Email Author Gus Garcia-Roberts

Awards

• 2012 - Sigma Delta Chi Awards/Society of Professional Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Investigative Reporters and Editors

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published August 18, 2011

  "Knocked Out"

• 2012 - Livingston Awards for Young Journalists

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards

  "Rotten to the Core"

• 2012 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published April 28, 2011

  "Hard Hit"

• 2011 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 23, 2010

  "Marked for Death"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Blow Hard"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2010 - National Association of Black Journalists Awards, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published November 5, 2009

  "Park or Die Tryin'"

• 2010 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published February 12, 2009

  "Curse of the Class of 2006"

• 2010 - Association of Food Journalists Awards, published March 26, 2009

  "Pork Pirates"

• 2010 - The Green Eyeshade Excellence in Journalism Awards/Atlanta SPJ, published August 13, 2009

  "In the Name of the King"

• 2010 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 10, 2009

  "Crime 101"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2009 - Better Weekly Newspaper Awards/Florida Press Association, published December 4, 2008

  "Budget Ballin'"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published September 18, 2008

  "Redemption Run"

• 2009 - Sunshine State Awards/South Florida Society of Professional Journalists, published October 30, 2008

  "Faux-Bama!"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 12, 2007

  "The Wild, Wild West Bank"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 24, 2007

  "Hunting the White Buffalo"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 26, 2007

  "Banking on D's"

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2008 Stories by Gus Garcia-Roberts

• South Beach's most famous cock to lead King Mango Strut

  published Dec 24, 2008

  Yesterday, we informed you that the King Mango Strut- Coconut Grove's irreverent, wacky, and somewhat inexplicable post-Christmas parade -- might be no more after this year. The Man's got them down.If... More >>

• Kendall's Fire Station 9 closed due to mold; freakin' pussies, says resident

  published Dec 18, 2008

  If there's one thing Riptide likes better than a juicy news tip, it's quotably irate citizenry. So today, Christmas came early: Sabal Chase resident Mike Grant gave us both. Construction foreman Grant... More >>

• Bet on Norman Braman

  published December 18, 2008

  In a board room just above a fleet of Christmas-bowed Rolls Royces, Norman Braman is surrounded by evidence of his great success — framed... More >>

• An undisclosed amount of Norman Braman's millions goes to Heaven

  published Dec 16, 2008

  By now you've probably heard about Bernard Madoff, the scam artist who, by defrauding a bunch of banks and rich guys through a giant Ponzi scheme, cost the world $50 billion, essentially taking a ste... More >>

• Is the Megaplan dyingr Port of Miami tunnel plan squashed

  published Dec 12, 2008

  You may have heard of the Global Agreement- the ominously titled, outrageously ambitious $3 billion project that will basically solve all of Downtown Miami's debt problems, put a new Marlins stadium i... More >>

• South Florida Muslims use bus ads, hotline to counter "Obsession" DVD campaign

  published Dec 11, 2008

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• Must Love Meth

  published December 11, 2008

  Despite the talk of rising unemployment, Riptide has found work for members of South Florida's lighter-fluid-and-Drano-ingesting... More >>

• Recession Special

  published December 4, 2008

  Visiting South Beach when you're broke is like being left out of the world's greatest party. There's a financial slump, but it seems the... More >>

• Budget Ballin'

  published December 4, 2008

  Raul Regalado, the wide-eyed 25-year-old son of a Venezuelan textile executive, turns to a passenger as he pilots a $235,000... More >>

• Not-at-all-pedophiliac Coppertone Girl sign gets new home tonight

  published Dec 02, 2008

  Miami's historic Coppertone Girl sign-- a 50's-era landmark that depicts the company's logo of a terrier of some sort pulling down the bathing suit of a little girl, which somehow has something to do ... More >>

• And the Sensationalist Headline of the Year Award goes to...

  published Dec 02, 2008

  You may have heard the shocking tale of Abraham Biggs, the 19-year old Broward College student who aired his own suicide via webcam in November. A tragedy, certainly. But this is the first online suic... More >>

• Can we build a wall to keep these damn Mexicans inr

  published Dec 01, 2008

  Remember when America was so prosperous that we were debating ways of keeping our neighbors from breaking into our country to steal our crumbsr So much so that we were building a big fence- sort of li... More >>

• Even Lil Wayne disapproves of Pacman Jones' antics

  published Nov 26, 2008

  Miami's favorite pill-popping, adopted-father Frenching, nonsensical metaphor making (or is "I can play basketball with the moon" a similer) rambling blogger Lil Wayne has used his ESPN.com soapbox to... More >>

• Faux-bama Flees Florida

  published November 27, 2008

  With our economy about as lively as cranberry jelly from a can, approximately 51 percent of Floridians are thankful Barack Obama's Change®... More >>

• These granite countertops is THE BEST!: DJ Khaled lists his house

  published Nov 20, 2008

  Have you seen his closet spacer DJ Khaled, a contender for the loudest man in Miami, has built a lucrative career out of yelling phrases such as "We the best!" and "Listennnnn!" If anybody can sell... More >>

• The man handing you an Arby-Q might be a marginal pro football player

  published Nov 19, 2008

  We always assumed that when pro athletes are waiting around for a team to sign them, they pass the time by practicing "making it rain" techniques on their cats, or perhaps finally getting around to ... More >>

• Undercover Miami Beach cops don camouflage and ski masks, scare shit out of everybody present

  published Nov 12, 2008

  "Sorry to interrupt, fellows, but could you point me towards the nearest Wings beachwear shopr" Riptide was walking by Collins and 14th St. in South Beach yesterday when we encountered a scene that to... More >>

• Italian Architect Hawks Pricey Rotating Condos

  published November 13, 2008

  It's a shimmering silver worm of a skyscraper, featuring 80 stories rotating independently and elevators designed for taking your Ferrari right... More >>

• Miami Book Fair Preview: Q&A with Art Spiegelman

  published Nov 06, 2008

  Comic artist Art Spiegelman Art Spiegelman- the Michael Jordan of literary comics- headlines this year's book fair. The artist who created the hugely popular Holocaust comic tome Maus is here touti... More >>

• Miami Loses

  published November 6, 2008

  Barack Obama cranked on Tuesday, so we're cranked. And he took Florida too. Wow! It's history, baby! But then we looked more... More >>

• Miami Loses

  published October 30, 2008

  Barack Obama cranked on Tuesday, so we're cranked. And he took Florida too. Wowsa! It's history, baby! But then we looked more... More >>

• Cirque du Soleil Returns to Miami

  published October 30, 2008

  Last Wednesday afternoon, a chiseled male gymnast — face made up to resemble a feline's — lifted and flung a tiny female... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Why Can't Barack Obama Speak English?

  published October 30, 2008

  A wake of astonishment follows him through Miami International Airport on a windy Friday, 27 days before Election Day. A blond businesswoman... More >>

• We get chastisted for running "right-wing propaganda" in our ad space

  published Oct 27, 2008

  In September, we criticized the Herald for including in its Sunday edition a copy of the DVD Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West, a film decried by many as anti-Islam propaganda. The Her... More >>

• A lot of beer and nobody to drink it: Bayfront Oktoberfest

  published Oct 27, 2008

  Ah, Oktoberfest: beer, greasy food, and brawny men in tight overalls dancing the higglety pigglety. We had a few local fest options this weekend, but we went with beer company Hoffbrau's Bayfront Pa... More >>