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Massachusetts Housing Crisis, Celtics Fall, Pizza Industry Shifts · 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 Tuesday, January 13th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 69 years ago, today in 1957, a pair
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  of playful entrepreneurs shaped a molded plastic
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  disc into the frisbee, turning a simple toss
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  into a widely loved recreational flying toy at
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  parks and beaches. That inventive leap popularized
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  casual outdoor play, inspired organized flying
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  disc sports, and established a cultural icon
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  of mid -20th century. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning,
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  it's mostly sunny, and it feels like 25 degrees,
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  with 6 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 434, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 708. It looks like we're in for a sunny Tuesday,
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  with a high near 45 and a light southwest breeze
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  around 8 miles per hour. Tonight, we have a slight
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  chance of rain showers after 3 a .m., mostly
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  cloudy skies, a low of 36, and gusts up to 22
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  miles per hour. For all you beach runners out
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  there, the first high tide Tuesday will be at
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  7 with the low tide at 130. The nearshore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 37 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday
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  will be mostly cloudy with a high near 50 and
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  a slight chance of rain showers mainly before
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  noon with a light southwest wind. Rain chances
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  increase Wednesday night into Thursday, with
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  lows near 36 and highs Thursday falling to near
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  45, then a transition to snow late Thursday night,
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  with gusty west winds around 9 miles per hour
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  into Friday, when highs drop to near 31. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Café and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, in a significant development, 12 towns
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  in Massachusetts have failed to meet the zoning
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  deadline mandated by the MBTA Communities Act,
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  which aims to facilitate multifamily housing
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  near public transit. These towns include Carver,
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  Drackett, East Bridgewater, Freetown, Halifax,
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  Holden, Marblehead, Middleton, Rehoboth, Ticksbury,
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  Wilmington, and Winthrop. and they now face potential
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  lawsuits from the Attorney General's office and
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  loss of state grant funding. While some local
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  leaders express uncertainty about the future,
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  others are actively working on proposals to comply
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  with the law. The ongoing tension between local
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  control and state mandates continues to shake
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  the conversation around housing in these communities.
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  Now on to sports. Last night, the Houston Texans
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  dominated the Pittsburgh Steelers, winning their
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  wild -card matchup 30 -6. Despite their quarterback
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  struggling and their star receiver leaving on
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  a card, Houston's defense excelled, marking the
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  franchise's first road playoff victory. Aaron
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  Rodgers, facing relentless pressure, threw for
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  only 146 yards, with the Steelers suffering their
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  ninth consecutive postseason loss. CJ Stroud
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  managed 250 yards, but struggled with turnovers,
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  while Christian Kirk excelled with 144 yards
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  on eight receptions. As the off -season approaches,
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  uncertain delumes for the Steelers and Rodgers,
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  who may not return in 2026. In local sports,
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  Pascal Seacom scored 21 points, including the
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  decisive seven -foot bank shot with 6 .1 seconds
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  remaining, leading the Indiana Pacers to a victory
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  over the Celtics, 98 -96 on Monday night. Derek
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  White missed a go -ahead three -point attempt
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  in the final seconds after tying the game at
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  96 -all on a driving layup with 28 .6 seconds
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  remaining. The Cs were without leading scorer
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  Jalen Brown, who set out with lower back spasms
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  and was fined $35 ,000 for criticizing referees.
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  Up next, the Celtics will face Miami on Thursday.
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  In top news, America is trying to determine if
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  it has hit Keek Pizza. Once the second most common
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  restaurant type in the United States, pizzerias
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  are now outnumbered by coffee shops and Mexican
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  food eateries. According to industry data, sales
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  growth at pizza restaurants has failed to keep
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  pace with the broader fast food market for years.
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  Ravi Thanwala, chief financial officer and North
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  America president at Papa John's International
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  stated, pizza is disrupted right now. Major chains
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  like Pizza Hut and Papa John's are considering
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  strategic changes, including potential sales
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  amid increasing competition and evolving consumer
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  preferences. Pizza still generates around $31
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  billion in sales. but its dominance in American
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  dining is fading. In business news, the Justice
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  Department has threatened the Federal Reserve
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  with a criminal indictment over testimony from
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  Fed Chair Jerome Powell regarding renovations
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  Powell revealed over the weekend. This marks
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  a significant escalation by the administration
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  after President Donald Trump's efforts to exert
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  more control over the independent institution.
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  Trump has criticized Powell for not cutting short
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  -term interest rates and has even threatened
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  to fire him. Powell described the threat of criminal
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  charges as pretext aimed at undermining the Fed's
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  independence. Investors are closely watching
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  as an attempt to fire Powell could lead to falling
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  stock prices and higher borrowing costs across
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  the economy. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  1 % to just over $91 ,000. Ethereum is down 2
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  % to $3 ,000. And XRP is down 1 % to $2 .06.
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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 mornings sent you by. And
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk science. NASA
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  launches a new mission to maximize the capabilities
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  of the James Webb Space Telescope. The James
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  Webb Space Telescope, launched in 2021 at a cost
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  of more than $10 billion, aims to identify potentially
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  habitable worlds around distant stars. Pandora,
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  a smaller satellite, launched early Sunday from
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  Vandenberg Space Force Base in California with
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  a budget of $20 million. It will help scientists
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  better analyze exoplanets and their atmospheres,
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  correcting measurements affected by stellar signals.
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  Pandora will observe 20 selected exoplanets,
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  collecting valuable data to enhance our understanding
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  of life beyond Earth. And in entertainment news...
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  This actor just dethroned Scarlett Johansson
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  as the highest -grossing movie star at the box
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  office. Zoe Saldana now sits atop the list of
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  highest -grossing actors with a massive total
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  of nearly $17 billion at the worldwide box office.
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  Scarlett Johansson's reign at the box office
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  is over for now. The latest film in the Avatar
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  series, Avatar, Fire and Ash, officially crossed
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  $1 billion $200 million as of January 12th. But
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  Johansson now holds the second position with
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  $16 .4 billion. Well, all righty, folks. It's
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  time for the quote of the day. And today, our
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  quote comes from the American author and motivational
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  speaker, Sig Ziegler. And he said, success means
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  doing the best we can with what we have. Success
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  is the doing, not the getting. And the trying,
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  not the triumph. Success is a personal standard,
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  reaching for the highest that is in us, becoming
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  all that we can be. And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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  and TikTok for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Have
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  an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston. you