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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Monday, February 2nd. You'll be interested
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  to know that today is Groundhog Day. Each year,
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  communities gather to cheer when a groundhog
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  emerges from its burrow to predict an early spring
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  or six more weeks of winter, blending folk wisdom
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  with festive local traditions. Families and friends
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  share warm laughter, community breakfasts, and
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  hopeful wishes for spring, making it a cozy,
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  uplifting celebration of nature's rhythms. So
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  now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's partly sunny, and
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  it feels like minus three degrees, with nine
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  mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 4 .59, and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  6 .52. It looks like grin for a sunny Monday
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  with a high near 29, but wind chill values could
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  drop to frigid zero and a light breeze from the
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  northwest at about nine miles per hour. Tonight,
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  expect mostly clear skies with a low around eight
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  and light winds from the northwest. For all you
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  beach runners out there, the first high tide
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  Monday will be at 1115, with the low tide just
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  after 530. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 34 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather, Tuesday and Wednesday will
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  be mostly sunny, with highs near 31 and light
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  west winds around 3 to 6 miles per hour. Thursday
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  cools a bit to a high near 28 with light northwest
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  winds. Then Friday brings a slight chance of
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  afternoon snow with a high near 29 and increasing
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  southwest winds. Friday night has a 50 % chance
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  of snow with a low near 12 and west winds gusting
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  as high as 21 miles per hour. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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  This podcast is brought to you by Versailles
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  Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El
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  Camino Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. In local news, union
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  members in Massachusetts, along with a director
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  of a local nonprofit, have filed a lawsuit to
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  block a proposed ballot question that would lower
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  the state's income tax from appearing before
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  voters in the November election. The challenge
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  claims that the summary from Attorney General
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  Andrea Campbell's office is misleading and fails
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  to inform voters about the impact on long -term
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  capital gains tax rates. Some criticize the measure
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  as benefiting the wealthy, while supporters argue
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  it will help working families by putting back
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  an average of $1 ,300. Opponents of the ballot
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  question warn it could lead to significant budget
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  cuts, with state revenue officials estimating
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  a loss of $5 billion annually if approved. Now
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  on to sports. The Seattle Seahawks are expected
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  to be put up for sale after Super Bowl 60. Two
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  league sources confirmed this weekend. The Seahawks
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  will face the New England Patriots in the Super
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  Bowl on February 8th in Santa Clara, California,
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  seeking their second Lombardi Trophy in franchise
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  history. Jodie Allen became the controlling owner
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  in 2018 after her brother, Paul Allen, passed
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  away. The estate stated that the team is not
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  for sale. but noted that plans will change eventually.
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  The Seahawks are valued at $6 .6 billion, according
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  to Sportico. The team's sale, however, may not
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  be a distraction as they prepare for the big
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  game. In local sports, the Celtics delivered
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  a dominant performance against the Bucks, winning
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  by 28 points with a final score of 107 -79. Jalen
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  Brown led the way with 30 points and 13 rebounds,
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  while Anfernee Simons contributed 27 points off
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  the bench. Derek White added 17 points and eight
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  assists as the Seas secured their second consecutive
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  win. With trade rumors surrounding Giannis and
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  Ted Acampo, the Bucks struggled, suffering their
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  fifth straight loss. Next up, the Celtics will
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  travel to Dallas on Tuesday, looking to keep
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  the momentum going. In top news, Blue Origin
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  has paused its New Shepard program for two years,
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  likely signaling a permanent end to its suborbital
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  space tourism initiative. Since April 2015, the
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  small rocket and capsule have completed 38 launches,
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  with 36 successful landings. The program flew
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  98 people to space and launched over 200 scientific
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  payloads. Chief Executive Dave Limp stated that
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  the company will redirect resources toward lunar
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  capabilities, enhancing its role in the nation's
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  goal of returning to the moon. Ending New Shepard
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  is seen as a positive move for the United States
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  space industry, allowing Blue Origin to focus
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  on New Glenn and the Lunar Lander program. In
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  business news, this week features a busy earnings
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  landscape with companies like Advanced Micro
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  Devices, Merck, and Walt Disney reporting results.
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  The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release the
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  jobs report on Friday, provided the government
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  remains open. Equities faced volatility last
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  week with the S &P 500 index ending slightly
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  in the green. This week, more than 115 companies
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  are set to report earnings, starting with Palantir
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  Technologies on Monday. Economists expect a 70
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  ,000 increase in non -farm payrolls, while the
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  unemployment rate is predicted to hold steady
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  at 4 .4%. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  7 % over the weekend, to about $77 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 18%. to about $2 ,000, and XRP is down
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  10 % to $1 .61. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach. cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Elon Musk announced that Tesla's
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  Model S and Model X, the company's highest -priced
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  cars, will be discontinued. While Tesla does
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  not specify sales figures, earnings indicate
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  that demand has been declining for years. Musk
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  described this decision as an honorable discharge
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  for the vehicles, which will cease production
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  next quarter. In 2025, Tesla sold 50 ,850 units
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  in the Other Models category, accounting for
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  just over 3 % of total sales. As Tesla ships
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  focus to robotics and autonomy, analysts remain
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  skeptical about immediate profits from this transition.
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  And in entertainment news, Netflix has quietly
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  made a major content upgrade for United States
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  subscribers. The platform, which has a global
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  base of 325 million subscribers, continues to
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  expand its library, adding over 750 series in
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  2025 alone. Warner Bros. Discovery is collaborating
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  with Netflix, sharing popular shows like Animal
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  Kingdom and The West Wing before their merger
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  is finalized. This strategy allows Netflix to
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  keep viewers engaged, enhancing its competitive
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  edge. with nearly 70 % of its content being licensed
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  material. Experts suggest that Netflix has won
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  the streaming wars, signaling a shift in how
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  companies approach licensing. Well, alrighty,
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  folks. It's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American author
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  and motivational speaker, Dennis Waitley. And
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  he said, and prepare to be surprised. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.