On August 10, PRISM founder David Pierce Rodriguez took his ghost-busting team on an investigation of the supposedly haunted rooms of Homestead’s Hotel Redland, where sleeping residents reportedly died in a fire a century ago. Known for its guided ghost tours at the Deering Estate, the team has done similar investigations at the Miami City Cemetery, Villa Paula, and the Gold Coast Railroad Museum.
As part of a “sister city agreement,” Doral officials frequently visit foreign cities including the City of Armenia, Guatemala City, New Taipei City, Oranjestad, and Barranquilla, allegedly to foster trade. But recently, Doral residents have begun to protest their city council members’ seemingly frivolous spending, particularly after a recent trip in which Mayor Bermudez and Vice Mayor Cabrera, along with other officials, visited Guatemala City in late July.
Cradling a heavy box of Budweiser against his flour-dusted apron, Mario Medina clicks open the door and greets two waitresses behind the counter at La Cascada, a retro Cuban pizza parlor in Northwest Miami-Dade. Besides the voice of a sports commentator on the TV and sporadic blips from arcade games…
Due to the water management issues, South Florida’s poor water quality has resulted in dying fish populations and seagrass plots. With the ecological disaster, local boat manufacturers find their businesses struggling to stay afloat as customers pull out of purchasing small fishing boats to pole the area.
You’ve heard of Gianni Versace, Al Capone, and Bob Marley. But here are five famous characters you might not have known were buried in South Florida.
A week after Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced Mosul’s liberation from ISIS, Miami native Jose Argueta paid a visit to the old city to document the ongoing humanitarian crisis. But in a turn of events, he found himself farther into the “belly of the beast” than he’d ever imagined. Escorted by Iraqi special forces to the frontlines, the 29-year-old freelance photographer realized that declarations of victory and liberation might have come too soon.
Under flashing neon green and purple lights, a busty dancer whips her blond hair and grinds against a pole, her bikini top pulled up to her collarbone. It’s “Tip Out Saturday” at Club Climaxxx, a gentleman’s club in North Miami-Dade, and hordes have come to see buxom dancers strip and…
Over the past three years, ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft have not only decreased the demand for taxi services in Miami-Dade County, but also depreciated the taxi industry’s most valuable asset: the medallion.
July 6, about 40 protesters went to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio’s Doral office to pressure him to vote no on the Republican health-care bill, which is estimated would boot 22 million Americans off health insurance.
This past week, the Smithsonian Channel released footage of the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926, restored in color for the first time 90 years later.
Coach Chris Nowviskie impatiently checked his watch at the Pompano Beach Aquatic Center while four junior lifeguards dragged faceless mannequins to safety. One of his lifeguards was 45 minutes late for training for Worlds, the big leagues of lifeguard competitions.
An old white man with forearm tattoos and gold hoop earrings stands at the front entrance of a condo in St. Petersburg. He’s got a cigarette in one hand and a solo cup in the other. With the growl of Kodak Black behind him, he rocks to the light percussion…
