Traffic is slow on the Calder after a three-car crash near the Melton Highway. All lanes are now open but police are still on the scene.
Traffic lights are flashing on Springvale Road in Glen Waverley due to a power fault on Glen Road. Drive with caution through the intersection.
And at Bulleen, there's an accident on Manningham Road between Jika Street and Bulleen Road.
On the day of his state funeral, there's a new tribute to Sisto Malaspina in Carlton's Little Italy. The uncommissioned mural popped up overnight.
The Pellegrini's co-owner will be farewelled today with a funeral at St Patrick's Cathedral. Mr Malaspina was killed and two other men were injured on November 9 when 30-year-old Hassan Khalif Shire Ali drove a burning ute into the city and launched a knife attack.
Leading the news this morning:
In case you missed it earlier, there's a reason why you're tired and cranky this morning. The overnight low was 22.5 degrees. Fall asleep with a doona and you'll wake up with a headache (says, um, science).
It's a humid 24.6 in the city now. We're looking at possible thunderstorms and heavy rain this afternoon. And that's not all in the "ain't this crazy" news. Thursday and Friday are set for a maximum of 15 degrees. Oh Melbourne. How you mock us.
Here's today, in pictures:
Two teenagers have been arrested after armed riot police descended on the St Kilda foreshore overnight.
Melissa Cunningham reports: It's understood police were called to the area following reports a group of youths were causing trouble on the foreshore.
Police with riot shields and weapons drawn surrounded beach-goers near Donovan’s restaurant just before midnight.
A 17-year-old male was arrested for assaulting police and released pending further enquiries, while another 18-year-old male was charged for possessing a drug of dependence.
The Pleasure Garden Horticultural Society presents a garden party to remember in St Kilda on December 8.
Organisers promise an auditory adventure like no other, with five separate arenas on the palm-fringed lawns of Catani Gardens.
Headline acts include The Temper Trap and Xavier Rudd. To win a double pass, simply name three artists you’ll find in The Pleasure Garden. Send your answers via email or Twitter.
First in, best dressed. We’ll name a winner just before 9am.
We can't resist. That was one good-looking sky this morning. Melbourne, you're so pretty.
It's that important time of the morning. Get your brains into gear for (*dramatic drum roll*) the Target word.
Today's letters are N I R E T V I U T. Send your answers via email or Twitter. We'll print the names of the first three winners before 9am. (Today we really mean it. Regular readers may have noticed something missing yesterday.)
And speaking of yesterday, the solution was VIBRATION. Too easy!
A woman has been taken to hospital after deciding to go for an early morning swim in the Yarra.
A critical incident response officer was forced to jump into the river and drag the woman out after she jumped in near the Clarendon Street bridge at Southbank around 4.30am.
On the roads: