WEBVTT 00:00:01.660 --> 00:00:04.540 Good morning and a warm welcome to your show, 00:00:05.099 --> 00:00:09.080 Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa, 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:13.619 and it's Friday, February 20th. You'll be interested 00:00:13.619 --> 00:00:17.399 to know. Today is National Love Your Pet Day. 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:21.559 This holiday invites pet parents and animal fans 00:00:21.559 --> 00:00:24.879 to share treats, photos, and extra cuddles while 00:00:24.879 --> 00:00:27.500 supporting shelters and adoption efforts across 00:00:27.500 --> 00:00:33.030 the country. So now you know. And now, it's time 00:00:33.030 --> 00:00:38.929 for the weather report. This morning, it's mostly 00:00:38.929 --> 00:00:42.729 cloudy and it feels like 24 degrees with four 00:00:42.729 --> 00:00:46.130 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place 00:00:46.130 --> 00:00:50.170 at 522 and it will rise again tomorrow at 628. 00:00:51.229 --> 00:00:53.409 It looks like we're in for a wintry mix today 00:00:53.409 --> 00:00:56.350 with a chance of snow and rain from mid -morning 00:00:56.350 --> 00:00:59.689 till late afternoon, cloudy skies and a high 00:00:59.689 --> 00:01:04.120 near 38. along with a light southeast wind. Tonight, 00:01:05.180 --> 00:01:08.340 expect sleet and rain before 9, then more sleet 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:12.079 likely with a low around 28 and a northeast wind 00:01:12.079 --> 00:01:15.700 of up to 13. For all you beach runners out there, 00:01:16.019 --> 00:01:19.200 the first low tide Friday will be at 7 Eastern, 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.459 with a high tide at 1 Eastern. The nearshore 00:01:23.459 --> 00:01:27.620 buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 33 degrees for the 00:01:27.620 --> 00:01:32.939 water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. 00:01:34.299 --> 00:01:37.280 Saturday will be cloudy with snow likely, a high 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:40.640 near 33 in light northeast winds, with around 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.980 1 to 2 inches possible and a chance of snow into 00:01:43.980 --> 00:01:47.500 Saturday night. Sunday stays mostly cloudy with 00:01:47.500 --> 00:01:49.640 only a slight chance of snow during the day, 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:52.939 but gusty northeast winds up to 24 miles per 00:01:52.939 --> 00:01:56.379 hour are possible Sunday night and Monday brings 00:01:56.379 --> 00:01:59.760 continued chances of snow. with north winds gusting 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:04.700 as high as 28 miles per hour. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! 00:02:05.459 --> 00:02:08.120 This podcast is brought to you by Versailles 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:12.000 Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas. 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In local news, New England 00:02:43.840 --> 00:02:46.419 boasts some of the best open -air and maritime 00:02:46.419 --> 00:02:50.000 museums in America, according to USA Today readers. 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:55.020 In its 2026 10 Best Readers Choice Awards, the 00:02:55.020 --> 00:02:58.479 publication named Plymouth Patuxet Museums, the 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:01.659 number one open -air museum, and Maine Maritime 00:03:01.659 --> 00:03:05.020 Museum in Bath, Maine, the number one maritime 00:03:05.020 --> 00:03:08.960 museum. At Plymouth Patuxet Museums, visitors 00:03:08.960 --> 00:03:11.639 can explore reproductions of the early Plymouth 00:03:11.639 --> 00:03:15.979 colony and learn about Wampanoag culture. Old 00:03:15.979 --> 00:03:18.560 Sturbridge Village ranked third for open -air 00:03:18.560 --> 00:03:21.919 museums, while Mystic Seaport Museum took third 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:25.849 place for maritime museums. Concord Museum was 00:03:25.849 --> 00:03:28.789 also recognized as the number two small -town 00:03:28.789 --> 00:03:38.490 museum in America. Now on to sports. The National 00:03:38.490 --> 00:03:41.789 Basketball Association plans to enact anti -tanking 00:03:41.789 --> 00:03:45.389 rules for next season, sources say. Commissioner 00:03:45.389 --> 00:03:48.090 Adam Silver informed the league's 30 general 00:03:48.090 --> 00:03:51.069 managers that discussions to combat tanking have 00:03:51.069 --> 00:03:54.460 intensified. Proposed changes include protecting 00:03:54.460 --> 00:03:58.379 first -round draft picks only for Top 4 or Top 00:03:58.379 --> 00:04:02.560 14 plus selections. Additionally, lottery odds 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:05.439 may freeze at the trade deadline, and teams won't 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:08.520 be allowed to pick in the Top 4 after consecutive 00:04:08.520 --> 00:04:12.639 Bottom 3 finishes. Silver emphasized the importance 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.180 of addressing this issue, stating that it has 00:04:15.180 --> 00:04:18.120 been worse this year than we have seen in recent 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:21.660 memory. Phoenix Suns owner Matt Ishbia called 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:24.839 tanking much worse than any prop bet scandal. 00:04:26.319 --> 00:04:29.759 In local sports, the Celtics kicked off their 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:34.139 West Coast road trip with a solid 121 -110 victory 00:04:34.139 --> 00:04:37.620 over the Warriors, leading by as many as 34 points 00:04:37.620 --> 00:04:41.720 during the game. Jalen Brown dazzled with 23 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:46.079 points, 15 rebounds and 13 assists, marking his 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:49.750 third triple double of the season. Peyton Pritchard 00:04:49.750 --> 00:04:53.449 contributed off the bench with 26 points, while 00:04:53.449 --> 00:04:56.990 Sam Hauser added 16 points, including four three 00:04:56.990 --> 00:05:00.569 -pointers. Kristaps Porzingis faced his former 00:05:00.569 --> 00:05:04.170 team for the first time, scoring 12 points, and 00:05:04.170 --> 00:05:07.149 Al Horford finished with five points in the matchup. 00:05:09.209 --> 00:05:12.750 In top news, students are losing some interest 00:05:12.750 --> 00:05:16.029 in computer science broadly. but gaining interest 00:05:16.029 --> 00:05:20.029 in AI -specific majors and courses. For the first 00:05:20.029 --> 00:05:22.850 time since the dot -com crash, computer science 00:05:22.850 --> 00:05:25.709 enrollment dropped at University of California 00:05:25.709 --> 00:05:30.050 campuses. System -wide, it fell 6 % last year, 00:05:30.310 --> 00:05:33.709 after declining 3 % in the previous year, according 00:05:33.709 --> 00:05:37.209 to the San Francisco Chronicle. Even as overall 00:05:37.209 --> 00:05:40.790 college enrollment climbed 2 % nationally, students 00:05:40.790 --> 00:05:43.389 are moving away from traditional computer science 00:05:43.389 --> 00:05:46.980 degrees. However, the University of California 00:05:46.980 --> 00:05:50.899 San Diego added a dedicated AI major this fall. 00:05:51.939 --> 00:05:54.139 Enrollment numbers suggest students are opting 00:05:54.139 --> 00:05:57.139 for AI programs to secure future employment. 00:05:59.439 --> 00:06:03.199 In business news, robust demand from subprime 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:06.759 customers spurred growth in United States unsecured 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.410 loans last year. with their combined balances 00:06:09.410 --> 00:06:14.990 surging 10 % to a new high of $276 billion, according 00:06:14.990 --> 00:06:17.930 to TransUnion's Credit Industry Insights report. 00:06:19.009 --> 00:06:22.389 Some 26 .4 million consumers carried those loans 00:06:22.389 --> 00:06:25.990 as of end of December, up from 24 .5 million 00:06:25.990 --> 00:06:29.610 a year earlier. As interest rates began to fall, 00:06:29.889 --> 00:06:32.250 many consumers are consolidating their credit 00:06:32.250 --> 00:06:37.730 card balances into unsecured loans. Vice President 00:06:37.730 --> 00:06:40.730 and Head of United States Research and Consulting 00:06:40.730 --> 00:06:45.089 at TransUnion. Predicard balances rose 4 % last 00:06:45.089 --> 00:06:50.430 year to $1 trillion. In crypto movement, Bitcoin 00:06:50.430 --> 00:06:56.810 is down 1 .5 % to about $67 ,000. Ethereum is 00:06:56.810 --> 00:07:01.889 down half a percent to about $1900. And XRP is 00:07:01.889 --> 00:07:09.029 down 3 .5 % to $1 .41. Moving on to a more local 00:07:09.029 --> 00:07:12.810 vibe. In our community spotlight on health and 00:07:12.810 --> 00:07:15.689 wellness, we are working with a national Pilates 00:07:15.689 --> 00:07:19.129 studio to bring you some free classes, so listen 00:07:19.129 --> 00:07:23.410 up. Check out Club Pilates with several locations 00:07:23.410 --> 00:07:26.930 in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive 00:07:26.930 --> 00:07:30.230 wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing 00:07:30.230 --> 00:07:34.360 tension, and elevating mental well -being. scientific 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:38.240 research affirms its benefits. So now you can 00:07:38.240 --> 00:07:41.879 check out Club Pilates for a free class. With 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:45.620 locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline, 00:07:45.939 --> 00:07:49.540 and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny 00:07:49.540 --> 00:07:53.740 Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show. 00:07:54.980 --> 00:07:57.939 Let's talk science. In a remarkable discovery, 00:07:58.240 --> 00:08:00.519 a mountain photographer has stumbled upon one 00:08:00.519 --> 00:08:03.800 of the largest collections of Triassic dinosaur 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:07.860 prints ever found. Located in the Italian Alps, 00:08:08.180 --> 00:08:10.680 the site features thousands of dinosaur tracks 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:14.720 on vertical rock faces. Photographer Elio della 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:17.519 Ferrara spotted these tracks last September in 00:08:17.519 --> 00:08:21.300 the frail valley of Stelvio National Park. Some 00:08:21.300 --> 00:08:24.180 prints, measuring up to 40 centimeters across, 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:29.939 date back approximately 210 million years. Paleontologist 00:08:29.939 --> 00:08:33.230 Cristiano del Sasso leading the investigation, 00:08:33.830 --> 00:08:36.049 expressed astonishment at their preservation. 00:08:37.129 --> 00:08:40.090 The footprints reveal herds of large, herbivorous 00:08:40.090 --> 00:08:43.909 dinosaurs, likely prosoropods, that roamed ancient 00:08:43.909 --> 00:08:51.169 tidal flats and in entertainment news. Stephen 00:08:51.169 --> 00:08:53.450 Soderbergh is speaking out about the scrapped 00:08:53.450 --> 00:08:56.850 Star Wars movie, The Hunt for Ben Solo, starring 00:08:56.850 --> 00:09:00.809 Adam Driver. In a recent interview, Soderbergh 00:09:00.809 --> 00:09:03.710 expressed that it was no surprise to learn of 00:09:03.710 --> 00:09:06.470 Kathleen Kennedy's frustrations regarding Disney's 00:09:06.470 --> 00:09:09.429 decision to cancel the sequel to The Rise of 00:09:09.429 --> 00:09:13.330 Skywalker. He said, we were all frustrated, noting 00:09:13.330 --> 00:09:15.669 the two and a half years of work he and Driver 00:09:15.669 --> 00:09:19.470 invested. Soderbergh added that he believed discussions 00:09:19.470 --> 00:09:22.529 would focus on costs, but that never happened, 00:09:22.750 --> 00:09:27.580 calling the situation insane. Fans are now rallying 00:09:27.580 --> 00:09:30.320 for Disney to reconsider, showing their support 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:34.700 for the hunt for Ben Solo. Well, all righty, 00:09:34.860 --> 00:09:38.700 folks. It's time for the quote of the day. And 00:09:38.700 --> 00:09:41.519 today, our quote comes from the American writer 00:09:41.519 --> 00:09:54.480 and humorist Mark Twain. And he said, And that's 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:57.480 a wrap for this morning. You can check out our 00:09:57.480 --> 00:10:01.580 Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating 00:10:01.580 --> 00:10:04.659 aerial videos with local news and the weather 00:10:04.659 --> 00:10:08.320 reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends. 00:10:08.759 --> 00:10:11.419 We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of 00:10:11.419 --> 00:10:12.740 Sunny Mornings in Boston.