Here’s the Route for Friday’s Critical Mass in Miami

A day after Miami Police Chief Manuel Orosa called the monthly Critical Mass bike ride a “critical mess,” the route for this Friday’s ride has been released. Though it occasionally detours into other neighboring cities where police have had a friendlier approach, such as Miami Beach and Coral Gables, this…

Miami Hurricanes Turned Their Weight Room Into a Nightclub

Miami’s hottest club is Weight Room. Located in an old athletics building in Coral Gables, champagne enthusiast promoter Almand de Brignac Brut Golden has pulled out all the stops. This place has everything. The shouting ghost of Michael Irving, Slutty Bibises, there are birds that fly both ways, and human…

The Ads in Charlie Crist-Rick Scott Race Are Getting Ugly

We’re still five months away from when Florida elects a new governor, but the latest round of advertisements in the race have gotten ugly. Florida Republicans are urging television stations not to air a new ad from Democrats highlighting the legal problems of Scott’s former companies. Meanwhile, a racially tinged…

LeBron James Is Opting Out of His Miami Heat Contract UPDATED

LeBron is entering free agency, according to numerous reports. He’s exercising his player’s option to escape the remaining year on his Miami contract. But before you totally freak out and set your number 6 jersey on fire, take a deep breath. It’s entirely possible — though far from certain, of…

62-Year-Old Woman Arrested in $300,000 Marijuana Grow House Bust

Early this morning, Miami-Dade police escorted 62-year-old Miriam Baydes and $300,000 worth of marijuana out of a Southwest Miami-Dade home. Police were in the area before 4 a.m. conducting an unrelated investigation according to WSVN, when they smelled a strong oder of marijuana emanating from the home in the in…

Mugshots Friday: Money Laundering

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

305 Photo of the Day: Bike Lane

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