Category: CNN Regional

By Kayla McDermott

Click here for updates on this story

    WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (WPTV) — A West Palm Beach couple says they haven’t been able to use the street outside their home for more than a year due to an abandoned construction project that has become a hub for drug activity.

Christopher Young and his wife live on 20th Street, where blockades, garbage and water leaks now dominate the landscape outside their front door.

The construction project came to a halt about 14 months ago, leaving residents dealing with safety concerns and daily inconveniences.

“It is absolutely a ticking time bomb,” Young said. “We just want to be safe. We just want to have a normal place to live.”

The couple says they haven’t seen construction workers at the site in several months. The abandoned project has created multiple problems for residents, including limited parking and difficulty receiving deliveries.

“The parking is a bad situation,” Young said. “Good luck getting a delivery here.”

More concerning are the safety issues that have emerged. Young says people have started camping between the barriers at night, and he has found drug paraphernalia inside his gate.

“I’ve seen fights in the streets. I’ve seen drug usage,” Young said. “We have seen somebody defecating in front of my house.”

The situation has become so problematic that Young says no one in his household goes outside after dark. If nothing changes, he and his wife are considering moving.

“We want out, and we want out badly,” Young said.

The city of West Palm Beach provided a detailed timeline of the construction issues. Code enforcement officers initially cited the property for violations in July 2025. The property owner obtained the required permits to continue construction at that time, and the case was closed. However, the property was later sold while construction was still underway.

“Following the sale, construction activity paused, and the initial permits expired after six months of inactivity,” the city said in a statement. “In January 2026, Code Enforcement opened a new case after observing ongoing impacts to the street and sidewalk and work occurring in the public right-of-way without active permits.”

The project is associated with private development at 2032 N Dixie Highway and is not a city engineering project. The new owners, Essential Living, are now responsible for completing the work.

The city says the property owner has been advised of the steps needed to become compliant, including obtaining updated permits.

“The City understands that the property owner is working to improve the building, and our goal is to work collaboratively with them to address safety concerns, keep the right-of-way clear and accessible, and ensure the site is properly maintained as the project moves forward,” the city said.

ChenMoore, the engineering company involved in the project, said they were hired in 2023 by the property’s previous owner to design and certify a new water main extension.

“The project did not advance at that time due to a lack of required resources from the owner,” ChenMoore said in a statement. “The property has since changed ownership, and we have worked with the surveyors engaged by the new owner to obtain the data required for certification. We received comments from the City of West Palm Beach dated February 20, 2026 and are actively addressing those items.”

A violation notice from the city gives the owners less than two weeks to fix the site, obtain required permits to finish the work and stop blocking the street. If these requirements aren’t met, a hearing is scheduled for next month where the owners could face fines of $1,000 to $15,000 per day.

“I would love to see that this road gets reopened,” Young said. “Go back to normal, the way (it was) three years ago when I moved in.”

If the problem isn’t fixed by the owners, the city says it might clean up the site itself and send Essential Living the bill.

When contacted about the issue, Essential Living declined to comment.

This story was reported on-air by a journalist and has been converted to this platform with the assistance of AI. WPTV verifies all reporting on all platforms for fairness and accuracy.

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

By Tyler Hatfield

Click here for updates on this story

    MARTIN COUNTY, Florida (WPTV) — Age is just a number for one woman in Martin County.

Maggie Kennedy, a 98-year-old woman from Jensen Beach, holds the world record as the oldest competitive pool player according to Guinness World Records.

“I fell in love with the game,” Kennedy said. “I think it’s because I’m old, I think that surprises people.”

At pool halls on the Treasure Coast and around the country, Kennedy is a legend.

“That’s what they say,” Kennedy said with a smile.

Kennedy has held the title since 2021, when she was 94 years old competing in Las Vegas. Next Tuesday, she’s making history again, flying to Las Vegas to compete in the BCA Nationals Pool League Tournament with her team: Sunday Funday.

“We’ll be playing every day from Wednesday through Sunday, and then, of course, the slot machines will be right handy,” Kennedy said. “That’s fun.”

But she’s not traveling to Vegas without some style.

On Sunday night at Raxx Billiards in Stuart, the pool community on the Treasure Coast donated over $2,000 for her trip and a seat in first class.

“I’m still flabbergasted,” Kennedy said. “I was just so touched by what they did.”

Two of her sons, Louis and Greg Arsenault, are by her side, watching her get ready to compete.

“She is an inspiration,” Greg Arsenault said.

“I’m just so proud of her,” Louis Arsenault said. “It’s great to see her doing something she loves to do, and she’s pretty good at it.”

How does she do it at her age? Maybe genetics.

“I come from good, hearty New England stock,” Kennedy said.

Or it could be just being Maggie.

“I was taught to be nice and be happy,” Kennedy said. “And here I am.”

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

By Amanda Hari

Click here for updates on this story

    SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — People living at a homeless encampment on 8th and Harrison Streets in Berkeley are wondering what’s next after city officials called off a planned sweep.

The city posted notices last week saying they would be cleaning up the encampment on Tuesday. Monday, it was delayed. Still, Thomas Parnett was trying to figure out what’s next.

“I have no idea,” Parnett said.

Everything he owns is at the encampment. He was trying to clean and pack it up, just in case the sweeps do happen. He fears losing everything.

“Some of us have some items we’d like to keep,” Parnett explained. “We can’t transport them.”

A sign posted on the pole right near his belongings says, “lodging prohibited, violators subject to arrest,” but attorney for the Berkeley Homeless Union Anthony Prince says there’s no ordinance against living in this specific area.

“There is no city-wide camping ban,” Prince explained. “But nevertheless, the city has found numerous excuses, one after another, to break up encampments.”

Prince said the 8th and Harrison encampment is one of the longest-standing camps in Berkeley, and there used to be a dumpster, but the city removed it last June.

In January, city and county health officials confirmed positive tests for leptospirosis in dogs and rats within the encampment. The city says they posted signage about the potentially deadly disease, removed debris, and handed out hygiene kits to residents.

Prince said if they sweep the camp, more must be done first.

“The fact of the matter is that the court ordered the city to identify at least three locations where people can go safely to camp, and they refused to identify those locations,” Prince stated. “So, we’re fighting in the street.”

He said they’ll go back to court to protect the homeless union members if they have to.

Amber Whitson is a homeless advocate and lives on the streets herself. She used to live at 8th and Harrison, but moved to a more stable location.

“This is the kind of trauma people end up with after being on the streets long enough,” said Whitson. “This whole, ‘We’re going to sweep you tomorrow’, ‘Oh, we’re not going to sweep you this week’. ‘Who knows when we’re going to sweep you again?'”

Parnett is dealing with those feelings right now.

“There’s less and less hope as this goes on,” Parnett explained. “You get pushed here and then pushed there and the hope part kind of goes.”

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

KOVR

By Ashley Sharp

Click here for updates on this story

    SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A Sacramento woman is in mourning after her small dog was viciously attacked by a loose dog just outside their Natomas home on Friday.

The incident was caught on Elizabeth Gifford’s home surveillance camera near Valley Oaks Park.

“It came out of nowhere. Literally came out of nowhere,” Gifford said through tears.

It shows the moment a loose dog she describes as a white pit-bull mix rushes up to her yard as her five-pound Maltese had walked briefly from her garage to greet the neighbor in the yard next door.

“She was like, my soulmate. It was crazy,” Gifford said of her dog, named Giggit.

Inside Gifford’s home now sits an empty dog bed, food bowls that will not be refilled, and a hollow harness: painful reminders that her beloved dog will not be coming home.

Gifford says the attack happened on Friday morning as she was in her garage unloading groceries from the car, her dog at her side.

“Then, next thing you know, I see this dog flying across the street, and then grabs my dog. It happened so fast I didn’t even know what to do with myself,” Gifford said.

On the Ring camera footage, her traumatic screams for help can be heard echoing through the neighborhood as she tries to physically fight the large dog off of Giggit.

“I grabbed the dog, and I was trying to get it to release my little puppy. And then it just, we fought for a bit, and it just went running across the street with her in its mouth,” Gifford said.

Gifford also sustained minor injuries during the incident and was bitten by the dog.

Neighbor Parag Kate saw the dramatic incident unfold.

“I was so scared looking at the scene itself, right?” Parag said.

Neighbor Andrea Morgan heard Gifford’s screams and rushed to her front porch.

“I’m like, what’s wrong? What’s wrong? And then I happened to glance over at the park, and I saw the dog with her dog in its mouth,” said Morgan.

At Valley Oak Park, Gifford and neighbors finally freed Giggit from the dog’s grip and it ultimately ran off.

Even after emergency vet care, Giggit died from severe injuries to her throat and body this weekend.

“She’s gone, you know, now she’s gone. I mean, I could never, ever replace her,” Gifford said through sobs.

Now, the search by both neighbors and Sacramento Animal Care Services is on to find the loose dog and its owner, if it has one.

Gifford hung nearly 50 posters in north Natomas, picturing the responsible dog that she describes as a white pit-bull mix with a black spot on its back and no collar.

A neighbor’s child says he spotted the dog loose again in the park on Sunday.

“He just started running around all the tables over there, and everyone was just looking at the dog. I mean, of course, no leash, no owner, nothing, no collar. And even I was surprised, and I didn’t know what to do that second,” said Soham Kate.

Soham’s father, like many neighbors, is on high alert.

“I told my son, if you see any dog running around like this without leash and owner, first of all, stay away from that dog,” Parag said. “Then if you see any adult, reach out to them, tell them so that they can help to catch that dog and take it back to the owner or police or animal control.”

Through Gifford’s grief, she hopes that this does not happen again to another animal, or even a child.

“I don’t want anyone else to get hurt. That would just break my heart, that I couldn’t do anything about it, and say something and warn people, you know?” Gifford said.

CBS Sacramento checked in with Sacramento Animal Care Services. They have not yet confirmed where their investigation stands, but Gifford said animal control officers called her and told her they are actively patrolling, looking for the loose dog. As of Monday night, she did not have a report that it had been captured.

It is not known where the dog came from, but Gifford says other neighbors report they have spotted this large white dog before over the past year and say they have seen it roaming, acting aggressively toward other animals and people.

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

By Ashley Sharp

Click here for updates on this story

    SACRAMENTO (KOVR) — A Sacramento woman is in mourning after her small dog was viciously attacked by a loose dog just outside their Natomas home on Friday.

The incident was caught on Elizabeth Gifford’s home surveillance camera near Valley Oaks Park.

“It came out of nowhere. Literally came out of nowhere,” Gifford said through tears.

It shows the moment a loose dog she describes as a white pit-bull mix rushes up to her yard as her five-pound Maltese had walked briefly from her garage to greet the neighbor in the yard next door.

“She was like, my soulmate. It was crazy,” Gifford said of her dog, named Giggit.

Inside Gifford’s home now sits an empty dog bed, food bowls that will not be refilled, and a hollow harness: painful reminders that her beloved dog will not be coming home.

Gifford says the attack happened on Friday morning as she was in her garage unloading groceries from the car, her dog at her side.

“Then, next thing you know, I see this dog flying across the street, and then grabs my dog. It happened so fast I didn’t even know what to do with myself,” Gifford said.

On the Ring camera footage, her traumatic screams for help can be heard echoing through the neighborhood as she tries to physically fight the large dog off of Giggit.

“I grabbed the dog, and I was trying to get it to release my little puppy. And then it just, we fought for a bit, and it just went running across the street with her in its mouth,” Gifford said.

Gifford also sustained minor injuries during the incident and was bitten by the dog.

Neighbor Parag Kate saw the dramatic incident unfold.

“I was so scared looking at the scene itself, right?” Parag said.

Neighbor Andrea Morgan heard Gifford’s screams and rushed to her front porch.

“I’m like, what’s wrong? What’s wrong? And then I happened to glance over at the park, and I saw the dog with her dog in its mouth,” said Morgan.

At Valley Oak Park, Gifford and neighbors finally freed Giggit from the dog’s grip and it ultimately ran off.

Even after emergency vet care, Giggit died from severe injuries to her throat and body this weekend.

“She’s gone, you know, now she’s gone. I mean, I could never, ever replace her,” Gifford said through sobs.

Now, the search by both neighbors and Sacramento Animal Care Services is on to find the loose dog and its owner, if it has one.

Gifford hung nearly 50 posters in north Natomas, picturing the responsible dog that she describes as a white pit-bull mix with a black spot on its back and no collar.

A neighbor’s child says he spotted the dog loose again in the park on Sunday.

“He just started running around all the tables over there, and everyone was just looking at the dog. I mean, of course, no leash, no owner, nothing, no collar. And even I was surprised, and I didn’t know what to do that second,” said Soham Kate.

Soham’s father, like many neighbors, is on high alert.

“I told my son, if you see any dog running around like this without leash and owner, first of all, stay away from that dog,” Parag said. “Then if you see any adult, reach out to them, tell them so that they can help to catch that dog and take it back to the owner or police or animal control.”

Through Gifford’s grief, she hopes that this does not happen again to another animal, or even a child.

“I don’t want anyone else to get hurt. That would just break my heart, that I couldn’t do anything about it, and say something and warn people, you know?” Gifford said.

CBS Sacramento checked in with Sacramento Animal Care Services. They have not yet confirmed where their investigation stands, but Gifford said animal control officers called her and told her they are actively patrolling, looking for the loose dog. As of Monday night, she did not have a report that it had been captured.

It is not known where the dog came from, but Gifford says other neighbors report they have spotted this large white dog before over the past year and say they have seen it roaming, acting aggressively toward other animals and people.

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

By Logan Smith

Click here for updates on this story

    COLORADO (KCNC) — A Colorado man convicted of shooting four of his neighbors in Westcliffe in November 2023 while a surveyor attempted to measure their property lines was sentenced last week to three life sentences.

Hanme Clark, 47, also received 48-year prison sentence for the attempted murder of the only one of the four who survived the attack.

Clark was sentenced Friday, 18 days after a jury found him guilty on all charges brought against him.

According to court documents, Clark confronted nextdoor neighbor Robert Geers, then 62, on Nov. 20, 2023, as the surveyor began his work. Clark walked from his uphill property and yelled about trespassing, the surveyor later told investigators, and Geers was recording the encounter on his cellphone.

After a brief conversation, Clark shot Geers. The surveyor said he turned and ran to a neighbor’s house and called 911.

Clark then turned his gun on Robert Geers’s wife, 38-year-old Beth Wade Geers, and two neighbors from down the road, James and Patty Daulton, both then 58.

Patty Daulton also called 911. According to court documents, dispatchers reported hearing gunfire in the background of the call.

By the time the first deputies from the Custer County Sheriff’s Office arrived, Patty Daulton was the only shooting victim still alive. She was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

A SWAT team responded to the area. Residents of the wooded rural community were told to stay inside their homes as law enforcement searched for the shooter. They did not find him.

Later, investigators retrieved images recorded during the “numerous” prior responses to the Clark and Geers properties about an ongoing property dispute, and proclaimed Clark the suspect.

Clark and his wife were caught the following day by New Mexico State Police near Albuquerque. Clark’s wife was initially arrested with him but the criminal case against her was dismissed.

Several arguments had occurred over the course of the year since Geers and his wife, Beth Wade Geers, then 38, had purchased their property on Rocky Ridge Road, Robert Geers’ brother told CBS Colorado. Carl Geers said his brother was preparing for retirement and purchased the mountain property without speaking to the neighbor next door, Clark. The dispute over an easement developed quickly, Carl Geers explained. His brother grew particularly concerned after receiving a death threat from Clark.

Carl Geers said his brother was advised by members of the sheriff’s office to arm himself and record all interactions with Clark. In fact, Robert Geers was wearing a handgun at the time of the shooting.

“My brother moved up there, and the prior owner didn’t bother to tell him what was going on,” Carl Geers said. “He walked into a hornets nest.”

“It’s horrible. It sucks,” Carl Geers continued. “I lost my older brother. I was going to teach him to fly fish up there.”

Carl Geers said a small triangle of land crossed into one edge of his brother’s driveway, which was also an access road to several other homes deeper into the neighborhood. Clark had previously cut a hole through his brother’s fence. His brother was prepared to erect that fence again — to “pound posts” with the help of the Daultons — as soon as the new survey was completed that day.

“But (Clark) didn’t let that survey finish,” Carl Geers said.

Clark, his wife and their business had filed a civil lawsuit in 2020 against the previous owners of the Geers property. They sought correction to the easement between the properties, and claimed the previous owners of the Geers property were aggressive, intimidating, threatening to the sufferers of PTSD being treated at their business, and prejudiced against his wife who is Native American.

The lawsuit was dismissed last year after the shooting, per online court records.

Around that same time, Patty Daulton, the lone survivor, filed her own wrongful death lawsuit against the Clarks and their business.

Earlier this month, another lawsuit was filed on behalf of a former Custer County Sheriff’s deputy, Jason Solbato. A March 2025 article from the local Westcliffe newspaper, the Wet Mountain Tribune, claims Solbato was one of the first deputies to respond to complaint about Clark before the fatal shootings occurred. Solbato was arrested in March 2024 following an investigation by the 11th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, then led by DA Linda Stanley.

Per the Tribune’s report, the case against Solbato was dismissed once it reached a courtroom. But by that time, the sheriff’s office had fired him.

The lawsuit filed this month in Custer County on Solbato’s behalf names Custer County’s sheriff and undersheriff as defendants.

Contacted by CBS Colorado, Solbato declined to comment and directed questions to his attorney. His attorney never responded to CBS Colorado’s inquiries.

Stanley, meanwhile, was removed last year from her position as district attorney following a state review of her handling of the failed Barry Morphew prosecution.

Clark and his wife acquired their Rocky Ridge Road property in 2019 when it was deeded to their business. Clark previously lived in Denver, trained at a Denver martial arts gym, and fought on the undercard in a 2007 MMA event at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield. Clark won by submission in the first round. An online source shows Clark has a 1-0 record as an amateur.

Meanwhile, Carl Geers said he will always mourn his brother’s absence. He suggests prospective property owners investigate potential conflicts in rural areas. If any, seek resolutions through peaceful means like mediation.

“They could’ve made arrangement,” Carl Geers said. “My brother was not unreasonable.”

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

By Leanne Suter

Click here for updates on this story

    PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) — Frightening surveillance video from a home in Pasadena shows a coyote chasing a toddler through the front gate of his home.

A scream and call for Mom can be heard as the video shows 3-year-old Salvo Bessemer’s close call with the large coyote.

Once the toddler is off camera, a loud scream is heard, and the coyote runs away.

“Sal went out the gate like he always does before me. Then I heard a scream, and Sal came running back. He grabbed onto my legs, then I screamed because I saw a big, giant coyote,” the boy’s mother, Aida Svelto, said.

It happened in the middle of the afternoon on Monday on Tamarac Drive in Pasadena.

The video shows the toddler headed for the car when he stops in his tracks and races back inside. The coyote can be seen following right behind him through the family’s front gate.

“She texted me. She’s like, ‘A coyote just chased Sal,’ and I was like, ‘How?’ I checked the cameras. I was flabbergasted,” the boy’s father, Leonard Bessemer, said.

Salvo was not hurt in the encounter.

Seeing coyotes is nothing new in their hilly neighborhood, but the family says they’ve never seen an animal come that close.

“We have seen them, but they typically just stay on the street. I really didn’t feel nervous. Now I’m nervous,” Svelto said. “This one was bigger and scarier, and I just really didn’t think that he would go after a kid. It’s one thing to see them go after a chihuahua or rabbit or whatever, but he’s pretty big, so it was scary.”

Coyotes are a common part of life in Southern California, and experts say this time of year, the animals are especially active and inquisitive.

“It’s mating season, so they are out there at all times of the day. We’re going to be seeing them. We have seen them more in the last few weeks,” said Kevin McManus with Pasadena Humane. “Just be extra cautious. Keep an eye on your kids. Keep an eye on your pets.”

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

By Tim Johns

Click here for updates on this story

    SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — There was relief at the arrivals hall of San Francisco International Airport as one of the first flights from Puerto Vallarta back to the Bay Area landed Monday night.

“A lot of people’s flights were canceled yesterday and folks that were canceled yesterday were hearing that they might not be able to get out until Thursday or even into the weekend,” said traveler Doug Leighton.

Many people ABC7 Eyewitness News spoke with say much of Puerto Vallarta is still reeling after violence erupted following the killing of a prominent Mexican drug cartel leader.

San Francisco resident Josef Pipoly said he was on vacation just outside Puerto Vallarta when he and his friends heard the news.

While eating at a restaurant, Pipoly says the manager suddenly rushed up to their table.

“Says ‘we can’t serve you. You have to leave. Leave right now.’ We said, ‘Why?’ ‘The cartel’s coming,'” said Pipoly.

Pipoly says he saw members of the cartel putting up road blocks around the city, as well as smoke and flames from burning cars.

An experience he says felt surreal and, at times, downright scary.

“For me, I’m a diabetic. And so I had enough insulin for a couple days, but I’m like if this lasts a couple more days,” said Pipoly.

The fallout has been quick.

Cruise lines are canceling stops in Puerto Vallarta. Travel experts say this is a sign that shows the damage happening to Mexico’s tourism economy.

“Already we’re seeing deals that we weren’t seeing before in part because demand has dropped,” said The Points Guy’s Clint Henderson. “So you can see an instant reaction in travel bookings looking ahead.”

Pipoly says he still has friends in the city waiting to come home.

But for all the fear tourists have, he says it’s also important to recognize the experience of people living there.

“What really became real was when I saw the fear in their eyes and on their faces,” he said. “It’s a subtle reminder that this is the life that they live.”

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.

By Kimberly Esquivias

Click here for updates on this story

    IDAHO FALLS (eastidahonews.com) — Twenty-five unplayable violins have been transformed into works of art as a part of the Painted Violin Project, a collaboration between the Idaho State Civic Symphony and the Pocatello Arts Center.

The project invited artists of all skill levels across the community to create something beautiful with whichever media the artists choose, ranging from acrylics, oils, gold foil, and mixed media. Each violin is joined by a card explaining the artist’s theme, inspiration and personal background.

The repurposed violins debuted Feb. 6, allowing the community to view and vote on their favorite project.

The violins’ designs vary. One resembles delicate blue and white fine China patterns. Another features a swan surrounded by autumn leaves. One of the instruments has a dragon whose fire extends to the tailpiece.

The artists range from high school students, teachers and Idaho State University students.

Elissa Novy, a representative from the Idaho State Civic Symphony, said the projects align closely to the mission of the organization.

“We offer music and music education to everyone in the community, from young guys to senior citizens,” Novy said. “This is an extension of our mission, to foster a lifelong love of the arts and of music in the community.”

The violins are open for bidding, with proceeds going directly to education outreach programs for music. Funds that are raised will support scholarships for the Idaho State Civic Symphony Youth Orchestra, a group that is composed of advanced student musicians as well as instructional efforts in the middle and high schools throughout the area.

Novy said the response from the participating artists has been overwhelmingly positive.

“Every artist I talked to when I picked up the violins said, ‘This was a lot of fun. I want to do this again. Let me know when you do this again,’” she said.

The Painted Violin Project also highlights collaboration within the local arts community. Paige Weber, representing the art center, said partnerships like this strengthen both organizations.

“I love that we are doing a partnership, because it gets us in front of new people and it makes us stronger for sure,” Weber said.

The violins will next travel to Gate City Coffee for the March 6 First Friday Art Walk. The final auction will be held in conjunction with the Pops Concert on March 20.

Special guest artist Bad Snacks will perform with the symphony during the concert.

“Art is enriching for people’s lives. Whether they’re a viewer or participant, it offers community.” Weber said.

Please note: This story was provided to CNN Wire by an affiliate and does not contain original CNN reporting. This content carries a strict local market embargo. If you share the same market as the contributor of this article, you may not use it on any platform.