Linda Hurtado

Feb 3, 2025 | fox13news.com | Linda Hurtado

It has only been a few months since the Bay Area was hit by back-to-back hurricanes and Helene and Milton did a lot of damage to the trees in Florida. Timeline: Even though the 2025 hurricane season doesn’t start until June, now is the right time to check the health and safety of the trees in your yard, according to an extension agent with Hillsborough County, Alyssa Vinson.

Feb 3, 2025 | yahoo.com | Linda Hurtado

Generate Key TakeawaysThe BriefHillsborough County is offering a course for residents to learn how to prepare their yards for the next hurricane season. Topics will include how to inspect tree roots, identifying pests that could endanger your trees and how to be proactive with pruning. The course will take place from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center in Wimaumau.

Aug 4, 2024 | fox13news.com | Linda Hurtado

Like most kids, 5-year-old Mary Kate Waymack enjoys spending her summer in the pool. "I like diving a lot," said Mary Kate. But swimming isn't just a fun activity for Mary Kate. Her mother, Jennifer Waymack, said it's also a safe one for her. "She has a lot of freedoms in the pool. She doesn't have to worry about falling. We're not telling her slow down. Be careful. Watch out. You know she gets the pool to herself, and she gets to swim and just feel like a normal child," said Waymack.

Jul 31, 2024 | yahoo.com | Linda Hurtado

Linda HurtadoAugust 1, 2024 at 6:02 AM·2 min readTAMPA - From rideshares to grocery delivery, there isn't much that you can't outsource through an app. Including laundry. Ariel Miller is a laundry pro with a service called Poplin. "I pick up and deliver and wash, dry, fold," said Miller. "Poplin is a peer-to-peer marketplace for laundry.

Jun 13, 2024 | fox13news.com | Linda Hurtado

Courtesy: Microtransponder Retired doctor Lawrence Ettinger is back in the hospital. This time as a patient. He has been in physical therapy working on gaining strength on his right side following a stroke that he suffered back in 2019. "Just like that out of the blue. I was hospitalized," said Ettinger. But therapy alone wasn't cutting it.