Pembroke Pines

Calle Ocho 2013, Dish-by-Dish (Pictures)

For the past 35 years, loyal denizens have gathered every March to party in the street and support the Kiwanis Club of Little Havana. The popularity of the massive Carnaval Miami has afforded the Kiwanis Club the ability to help improve the lives of underserved kids. Though the attractions range fro ... More >>

Miami's Scummiest Tax Scams of 2012: Marine-Bilkers, Football Frauds, and Laundry Cheats

Tax Refund Scams Plagued Miami-Dade In 2012

With another tax season descending on us, you might want to secure your W-2 or 1099 a little tighter. Over the past 12 months, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami has uncovered more than a dozen rackets involved in stealing tax refund checks using stolen identities of social security applicants, eld ... More >>

Key West Principal Commits Suicide at Pembroke Pines Gun Range

Adri Anna Stewart, the principal of Key West Collegiate Academy, committed suicide yesterday at a Pembroke Pines gun range. The incident happened at about 2 p.m.

Five Extravagant Holiday Gifts for the Ultimate Food Lover

There are certain extravagant holiday gifts that impress only because of their price tag -- particularly when it comes to shopping for the ultimate food lover. For these gift recipients, bottle openers and knife sets just won't do. The food-obsessed home cook would love an electric wine cellar or ... More >>

Miami Loves Boobs: Where to Eat to Benefit Breast Cancer Awareness

Miami restaurants may have a reputation for being notoriously overpriced and overrated. There are some places that locals dare not go, but ask any tourist in South Beach and that's the first spot they want to dine. And then there are the places that, no matter what, keep it on a local level -- alway ... More >>

South Floridians Charged With Selling F-16 Parts To The Venezuelan Air Force

According to recent reports, Venezuela has been supplying Iran with F-16s in an ominous arms trade that should make the rest of the world very queasy. And a federal indictment filed yesterday makes us wonder if any of those F-16 parts came from our back yard.

Miami Rapper SpaceGhostPurrp Releases Debut The Chronicles of SpaceGhostPurrp June 12

Did a CVS Employee Really Force a Teenage Girl to Show Her Feminine Pad?

About a year ago, pharmacy chain CVS and its Pembroke Pines employee Lisa Conteh were named in one of South Florida's most bizarre lawsuits. Outlets from MSNBC to Univision reported that Conteh was accused of accosting and trapping a 13-year-old girl in the pharmacy's bathroom -- and then forcing he ... More >>

Sweet Tomatoes, Red Robin Coming to Miami

​No longer will fans of Sweet Tomatoes ;have to drive all the way to Broward, nor will Miami Red Robin fans have wait much longer for the chain's menu because the salad buffet-style and gourmet burger outlets are both making their way to town.The new Sweet Tomatoes restaurant will be built in The ... More >>

Woman Run Over and Killed By Her Own Car in Miami Driveway

​For the second time in a matter of months a South Florida woman has been killed in after being run over by her own car. The latest incident happened Sunday around 11 p.m. in the 4200 block of Northwest Fourth Street in Miami according to The Miami Herald.

Margaritas and Mariachi: Mexico's Independence Means Deals

Talavera Cocina MexicanaChiles en Nogada, a classic dish that mimics the colors of Mexico's flag. ​Today we commemorate Mexico's Independence Day, also known as the day those pesky Spanish colonialists were finally forced to notice that not everyone was living like a "Don." The war for freedom act ... More >>

Man in Ed Hardy Shirt, Fanning Self With Cash, Winking, Might Not Have Gotten That Money Through Legal Means

​Whatever happened to the stoic Eastern European mobster? You know, the Viggo Mortensen type who communicates via grunts, cryptic tattoos, and the bludgeoning end of a fire extinguisher? Meet 22-year-old Sunny Isles Beach luminary Jason Eibinder, arrested in January for his role in a massive Rom ... More >>

Michael Kilbride, UCF Student President, Caught up in Major Ethics Scandals Just Like a Real Florida Politician

Kilbride's Facebook pictures shows him posing with Gov. Rick Scott.​How far does the stench of corruption seep into Florida politics? Apparently, all the way down to the public university student government level.Impeachment papers have been filed against University of Central Florida Student Gove ... More >>

South Florida's Juan "Doc" Restrepo did not die in vain

Sundance Winner Restrepo Shows Meaning of a Miami Kid's Death in Afghanistan

​Juan "Doc" Restrepo, a 20-year-old Army medic from Pembroke Pines, appears only twice in the new documentary bearing his name. On a train in Italy, he mugs for the camera. South Beach shades cover his eyes, and a huge grin spreads across his face."Tune in next time, where we're still going to be ... More >>

Good News For Casinos and Deadbeat Gamblers, High-Stakes Poker Arrives in South Florida

Jenny McCarthy also likes poker​At the stroke of midnight on Thursday night, South Florida's new gambling laws came into effect, lowering the tax on slots, expanding gaming hours, and opening a gusher of cash for Magic City Casino, Calder Race Course, Gulfstream Park, and several other Broward cas ... More >>

Charges in Yet Another Ponzi Scheme Targeting South Florida Haitians

Miami-Dade Corrections2001 mugshot of Jean Fritz Montinard, now age 40, accused of orchestrating an $8 million Ponzi scheme.​They are a hard-working immigrant group with virtually no financial wriggle room. Whatever money can be scrimped together is often sent to relatives still living in their im ... More >>

Every You Launches Kickstarter Project to Fund Video and Studio Time

Photo by Kaitlin RobinsonEvery You isn't just taking this fundraising thing sitting down​For the uninitiated, Kickstarter.com is one of the smartest ideas for a website since Al Gore invented the Internet. Its goal would probably appeal to our former Vice President: helping creative people get the ... More >>

Concert Review: TopSpot USA Showcases Young Punks at Talent Farm

Photo by Mikayla DavisVega Under Fire guitarist Brad Shellito is calling Dr. Love​TopSpot USA Industry ShowcaseWith Vega Under Fire, New City Lions, Easton, So Long Davey, and Not Here NowThe Talent Farm, Pembroke PinesSaturday, April 3, 2010Under the sparkling Talent Farm lettering, five young ba ... More >>

Concert Review: Totally Nebular at Radio-Active Records, January 22

Image via myspace.com/totallynebularTotally NebularTotally NebularWith Milk Spot and Ice CreamRadio-Active Records, Fort LauderdaleFriday, January 22, 2010Better Than: Chugging Mad Dog 20/20s from a brown paper bag in a parking lot.The Review:Underage bands have the toughest time finding places to p ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Y100 Jingle Ball, Miami Music Festival and Wolfgang Gratner

The holiday season is already in full swing which means events around South Florida aren't hard to come by. So in case you were out shopping for ungrateful relatives, here is what you missed over the weekend:Y100 Jingle Ball 2009 at BankAtlantic CenterPhoto by Sayre Berman​Shakira, Jordin Sparks, ... More >>

More Ways to Help Mend a Heart: NFG Photo Prints, Benefit Show Friday at the Talent Farm

​If you missed it last week, please read our post last week on Help Mend a Heart, the social network effort to help save the life of Maureen Waters. After battling a flu for several days, the day after Thanksgiving, she was rushed to the hospital with what turned out to be a serious heart infectio ... More >>

Wish You Were There: Blank Tape at Solid Sound Studios, on Flickr

via Molly Matalon's Flickr​Solid Sound Studios is a rehearsal studio in Broward off Powerline and Sample that hosts shows in the bottom floor rehearsal space. These consist of kid bookers basically just renting out the space (as it would usually be rented out), and finding local bands to play for ... More >>

Head Spins: DJ Cee Pee

Kicking the soundtrack for America's Backyard.

Jazmine Sullivan to Perform at Cafe Iguana December 21st

I just got word yesterday that R&B's newest sensation, Jazmine Sullivan is going to be in Pembroke Pines on December 21st. She'll be at Cafe Iguana (who seem to be booking a lot better shows lately) performing songs off of her solid debut album, Fearless. Most people only know Sullivan because o ... More >>

A Stripper, a Mobster, and a Murder

Yep, that's Miami.

Raul Martinez's Popularity Hits Bottom

Negative campaign ads quash the former Hialeah mayor's quest for Congress.

Anthony's Is Busting Out All Over

The Weekend in Live Music, Labor Day Edition

Jacob Jeffries Band to Play SXSW

Bring Back Bill

Last Night: Josh Smith at the Poorhouse

Letters from the Issue of May 24, 2007

"Any officer who deserts [his] soldiers is a coward"

In the Kids' Corner

"They were talking about how they survived by drinking salt water mixed with toothpaste."

Letters from the Issue of April 26, 2007

"It never ceases to amaze me how we sell our integrity for so little when it is the only thing we have."

Sic Temper Canis

Letters from the Issue of January 13-19, 2005

Daughters, rappers, dead newspapers, and the TSA cesspool

Letters from the Issue of June 24, 2004

Old pol, bad pickup lines, and authentic hip-hop

Last Bites

So long, Miami -- Lee Klein goes north to Broward

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Stiff Drinks

Fresh energizers come our way

Letters from the Issue of January 2, 2003

More on Officer Trouble of Golden Beach

Slaughter Alley

Big dead cats in the middle of the road -- lots of them

Ballroom Prancing

South Florida's burgeoning gay ballroom scene has attracted an army of cross-dressers and transsexuals, who compete for bragging rights as fashion divas

Dish

Woods Keeps Up the Swing

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Din and Dinner

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