Opa-locka

Jesus For Sale

Best in Brew

The Triangle is Not for Trifling With

Behold the Battle Axe, Yours for Five Bucks

Judge Rules Against Opa-locka's Friends & Family Water Plan

Opa-locka Flea Market Has That Special Something

Help for His Friends

The Opa-locka/Hialeah Flea Market and its manager, Scott Miller, hand out lots of aid

State Lawmakers Pull an All-Nighter at the BCS

Things were really weird yesterday (Did you miss me? No? Oh,thanks.), and I ended up briefly at the Opa-locka Executive Airport before heading up to West Palm Beach, only to turn around and drive back to Miami. Anyway, the runway was busy with lots of bigwigs flying in for the BCS game. Bigwigs such ... More >>

Apocalypse Now: Miami Company Introduces Bulletproof Clothing Line

In this week's sign that our world is doomed, witness the launch of Anxo, a Miami-based line of bulletproof clothing for civilians. Its slogan, and we can't make this shit up: "Our promise: You won't be a victim of fashion."Bulletproof clothing is not an original phenomenon, of course. In narco-rule ... More >>

Meet the New Boss, Same As the Old Boss

Opa-locka is flush with a new corps of officials itching to clean up the scandal-plagued town. But why do so many of them look so familiar?

"The Classroom Is Filled with Bats Who Are Going to the Bathroom on Their Heads!"

When we wrote that thing about former CBS4 reporter, Colombia lover, and apparent Miami hater Brian Andrews, we had no idea he had a news partnership deal with the Miami Herald. But he does, and here he is reporting on a Colombian classroom that "is filled with bats who are going to the bathroom o ... More >>

Opa-locka Boots the Boss

Ousted police chief leaves complaints in his wake.

Letters from the Issue of October 25, 2007

"I am not a whore at any price"

Souto Steamed Over Suit Support

"Money used to reverse the rezoning is money dedicated to the preservation of Vizcaya"

Letters from the Issue of May 10, 2007

"You need to check your facts.”

Baghdad West

In Opa-locka, gang warfare, drug dealing, and decay are a way of life

No Garden Party

Killings and slum conditions are just the beginning

No Foul, No Crackup

After the ’cane, things were safer than you thought

28 Days Later

After the ’cane, things were safer than you thought

"Thanks, Jeb!"

Those fun firefighters at Local 1403 are at it again

BEST BUDGET RESTAURANT

International House of Pancakes

Shake

From Carnival to Café Nostalgia, it's a time for release

Opa-locka Anthem

Street Money, Volume 1

Best Impromptu Intervention

Street Money, Volume 1

Smooth Operator

Personal financial embarrassments and allegations of sexual impropriety have done nothing to spoil Derrick Miller's political fortunes in Opa-locka

Blood in the Streets

The murderous violence that has recently gripped Opa-locka may have died along with its most infamous victim

Casbah Fair

The murderous violence that has recently gripped Opa-locka may have died along with its most infamous victim

Night & Day

April 30 - May 6, 1998

Our Hero the Drug Dealer

The feds call Rickey Brownlee one of South Florida's biggest narco-traffickers. His friends and neighbors in Opa-locka call him a valiant victim.

Now Departing

Two parts pragmatism and one part nostalgia keep Miami's last propeller-driven cargo planes skimming the skies

Skid Marks on the Runway

Two parts pragmatism and one part nostalgia keep Miami's last propeller-driven cargo planes skimming the skies

God Dammed

Already saturated with houses of worship, Opa-locka tells the Jehovah's Witnesses, "Thou shalt not build"

Lawsuit Claims Opa-locka Slumlord Stole Thousands While Tenants Died

Residents at Opa-locka's Gardens Apartments -- perhaps the city's sketchiest property -- endured 5 murders, 656 assaults, 34 robberies, 25 shootings, and 80 stolen cars during one four-year stretch, according to police records. And the apartments remain the hottest spot in the city for cops, ... More >>

Brisco's "Revenge" is (So Far) Only in Song

Last week, some unknown goons ran up on Brisco in a barber shop and got the Opa-Locka goon for some cash, his watch, chain, Lemon Head charm, and Range Rover. Now he's turned his drama into a song and recorded the track, "Revenge," with a complete mixtape of the same name coming out later this we ... More >>

Brisco's "Revenge" is (so far) Only in Song

  Last week, some unknown goons ran up on Brisco in a barber shop and got the Opa-Locka goon for some cash, his watch, chain, Lemon Head charm, and Range Rover. Now he's turned his drama into a song and recorded the track, "Revenge," with a complete mixtape of the same name coming out later th ... More >>

Land Grab

Why would some vacant property in dirt-poor, dysfunctional Opa-Locka lead to all-out war?

This Sunday: Watch a Former Opa-Locka Gangbanger Perform Fake Bodyslams on Pay-Per-View

Florida Department of Corrections Then: Sentenced to 18 and a half years for kidnapping. Okay, we admit it: we know nothing about pro wrestling. But if we find an extra $39.99 lying around between now and this Sunday, we might watch the WWE Summer Slam on Pay-Per-View because- how often do yo ... More >>

Video: Ugly Jordan Bandits Smash-and-Grab a Miami Foot Locker

The fashion police are also investigatingTwo apparently related burglaries have police worried that a crime ring with really bad taste is preying on local shoe merchants. In the wee hours of December 30, five to six masked men in two cars crashed their way into the Foot Locker at 1076 Sou ... More >>

Miami's Top Five Missed Connections Reveal Pick-Up Lines, Gold Diggers, and Fetishes

seeminglee / CC BY-SA 2.0​In the spirit of our upcoming "Best of Miami" issue, we assembled a list of the best missed connections from the month of March. A big thanks to Craigslist for schooling us on one of the best pick-up lines we've heard in a long, long while.1. With the toe compliment and a ... More >>

Toddler Found With Burns, Teenage Mom Suspected of Abuse

A two-year-old boy was found with second and third degree bodies on his neck and torso. Now police suspect child abuse.Police received an anonymous call to check on his well-being early this morning, and went to the home of his 17-year-old mother. The mother and her boyfriend said that the child was ... More >>

LeBron James' Handy Miami Primer

​Hey there, LeBron, why are you riding your bicycle around Opa-Locka? What's that, you're lost and disoriented? Well, fold this handy primer into your pocket and South Florida will seem just like home, you'll see! "Cleveland rocks": "I'm in Miami Bitch" Polish: Cuban Pasty whiteness: Orange ... More >>

One Dead After Plane Crashes in Neighborhood Near Opa-locka Airport

​The pilot of a small plane that took off this morning from Opa-locka Executive Airport is believed to be dead after the aircraft crashed in a residential neighborhood. The plane hit two vehicles before eventually bursting into flames near a house. No other fatalities have been reported.

Opa-locka Police accused of massive corruption

​The pilot of a small plane that took off this morning from Opa-locka Executive Airport is believed to be dead after the aircraft crashed in a residential neighborhood. The plane hit two vehicles before eventually bursting into flames near a house. No other fatalities have been reported.

Possible Marijuana Grow House Catches Fire in Opa-Locka

Just as news came yesterday that Florida was the grow house capital of America, a suspected hydroponics lab in Opa-Locka has caught fire. Fire fighters haven't completely confirmed that the warehouse is indeed a grow house, but they're taking turns trying to put out the fire from the inside. You kno ... More >>

Woman's Body Found Shot Through the Back in Opa-locka Street

​A woman in her 60s was found dead on an Opa-locka street early this morning. Police believe she was shot through the back, but have released few other details.

Small Plane Crashes on Florida's Turnpike

via CBS4​Few details are immediately available, but a small plane appears to have crash-landed on a stretch of Florida's Turnpike near Hollywood. Northbound lanes are closed. Updated.

Sweetwater Police Department, Among Others, Is Magnet For Trouble Officers

​The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is going to give us cold sweats the next time we're driving through one of Miami-Dade County's small towns. The daily paper-- which on Sunday reported that Florida's statistically dirtiest cop is an Opa-Locka officer-- continued its "Unfit for Duty" series today ... More >>

Magnus Sigurdarson at the Dorsch: Rotating camels and a blond Bedouin in Opa-locka

​The Sarasota Herald-Tribune is going to give us cold sweats the next time we're driving through one of Miami-Dade County's small towns. The daily paper-- which on Sunday reported that Florida's statistically dirtiest cop is an Opa-Locka officer-- continued its "Unfit for Duty" series today ... More >>