY,
PRETTY GOOD ABOUT OURSELVES
GOING INTO THE SECOND HALF. SO
I’M ACTUALLY HEADED TO CANTON,
OHIO FOR THAT GAME AFTER THIS
SHOW, I’LL BE LIVE FROM THE
STADIUM TONIGHT AT 6:00 AND
11:00.
>> KICKOFF IS AT EIGHT. YOU CAN
WATCH THE GAME RIGHT HERE ON
LOCAL 4 AND ANOTHER EVENT
HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND IS THE
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S
BLACK PANTHER CONCERT AT THE DSO
WILL PERFORM THE OSCAR WINNING
SCORE OF THE MARVEL’S BLACK
PANTHER MOVIE.
>> WHILE THE FILM PLAYS BEHIND
THEM ON A BIG SCREEN. THE
CONCERT IS GOING ALL WEEKEND,
BUT TICKETS ARE ONLY AVAILABLE
FOR TOMORROW AT THIS TIME.
CURTAINS OPEN FOR SUNDAY’S SHOW
AT 330 AND YOU CAN GET YOUR
TICKETS FOR THE CONCERT ON DSO,
DAWG. THAT IS GOING TO BE A
GREAT EVENT.
>> IT’S I’VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF
EVENTS LIKE THAT. IT IS SO COOL
LIKE WHERE THEY HAVE THE MOVIE
PLAYING BEHIND IT.
>> YEAH, REALLY, REALLY NEAT.
YEAH. AND JUST BLACK PANTHER,
WAKANDA FOREVER. YEAH. OH, I
KNOW. LOVE IT. GOOD. SO MUCH
MORE TO HEAR TO COME ON LOCAL 4
NEWS.
>> BUT LET’S CHECK IN WITH
BRANDON BECAUSE THE WEEKEND HAS
BEEN INTERESTING. I’M SURE THE
SEVEN DAY FORECAST HAS GOT A LOT
IN THERE TOO. BRANDON WE’VE GOT
SOME SUMMER HEAT.
>> WE’VE GOT SOME SUMMER STORMS.
WE’VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF
EVERYTHING, 60S AND 70S, 80S
IT’S GOING TO BE A WARM WEEKEND
WHEN WE WILL SEE THE STORMS.
WE’LL SEE THAT COMING NEXT OUT.