One thing you don’t want to bring to the holiday table is food poisoning. Consumer Reports reveals the one thing many of us get wrong that could make our guests seriously sick.
The 30th Annual Nights of Lights returns to St. Augustine on Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024, and will be brightly lit for all to see through Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025.
Alaina is originally from New York and has been residing in Jacksonville since 2022. She comes from a large Italian family, where her mother is known for making homemade Italian cookies, such as rainbow cookies, biscottis and cream puffs. These desserts have always been a centerpiece for family gatherings after a nice Sunday dinner or during the holidays. Since moving to Jacksonville, Alaina has found herself missing her mother’s baked cookies.
Attorney General Moody released the 2024 Holiday Consumer Protection Guide for Floridians which contains information about scammers, shopping schemes, and cyber scams.
With two weeks until Thanksgiving, 700 families are requesting meals from BEAM and right now it only has enough food donations to provide half of those requests.
Food-borne diseases cause roughly 1 in 6 Americans to get sick each year, and on Thanksgiving, the biggest culprit for food poisoning comes from the turkey.
The holiday season is here at Starbucks. Today you can get the famous reusable red cup. You can order any size of a handcrafted holiday drink - hot, iced, or blended- and you’ll receive a free grande (16 ounce) Starbucks reusable cup while supplies last.
You can make a difference in the lives of those experiencing homelessness by donating to the City Rescue Mission’s Annual Shoeboxes of Love project through Nov. 25.
As we approach the weekend before Halloween, we know many individuals will be taking part in events, parties and more to get into the spooky spirit.
This month, Clay County Fire Rescue is offering tips on the dangers of fire hazards and how to prevent them. October is National Fire Prevention Month.
It can be easy to feed pets food with cookouts going on for the holiday, but it is important to keep in mind what foods are unsafe for them to try.
JEA, the publicly-owned utility, recently spent $72,000 on a lavish holiday party for its employees at the Florida Theater.
A tradition of consuming food and alcohol was born as a way to pay tribute to St. Patrick’s life and take a day break from abstaining from certain foods and alcohol during Lent.
One local florist, Kuhn Flowers, will make more than 5,000 deliveries for Valentine’s Day, not to mention the hundreds of people who came into the store to grab a bouquet.
Most counties collect garbage on a normal schedule on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but a handful will have delayed pick-ups for the week following the Jan. 15 holiday.
So Consumer Reports is here to make sense of buy now, pay later short-term loans with important advice on how to dodge costly fees and what to do next time.
Deck The Chairs organizers said despite multiple days impacted by weather, the holiday display event drew record crowds for its 11th season in Jacksonville Beach.
If you’re tired of the same old New Year’s resolutions, like working out more or trying to lose weight, we’ve got another idea for you. How about trying a social media detox?
You might think you know everything there is to know about New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, but there’s actually some cool history behind the big days.
St. Johns County Parks & Recreation is hosting its free "treecycling" program so residents can recycle their Christmas trees into mulch for the county’s parks.
Starting from the day after Christmas and ending on New Year’s Day, Kwanzaa is a seven-day observance that encourages African Americans, and others, to embrace and remember African cultures and unity.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will be visiting patients and families at the Children’s National Hospital in Washington Friday at 3:45 p.m.
There are many holiday rituals that are celebrated by just about everyone around the world, whether that means exchanging gifts, family get-togethers or attending church services.
There are some fabulous light displays all over Northeast Florida, but there's one that's invite-only. Here's your invitation to a house in Mandarin where the snow is always falling.
As many people grab those last-minute gift cards, the FBI is warning that gift card scams are rising at an alarming rate.
Across the country, the Transportation Security Administration expects Thursday to be one of the most hectic days for traveling as the official holiday travel period begins and lasts through Jan. 2.
Scammers are impersonating real companies in ads on Facebook, TikTok, and other social media platforms. So, how do you navigate past the fakes without passing up the real bargains?
AAA will activate its Tow to Go program on Friday in Florida and other select states to help keep impaired drivers off the road during the year-end holidays.
As the holiday travel rush approaches, the Georgia Department of Transportation will be temporarily suspending lane closers along interstates, major state routes and roadways near major shopping centers, malls or districts.
The Transportation Security Administration expects to screen more than 2.5 million passengers each day during the Christmas and New Year holiday season.
If you are looking for things that will improve language and learning, the American Speech Language and Hearing Association recommends considering non-tech options.
The holiday season is in full swing, and time is ticking down on deadlines to mail your packages so that they arrive in time.
If you traveled by air for Thanksgiving and thought the airports were crowded, the National Transportation Safety Board said even more of the same is in store for Christmas.
The first of 40 movies premiered on Oct. 20, with new movies premiering every Thursday on the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries channel, and every Friday, Saturday and Sunday on the Hallmark channel through Dec. 26.
You’ve got chestnuts roasting on an open fire, the mistletoe is hung and the snacks are out, but one thing is missing: Some classic Christmas tunes to set the mood.
The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens' Colors of the Wild holiday ZOOLights experience launched Thursday night with a special encounter between the zoo's penguins and Jolly Old St. Nick.
In our series Making Ends Meet: Holiday Gifts, we're sharing budget-friendly gift ideas with you -- all products that Consumer Reports' experts have tried, tested, and now recommend.
Consumer Reports’ own experts have tried and tested a wide range of products and have compiled their own list of budget-friendly tech gifts -- with one that will cost you as little as $25.
Thousands of kids in our viewing area are on the verge of having a special Christmas thanks to the Salvation Army of Northeast Florida.
