Miami is a big contributor to America’s overall diversity, but the city itself isn’t quite as diverse as some may assume. A new Wallethub study found that out of America’s 230 largest cities, Miami is the 39th most diverse. We’re not as it turns out even the most diverse in…
There seems to be a bit of a lazy trope far too many out-of-town writers fall into when writing about Miami. They list of a litany of obvious Miami stereotypes: Beach! Neon! Pretty people! ’80s! Expensive! Parties! It’s like the written equivalent of the Miami Vice opening credits. And then…
Miami basically runs on foreign investment, so its not exactly a surprise we’ve made “The Cities of the Future” list complied by FDI Intelligence’s, a sub-publication of the Financial Times” FDI meaning Foreign Direct Investment, meaning when a foreign business has a controlling ownership stake in an enterprise in another…
Aventura Mall may be one of the nicest shopping centers in Florida, but its parking garage continue to be the scene of an unusual number of high profile incidents. In just the latest example this afternoon, police ended up shooting a man in one of the garages after he was…
It’s not a true hotspot neighborhood in Miami until it has a big-ass parking garage. Think about. Downtown: Tons of big ass parking garages. South Beach: So many big ass parking garages, some of them even designed by the foremost architects in the world. Downtown Coral Gables: Yep, even some…
Twenty-three members of the Latin Kings street gang were dethroned today. United States Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer announced today that they were swept up in five separate indictments, and that all were dangerous or violent offenders. Many were high ranking members of the criminal group. Five other non- members were also…
On the internet, memes can explode and whither away in less than a week, but its a testament to the staying power of the internet’s obsession with “Florida Man” that The New York Times, the standard barer of American print journalism, just this weekend took notice of the popular @_FloridaMan…
For the past 15 years, Tom Brady and his New England Patriots have reigned over the AFC East with a absolute supremacy. They’ve won division 12 time in the past 14 seasons, and while the Dolphins’ own in-house problems are certainly to blame as well, that dominance of the Pats…
Kelley Mitchell, a mainstay in South Florida broadcasting for more than two decades, died yesterday at the age of 58 according to a report from her former station WPLG. A native of Oklahoma, Mitchell first came to prominence in Miami as the main female anchor for news power WSVN through…
Delvis Rogers is the band director at Grace Academy, a private Christian school in Opa-locka, but he was arrested this weekend for some particularly un-Christian off-tune crimes. Investigators noticed that more than 400 questionable tax returns, all together totaling $754,000 in refunds, used his Hollywood apartment as an address. A search warrant…
Back in 2013, Governor Rick Scott made one of the biggest political reversals of his career. Fiercely anti-Obamacare, he announced that he’d agree to a deal to expand Medicaid in Florida as long as the federal Government footed the bill. “A few months ago, my mother passed away, and I…
Looking for a nice two bedroom apartment in the City of Miami. You better have about $2,450 a month to spend. That’s the median rent for a two bedroom in Miami, and is the 8th highest median rent in the nation amongst the country’s largest cities. Things aren’t much better…
Weird things happen every week in Florida. Every Friday we’re here to bring you the weirdest. This week: bad parents, publics sex and meth-fueled car surfing. Parents Bribe Kids With Coke and Pot to Do Chores and Schoolwork Some parents will do anything to make sure their kids get through…
The number one rule of South Beach: Don’t assume anything is real. That was the first of many dumb mistakes Daniel Palmer made last week when he attempted a gold chain snatching. Back on April 30th, Palmer approached a group of friends who were standing near 11th Avenue and Ocean Drive…
Mother’s Day is this Sunday, and you better have plans ready, because knowing most mothers in Miami they not only deserve it, but won’t let you forget it if you do forget. To celebrate we decided to rundown some common Miami mother archetypes, and the local ladies, both fictional and…
Apparently Miamians really love their jobs. Quantum Workplace, a company that sells employee engagement software, has been keeping track of the employee engagement level of the country’s 75 biggest cities for the past few years, and Miami keeps making the top ten. In fact, the Miami-Dade market is only one of…
Rep. Ron DeSantis has only been up in elected office for two and a half years, but the Sophomore congressmen from Jacksonville has decided he’s ready for the next step up. Today, DeSantis announced his campaign for the Senate seat soon to be vacated by Marco Rubio, and becomes the…
A Key Largo man is dead after crashing his boat and being impaled on the branches of mangrove trees this morning in the Florida Keys. The incident happened at about 4:40 a .m near the entrance of Jewfish Creek. According to The Florida Keys Keynoter, Steven Douglas Reynolds, 64, was driving his…
Everyday is fight day in Miami-Dade Schools, and no one is paying $100 on pay-per-view to watch them. According to data obtained by Local 10, the top 8 of the 10 schools with the most reported fights during the 2013-2014 school year were all right here in Miami-Dade School System. …
Basketball isn’t a life or death situation at the end of the day, but it almost was for Heat star Chris Bosh. The big man revealed that he’s “lucky to be alive” after playing through symptoms that turned out to be the result of blood clots in his lungs that…
What to do about Cocowalk? That’s a problem its fifth owners in the past 18 years will have to figure out now. The Coconut Grove shopping mall sold yesterday for $87.5 million. The buyers are lead by Maryland-based Federal Realty Investment Trust, who have an 80 percent stake, and was bought…
This may be the oddst weave snatching in the storied history of weave snatchings. All the weave snatches on Real Housewives, Bad Girls Club and RuPaul’s Drag Race combined probably don’t even add up to the total bizarreness and monetary value of this. Police believe that four minors, with one…
