While You Were Sleeping: Saturday, Oct. 24

The Tampa Bay Rays lost Game 1 of the World Series 3-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday night at American Family Field, the Associated Press reports. Tampa Bay trailed 3-1 before a ninth-inning rally put the tying and go-ahead runs in scoring position, and an apparent game-ending double play was overturned on video review. Brewers closer Trevor Megill then struck out Jonny DeLuca to end it. Jonathan Aranda went 3 for 3 with a walk, but the Rays finished 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position.

Why it matters: It is the first World Series since 1980 between two teams that have never won a championship, and the AP notes the Game 1 winner has gone on to win the Series 62.8% of the time.

Manatee County has one confirmed case of locally acquired dengue fever, WWSB reports, as the state passes 400 locally acquired cases this year. Christopher Lesser, director of the Manatee County Mosquito Control District, said the district has been treating urban areas, including all of Palmetto and Bradenton, once every two weeks as a preventive measure. He said the mosquito species most often linked to dengue, Aedes aegypti, is not common in Manatee County.

Why it matters: Health officials are urging residents to avoid mosquito bites; WWSB reports no locally acquired dengue cases so far in Sarasota County.

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County announced Friday a confirmed human case of locally acquired West Nile virus, WFLA reports. The department said it is coordinating with Sarasota County Mosquito Management Services, which has already treated the affected area. Officials did not release details about the patient.

Why it matters: Officials are asking residents to drain standing water, cover exposed skin, use EPA-registered repellent and report dead birds to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

The Sarasota City Commission voted unanimously Oct. 19 to approve the first reading of an ordinance adding the Gillespie Park and Park East neighborhoods to the city's Downtown Neighborhood Zone for vacation rental monitoring, the Herald-Tribune reports. Commissioners also voted to raise the program's fees. The two mainland neighborhoods were left out of the program's 2024 expansion.

Revised plans for the former Checkers restaurant site at Ringling Boulevard and East Avenue add a seventh floor of residences, four more units and a rooftop amenity area with a pool, the Observer reports. Property owner MRM Management first proposed a six-story, 22-unit building. A city engineering reviewer told the developer the added floor and units trigger a traffic concurrency review that will likely call for a new traffic study. The street level is planned to include a 3,100-square-foot restaurant, previously announced as Tony Harper's Pizza & Clam Shack, plus 800 square feet of retail.

Why it matters: The traffic study's findings will determine whether the developer pays for road improvements to offset the added trips.