Reminder: Don’t Shoot Your Damn Gun Into the Air to Celebrate New Year’s Eve
Here’s your yearly reminder not to shoot your gun into the air on New Year’s Eve.
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New Video Suggests Cops Chased Israel Hernandez With Guns Drawn Before Fatal Tasering
Newly released video footage shows Israel Hernandez hustling through an alleyway, tailed by two officers carrying what the family believes to be guns. The 18-year-old artist died after being hit in the chest with a Taser.
Photographer Captures Miami’s Fascinating ’70s and ’80s Heyday
Charles Hashim captured Miami as it began to shift from a sleepy Southern town to the international city it is today.
Mark the Shark Finds Floating Brick of Cocaine While Fishing Off Miami
Famed Miami boat captain Mark “the Shark” Quartiano was taking clients fishing around 8 a.m. when he noticed something bobbing in the water and turned back. His crew fished out a package he believes contains cocaine or cash.
Preservationists Call B.S. on County Plan to Restore Coconut Grove Playhouse
County officials say they have a plan to restore the storied Coconut Grove Playhouse. But the plan would save only the exterior building and demolish the theater itself.
A Brutal Murder Sparks Debate on How to Treat Miami’s Mentally Ill Homeless
Just after sunrise on a muggy September morning, Steve Dutton and Tom Lang sip coffee at a sidewalk table in downtown Miami. Steve, who has warm brown eyes and an easy smile, drinks black coffee from La Provence; his husband of 11 years, Tom, blue-eyed behind the oval-shaped lenses of…
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Work by Israel “Reefa” Hernandez, Graffiti Artist Slain by Police, to Be Shown During Basel
Three years after Israel “Reefa” Herandez’s Taser-induced death, his family still clings to the young artist’s dreams as a way to keep him alive. This Sunday, they’ll make one of them come true by displaying his artwork at a Wynwood gallery.
Miami Gardens Cop Says He Was Fired for Reporting Illegal Stop-and-Frisks
A former Miami Gardens Police officer says he was fired for blowing the whistle on the department’s practice of stopping and frisking all 15-to-30-year old black men, which sparked outrage after it came to light through a man stopped more than 400 times.
For the First Time, Trump Might Nominate a Florida Native for the Supreme Court
Two of Donald Trump’s potential Supreme Court nominees hail from the Sunshine State.
Endangered Bats to be Evicted From Abandoned Coral Gables House
When volunteers discovered a roost of Florida bonneted bats in the roof of an abandoned million-dollar house in Coral Gables two years ago, it was big news. The critically endangered species numbered in the hundreds, and a roost hadn’t been found in decades.
Miamians Are Asking the Internet for Money to Escape Trump’s America
Now that Donald Trump has been elected president, a handful of Miami residents are turning to the internet to crowdfund their way out of the country.
West Grove Residents Camp in Vacant Lot to Protest Rising Rents, Deteriorating Buildings
Donna Thomas-Jones fears she’ll soon be squeezed out of the neighborhood she has called home for most of her life. For years, she’s watched rent climb and apartment buildings crumble in the West Grove, forcing out families who have lived for generations in this historically Bahamian enclave.
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Irma Martinez Is Stylist to the Stars
As a salesperson at a Miami boutique, Irma Martinez used to dress the mannequins in the windows. Customers loved the way she put the outfits together — so much so they’d come in and buy all the pieces. Irma has always been a creative dresser, skipping the rules and mixing…
Emile Milgrim Brings the Rock to Miami at Sweat Records, Miami Girls Rock Camp
Twelve years ago, Emile Milgrim was starting a graduate program in sociology and envisioning a career in academia. But it didn’t feel right. So when the bass player from her old band suggested they start a record label, she was sold. “It was definitely a hard thing to break to…
After Fatal Scaffolding Collapse, Muralist Hoxxoh Fights Tragedy With Art
The first couple of walls Douglas Hoekzema ever painted were at his high school. He thinks the murals are still there today: three large faces and the school’s mascot, a shark. Almost 20 years after leaving Spanish River High, the artist now known as Hoxxoh has graduated to bigger things…
Miami Beach Might Ban Styrofoam From Its Waterways
Styrofoam would also be prohibited from public and private waterways in Miami Beach under a proposed resolution.
Artist Raymond Brown’s Death in Mural Accident Raises Questions About Construction Firm’s Safety Record
Forty feet above Hollywood, Raymond Brown helps his friend Douglas “Hoxxoh” Hoekzema sketch out a design on the side of a new luxury high-rise. The two stand side by side on a narrow platform suspended over the side of the towering condo building. After weeks of work, they’re nearly finished…
Floridians Whose Absentee Ballots Never Arrived Crowdfund Flights Home to Vote
Kate Jacobson had already picked out her seats and keyed in her credit card number for a last-minute flight to Fort Lauderdale when she decided to check the mailbox one last time. For weeks she’d been waiting at it “like a lovestruck teen,” but her absentee ballot was a no-show.
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Black Man Says Miami Beach Officers Beat Him for Turning Up Car Radio
Bernard Williams was driving down busy Washington Avenue when a trio of police officers stopped him and ordered him to turn down his radio. Reaching for the volume control, though, he accidentally turned it up. That mistake, says Williams, who is black, set off a brutal beating.
Can IV Vitamin C Actually Fight Cancer?
Dr. Ivan Rusilko is a strong believer in the power of intravenous vitamin therapy. The Miami Beach physician, who’s also a former model, two-time Mr. USA, and erotic-fiction novelist, custom-mixes IV concoctions he says can boost energy levels, improve sex lives, and strengthen immune systems.
Miami Teacher Loses License After Displaying “What Do Women Get Out of Anal Sex?” on Whiteboard
One January day last year, a North Miami Beach science teacher allegedly used his school computer for some R-rated research. His sixth-grade students saw the results when he projected his screen onto the classroom whiteboard — presumably by accident. Among the things that showed up on the board, according to the…
South Beach’s Elite Pay Thousands for IV Therapy Even Though Critics Say It’s a Scam
When Harvey Daniels, trim and broad-shouldered in a V-neck tee, walks into the one-room office with views of Biscayne Bay, the IV bag is already waiting for him. Its liquid a shade of amber, the bag dangles from a chain hooked to the ceiling. Dr. Ivan Rusilko stands from behind…