Hooper: Beach-side businesses need a red carpet response to Red Tide struggles

I recently made a plea that we should make a concerted effort to support beach-side businesses hurt by Red Tide.

More than one business owner wrote to ask if I could do it again.

"We have taken a little more than just "a bit" of a hit," one owner said. "Most of us are truly struggling."

So, make your way to the coast. The plight has subsided, and a few dollars can help one of our jewels recapture its luster. …

Is it just me, or does the thought of Richard Corcoran serving as education commissioner scare everyone who truly cares about traditional K-12 education? …

Seen on an At Home knick-knack: I'm Sorry For The Things I Said When I Was Hungry. …

If the Rays leave Tampa Bay, let's not twist ourselves in a pretzel trying to get another franchise. If this opportunity to prove baseball can work here fails, c'est la vie. Too many communities have overspent trying to compensate for the loss of a professional franchise.

In the end, let acceptance be our guiding principle. We'll still have the beaches.

Screaming fans filled International Plaza Saturday to celebrate the opening of the Morphe cosmetics store and Tampa-based YouTube star Jaclyn Hill.

A magazine editor told Times staff writer Sara DiNatale that Hill's popularity may be linked to the fact young people choose YouTube over traditional TV.

With all due respect to influencers, as a father who enjoyed watching Disney Channel, PBS Kids and Nickelodeon with his kids, this saddens me. YouTube is more of a singular act and less of a family-time engagement.

I'm not sure makeup tutorials and fashion tips can create the same bond as the Rugrats, Arthur and That's So Raven.

That's all I'm saying.