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Boston Property Tax Surge, Celtics' Brown Doubtful, AI Job Impact · Sunny Mornings Boston

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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 Thursday, December 4th. You'll be interested
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  to know. Today's National Cookie Day. This sweet
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  holiday invites bakers and cookie lovers to share
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  classic recipes, creative twists, and warm smiles
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  with friends and family and neighbors. So now
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  you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's partly sunny and it
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  feels like 20 degrees, with 10 mile per hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 411, and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 657. It looks
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  like we're in for some snow showers early afternoon,
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  followed by a chance of rain showers, with temperatures
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  peaking near 38. and then drop into around 30
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  along with a breezy west wind at 10 to 20 miles
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  per hour. Tonight, expect mostly clear skies
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  with a low of 10 and a chilly northwest wind
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  at 9 to 20, gusting up to 35 miles per hour.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  high tide Thursday will be at 9 .45 with a low
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  tide just before 4 .30. The nearshore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 48 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Friday will be
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  sunny with a high near 27 and a west wind around
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  8 miles per hour. The wind chills could drop
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  to near negative 2. A chance of snow showers
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  arrives late Friday night into Saturday morning
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  with mostly cloudy skies. at a cooler low near
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  21 before highs rebound to near 35 on Saturday
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  and then rise into the upper 30s on Sunday. Monday
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  turns breezy with northwest winds 8 to 12 miles
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  per hour and gusts up to 22 as highs haul back
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  to near 26. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast
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  in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino Real South,
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  just north of Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe
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  is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge in
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  crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch or just
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  breeze on through to get your morning coffee.
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. In local news, Boston homeowners should
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  brace for a 13 % property tax jump on single
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  -family homes, as Mayor Wu contends with sliding
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  commercial real estate values. It is the second
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  year in a row that Bostonians face a double -digit
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  residential tax increase, as commercial property
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  values dropped 6 % and residential values rose
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  2%. This means the tax burden shifts from businesses
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  to homeowners. Average single -family homes will
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  see a $780 annual increase, according to Wu.
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  The city is still determining how much multifamily
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  home taxes will rise. Commercial properties will
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  see a 4 .4 % decrease, saving typical office
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  buildings $210 ,000. Now on to sports. The early
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  signing period for college football kicked off
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  yesterday as teams build their 20 -26 rosters
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  and prepare for conference title games and the
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  college football playoff. Despite predictions
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  that name, image, and likeness compensation would
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  consolidate talent, nearly 20 schools have signed
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  or received commitments from five -star recruits
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  this year. Programs like Notre Dame, Alabama,
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  and Oregon are tied for the most five -star players,
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  while Vanderbilt flipped top -ranked quarterback
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  Jared Curtis from Georgia. USC holds the nation's
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  top recruiting class with 31 signatures, while
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  the Big Ten struggles with quarterback recruiting,
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  securing only one top -ten prospect. North Carolina,
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  led by Bill Belichick, signed 39 players, ranking
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  17th nationally. The Celtics have listed Jalen
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  Brown as doubtful for tonight's matchup against
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  the Wizards due to a non -COVID illness. Brown
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  has participated in all 21 of the Celtics games
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  this season, scoring a season -high 42 points
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  against the Knicks on Tuesday night. If he misses
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  the Washington game, it will mark the first time
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  these young Celtics play without Brown this season.
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  Baylor Shireman and Hugo Gonzalez have been competing
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  for minutes on the wings, providing an opportunity
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  for extended evaluation. After losing their first
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  three games, the Celtics have won seven of their
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  last nine games. Boston faces a quick turnaround,
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  traveling to Washington before hosting the rival
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  Lakers on Friday night at TD Garden. Tonight,
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  tip -off is at seven. In top news, Anthropic
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  Chief Executive Officer Dario Amade stated that
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  as artificial intelligence technology transforms
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  the economy, the government will need to step
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  in and retrain the workforce. He emphasized that
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  while some business leaders downplay the job
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  loss risks, it is crucial to expect such changes
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  and for the government to facilitate the transition.
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  Amade remarked, I do not see retraining programs
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  as a panacea. but I think we are going to need
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  some form of that." He also expressed concern
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  that some view this technology as similar to
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  past revolutions, asserting that those familiar
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  with AI do not share that perspective. He warned
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  that in the next five years, half of all entry
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  -level jobs could vanish, pushing unemployment
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  rates to between 10 % and 20%. In business news,
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  New Yorkers are now seeing warnings about stores
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  using personal data to set online prices, thanks
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  to new consumer protection legislation that took
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  effect in early November. This law, already subject
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  to lawsuits, requires companies to disclose when
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  they use surveillance pricing, potentially raising
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  costs for some while lowering them for others.
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  During Black Friday sales, shoppers notice messages
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  stating, This price was set by an algorithm using
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  your personal data. Surveillance pricing remains
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  legal, enforcing transparency rather than banning
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  the practice. Other states are also considering
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  similar legislation, though pushback from industries
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  remains strong. The implications of personal
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  data usage for pricing raise significant privacy
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  concerns. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged.
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  at about $94 ,000. Ethereum is up 4 % to just
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  over $3 ,200. And XRP is down 1 % to $2 .19.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates.
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  With several locations in the Boston area, Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them Sunny Morning sent you by. And now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. Earth's
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  hidden eighth continent is no longer lost. Researchers
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  have finally mapped Zealandia, a landmass predominantly
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  submerged under the sea. This underwater region
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  spans nearly 2 million square miles. Using rock
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  samples from the seabed, scientists analyzed
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  North Zealandia's geology, completing the mapping
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  process. The research, led by Nick Mortimer,
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  revealed geological formations dating back up
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  to 130 million years. While most of Zealandia
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  is uninhabitable, its status as a potential eighth
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  continent is now recognized. This groundbreaking
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  study changes our understanding of Zealandia's
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  geological history and its connection to the
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  ancient supercontinent, Gondwana. And in entertainment
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  news, Boston Blue and Sheriff Country have been
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  renewed for second seasons on CBS. These dramas
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  are the top two first year network shows of the
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  season so far. CBS has placed its first two renewal
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  orders for the 2026 to 27 season. Both series
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  are spinoffs of other CBS shows, Blue Bloods
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  and Fire Country. According to Nielsen's ratings,
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  Boston Blue averages 8 million cross -platform
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  viewers, while Sheriff Country has 7 .6 million.
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  CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach stated,
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  These early renewals reflect the power of character
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  -driven storytelling and compelling narratives.
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  Both shows have quickly embraced audiences across
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  broadcast and streaming. Well, all righty, folks.
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  It's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American author and
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  futurist, Alvin Toffler. And he said, 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. Had 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.