
Briona Arradondo
General Assignment Reporter at WTVT-TV (Tampa, FL)
Weekend PM Anchor & PM Reporter for @Fox13news | Emmy-winning journalist | Atlanta native | @berrycollege @AmericanU alum | Consumer of many pop culture fandoms
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fox13news.com | Briona Arradondo
Baby monitors usually tell you when a baby needs help, but Tim and Macy Osman, were out with their 7-month-old son at a friend’s house earlier this month when they got a baby monitor alert that would change their lives. They rushed home to find smoke, flames and a devastating loss. The backstory: Two weeks ago, storms rolled through the night of June 13, passing over the Osman family’s home on Crying Wind Drive in the Northdale community of Hillsborough County.
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fox13news.com | Briona Arradondo
A 2024 survey in the Annals of Internal Medicine journal found nearly 40 percent of women would delay screenings based on what they know about them, including potential risks and benefits. Big picture view: When you get your cancer screening counts. Beyonce’s mother, Tina Knowles, said she missed a routine exam during the pandemic and didn’t reschedule until 2024. She said she was diagnosed with stage-one breast cancer.
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fox13news.com | Briona Arradondo
Hundreds of kids could see a positive impact just through the one grant. Tampa police and local nonprofit Safe and Sound Hillsborough are focused on connecting with kids before they pick up a gun. "Fighting crime is not just a police thing, it’s a community thing," said Chief Lee Bercaw of the Tampa Police Department. Follow FOX 13 on YouTube What we know: A new grant from FDLE for community violence intervention is another tool in that fight.
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3 weeks ago |
fox13news.com | Briona Arradondo
A professional jazz musician touring around the world, Nathan Mitchell said he’s learned so much history – Black history – in music. "The Black musician has done a lot when it comes down to bringing people together. Music in general, that’s what it does. It brings people together," said Mitchell. Follow FOX 13 on YouTube The backstory: Mitchell said it’s how he got his start in Tampa.
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fox13news.com | Briona Arradondo
Locals love to walk, run, bike and rollerblade along Pinellas County’s trails, but the county also has a higher number of crashes involving pedestrians and bicyclists. "We are overepresented. There are more pedestrian crashes than there should be. Our goal like the state is zero, and we’re working hard to achieve that," said active transportation planner Kyle Simpson of Forward Pinellas.
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