Sky Lebron
Reporter/HostI’m a host for WUSF, primarily for our daily, five-minute podcast The Bay Blend. It’s a fun time, giving you the news, culture and events going on the in the Tampa Bay area while telling a couple jokes on the way (the jokes land like 50% of the time). I’m also the back-up host for Morning Edition and All Things Considered. I’m pretty much the Kyle Trask of WUSF, except I’ve actually been used in the last few years.
After graduating from the University of Florida, I got my public radio start in Jacksonville working as a reporter for WJCT News. I started there at the very beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of the topics I covered had to do with its influences on nearly every aspect of life.
Following my time in Jacksonville, I returned to UF and worked as the Morning Edition newscaster and a multimedia producer for their local NPR affiliate, WUFT-FM. I launched a few student-run podcasts, worked on long-form reporting, and even taught a couple of classes, while also being on-air every weekday morning.
I grew up in Hollywood in Broward County, but have now lived across different cities in the state for about 10 years now. Florida just can’t get rid of me. When I’m not reporting or hosting, you can catch me broadcasting college athletics for a few schools across the state. In my down time, you might find me on a random basketball court airballing shots (I swear I made one as soon as you stopped looking), hanging with my friends, or my cat Faye. She just so happens to be the coolest cat the in the world.
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Bryan Hodgson was an assistant coach for multiple programs, including Buffalo and Alabama, before his first head coaching gig at Arkansas State. -
The new bridge is built higher to better avoid storm surge spilling over onto the roadway, like what happened during last year's hurricane season. -
One official said the county is seeing a lot of people overusing their sprinklers, and they also easily break without them knowing. -
For months now, one couple has been staying in an RV parked in their front yard. -
Said one resident: "I've got a home here that's now not even sitting on its foundation correctly because of the water, and I don't know what to do." -
Entre las medidas se incluye la mejora de varias estaciones de bombeo de agua en toda la ciudad y la colocación de generadores en todas las estaciones, al tiempo que se cambiará a la energía de los generadores para todas las estaciones justo antes de que lleguen las tormentas. -
They include upgrading several water pump stations throughout the city, and putting generators at all the stations while switching to generator power for all the stations right before storms hit.
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Late last year, the Federal Transit Administration said it made a mistake allowing local transit agencies to partner with companies like Uber and Lyft for services, since those companies don't drug test their drivers. -
La directora de servicios comunitarios y para personas sin hogar del condado de Hillsborough dijo que eso está presionando a los voluntarios que regresan todas las noches mientras manejan sus propias vidas. -
Hillsborough County's homeless and community services director said that's putting a strain on volunteers who are coming back every night while managing their own lives.
