For the past two years, the City of Miami has fought hard to convince the public and politicians in Key Biscayne to back their plans for hosting the Miami International Boat Show on Virginia Key. Central among the city’s pledges was to create a public park on part of the waterfront…
During his address to the Cuban people in Havana last week, President Obama called for expanded online access across the island and deemed the internet “one of the greatest engines of growth in human history.” “If you can’t access information online… if you cannot be exposed to different points of…
A 1931 home at 22 Star Island was placed on industrial-grade wheels yesterday, rotated 180 degrees, and moved to the other side of the property, where it will be fully restored. Lennar CEO Stuart Miller owns the home, which was designed by Martin Hampton, a renowned local architect who also…
After continued efforts to increase safety and security at Ultra Music Festival, Miami police report a decrease in arrests from last year. Felony arrests, however, were up almost 50 percent. For the second year in a row, former Miami Beach police chief Ray Martinez served as the festival’s head of…
Anyone planning to spend time downtown or in South Beach this weekend may want to rethink their plans — and fast. With tens of thousands of extra party people here for Ultra, LeBron back in town to play the Heat, and South Beach raging with spring breakers, our already traffic-choked…
Zika has put the spotlight on mosquito control in South Florida. And there’s nothing like a gnarly green pool to encourage mosquitoes to lay their little eggs. That’s why code inspectors county-wide are cracking down on negligent pool-owners. Among those caught in the crosshairs: None other than Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent…
In the middle of the concrete jungle of the FIU Campus, there’s a unique refuge. It’s a giant green space made up of some 450 plant and animal species, where students and faculty go to get their hands dirty, research, learn and relax. But that urban oasis, the FIU Nature…
How bad is the nightmarish grind of traffic in Kendall? It’s so awful that a group of Kendall residents is demanding a drastic solution: Stop building in the area altogether until mass transit improves. Late last month, the ten-member board of the Kendall Federation of Homeowner Associations unanimously voted on a…
Hold onto your flotation device — the stars of the new Baywatch movie are coming to Miami Beach. And though you shouldn’t expect to see David Hasselhoff bare-chested running slow-motion across our city’s sands in red shorts, you may just catch sight of cast members Zac Efron or Dwayne “The…
Miami cyclists finally have a reason to celebrate. The main bicycle link between the mainland and Miami Beach, the Venetian Causeway, will reopen in a little over a week after a nine-month closure for repairs. Karim Nahim, the manager of the Miami Bike Shop, says the store is already feeling…
It wasn’t just multi-million dollar super yachts clogging the waterway at last weekend’s Yachts Miami Beach event, located on a 10 block stretch west of Collins Ave. in mid-Beach. Volunteers on standup paddleboards and in kayaks picked buckets full of styrofoam out of the water surrounding the event, too. Tracy…
Miami Beach has spent much of February touting its plans to become a more bike-friendly city and splashing bright green paint on one prominent bike lane. So it was curious that today the city’s official Twitter account promised aggressive action against cyclists who dare to lock up to a street sign…
En la última década, el skate se ha disparado en Cuba, con cientos de patinadores en la capital, La Habana. Pero las raíces del skate en la isla comunista se remontan a principios de los ’80. Con 41 años de edad, Alexander González Borrego ha estado patinando desde 1982, cuando…
In the last decade, skateboarding has exploded in Cuba, with hundreds of skaters now crowding the capital Havana. But the roots of skateboarding in the communist island go back to the early ’80s. Forty-one-year-old Alexander Gonzalez Borrego has been skating since 1982, when a skateboard was a slab of wood…
Belkis López Correa is poised on her skateboard, ready to give herself over to one of the most epic hills in all of Havana. The 16-year-old stands under a fierce midday sun with a forward gaze, steady and cool. Her knees are slightly bent, pink Vans sneakers stacked atop a…
Twenty counties and forty cities have already banned fracking in Florida. Environmentalists warn that the oil extraction technique could put the final nail in the Everglades’ coffin. And with the price of oil plummeting, the expensive procedure may not make much economic sense. So why are Florida Republicans gung-ho to…
Gun lovers across Florida who fear someone is coming to steal their guns now have even more places to go shopping for more guns, according to a new report. Data analyzed by research firm BuildZoom shows there are now 47 percent more sellers from which to buy guns in the…
Around 10 p.m. on a recent Wednesday night, some two dozen people huddled on a dark street corner outside of Havana’s Hotel Inglaterra, a dazzling, historic structure that faced the city’s Central Park. Just feet away, on the hotel patio, a live band regaled guests while bartenders pour drinks. Upon…
Like many older Cubans in Miami, Vania Salgar doesn’t plan to return to her homeland. In the decades since she left Havana in 1957, the city she once considered the “Paris of the Americas” has changed and deteriorated, and she fears the sight of it today. But Vania’s daughter Nicole…
Just after 12:30 a.m. last Wednesday, a 23-year-old chef named Alexandra Lefler entered the northbound I-95 express lanes near Miami Gardens Drive — heading in entirely the wrong direction. Minutes later, she slammed head-on into a Hyundai, killing all four passengers and herself in one of the grisliest accidents in…
With their prime location just off South Beach and luxe cache, the four gated Sunset Islands are home to some of Miami Beach’s most rich and famous residents, from mega-developer Scott Robins to nightclub impresario David Grutman. In a neighborhood known for its epic sunset views, where homes sell for…
Ken Bereski was cycling home in South Beach around 10:45 p.m. last Thursday when he heard a car horn honk. He went on the defensive and prepared for the worst. Ten seconds later, a car slammed into him from behind, hurling him to the ground. The crash, on Collins Ave…
