After about a decade of spending part of his time at his North Bay Road mansion in Miami Beach, famed fashion designer Calvin Klein is ready for a change. The man whose name adorns at least some of your underwear is packing up and heading to Los Angeles instead. “Not…
Just hours into New Year’s Day this year, Roberto Ornelas, an 18-year-old resident of Key Largo, started acting erratically. So his father, Guadalupe, called police to intervene. Monroe County deputies ended up tasering Ornelas. He would die days later, but the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office claims its not their duty to…
The selfie stick craze has taken Miami by storm, so its no surprise that when four locals were on a road trip from Miami to LA they decided to take one along. In fact, Marco Ferro and his friends were driving along when they decided to breakout the selfie stick…
A lot of crazy things happen in Florida every week, and we’re hear to round up the craziest every Friday. This week: twin trouble, a resident of “Moron County, Florida,” mischief at the most magical place on earth, and a new her for Florida: The “Ginja Ninja.” “Ginja Ninja” stops…
There’s been few properties quite as indicative of Miami’s up-and-down real estate market as Biscayne Landings in North Miami. A former dump and Superfund site, the city of North Miami cleaned up the space located at 151st and Biscayne and has been trying to get someone to develop it since…
The Low Income Pool is a unique, complicated agreement between the Federal and State Government of Florida in which the Feds provide money to hospitals who treat people who are uninsured or underinsured. The deal was struck when Jeb Bush was Governor and George W. Bush was President, but President…
More than most cities, Miami is defined by its stereotypes in the eyes of the rest of the country. No one really bothers to get to know that much about the real Miami. To most we’re just a postcard image of a plump dumped bikini model drinking champagne on the…
Something strange is happening on Google Maps. People first took notice early this week when it was reported that typing in the phrase “n**** house” brings up The White House, but apparently the problem isn’t confined to just that highly offensive example. Apparently if you type in “dumb fucks” while…
David Beckham announced he’d be brining a Major League Soccer team to Miami well over a year ago, and hasn’t said much since. It appears however Beckham will be beaten to being the first to bring professional soccer back to the 305. The North American Soccer League, America’s Division II league,…
Miami hasn’t hosted a Super Bowl since 2010. Which isn’t exactly an astounding drought, but we are Miami. We do things like host Super Bowls. We’ve hosted ten of them in fact, tied for most with New Orleans. But one day the NFL’s top brass decided our little Sun Life…
It’s May. Hundreds of thousands of students have recently put on those ugly polyester gowns, marched up on stage, shook some hands, grabbed a diploma and officially entered the real world. They’re on the lookout for jobs now, and there’s probably more than a few looking to take their talents…
Pam Bondi, champion of traditional marriage, practitioner of…yeah, whatever.
Politically, Alan Grayson is progressive Floridian’s wet dream. Many are still holding out hope that he’ll jump into the Senate race against establishment favorite and boringly moderate Rep. Patrick Murphy. There’s just one little problem with Grayson: his personality. The hot tempered Orlando-area Democrat is currently in the process of…
Despite continually dropping number of arrests during the weekend, despite having a new police chief and despite a recent racism scandal in the department, Miami Beach is once again turning itself into a mini-police state during Memorial Day Weekend this year. The traffic loops, barricades and checkpoints are all coming…
The Miami Marlins continue to be a baseball diamond circus of shame, but luckily Miami has at least one competent and proud baseball organization in town. The Miami Hurricanes baseball team, already the owner of four national championships, are on a hot streak lately. Rocking up to 8th in the…
2014 saw a number of high profile boat accidents in Miami-Dade. Their was the Fourth of July weekend boating accident that claimed the life of four people, and an incident involving a boat driven by radio mainstay DJ Laz. His Voli Vodka sponsored boat got stuck on a sandbar, and…
It’s pretty clear that gay marriage is not Jeb Bush’s favorite issue to talk about on the campaign trail. He opposes it, but exactly how much he opposes has been up for debate. He’s said that it’s a decision that should be left up to the states, and that if…
Miami-Dade County has a population of 2.6 million people, but there’s usually a lot more people here than that. In fact, 14.6 million visitors stayed in Miami in 2014, a new record according to the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau. And all those tourists bring money with them as…
Dogs attacking mailmen isn’t just a worn out joke from 1950s sitcoms. It actually happens a lot. In fact, in 2014 alone 5,767 postal employees were attacked by dogs in the United States. To highlight the problem the US Postal Service released its top 30 list of cities with the most…
The Florida legislature didn’t pass a budget this year. They haven’t decided what to do about Medicaid expansion. But they did finally settle the debate on 64 oz beer growlers in Florida this year after three year of debate. The bill was passed by both houses and signed into law…
Weird things happen every week in Florida. Every Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: a heroic jujitsu class, a profane God-lovin man and Florida’s worst getaway driver. Robbery Stopped by Jiujitsu Class David Menzies had his eye on about $15,000 worth of merchandize from a triathlon…
On the job for less than a year, Miami beach Police Chief Dan Oates continues his very public cleaning up of the Miami Beach Police Department. Oates was joined by City Manager Jimmy Morales and State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle to announce an investigation into officers sending thousands and racist, sexist, homophobic…
