How desperate are people for dental care in Miami-Dade County? Apparently so desperate that two locals were able to operate a dental clinic out of a bus and a white Toyota hatchback SUV in a parking lot a few feet from State Road 836. Miami-Dade County Police announced today they arrested 37-year-old Daniela Sulbaran Gonzalez and 44-year-old Victor Bernal for allegedly operating an unlicensed bus dentistry service.
When Laura Eka and her husband Ebong set out on the MSC Seaview from Barcelona earlier this month to celebrate their honeymoon, they were shocked to find a bizarre blackface portrait aboard the new ship. In the painting, hung in a corridor that passengers could not avoid walking past, a man with a pitch-black face…
Rick Scott has been a friend to the deadly red tide that has killed millions of fish, fouled beaches in Southwest Florida, and even endangered Miami’s multibillion-dollar tourist industry. He has cut environmental regulation and limited crackdowns on sugar companies that dump fertilizer into the groundwater, which is the root…
It’s legal to walk up to the U.S. border and apply for asylum. But U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents decided to fire smoke grenades and tear-gas canisters at members of a migrant caravan at the Tijuana border over the weekend. Under international law, tear gas is a chemical weapon…
In 2016, North Miami real estate broker Anis Blemur ran to replace State Sen. Gwen Margolis in Florida’s 38th District. He did this despite having an incredibly checkered background of financial mismanagement, including allegations that he defrauded multiple clients of tens of thousands of dollars.
Miami’s Wynwood used to be a low-income neighborhood full of warehouses and fashion-supply companies. Then it morphed into a neighborhood full of art galleries. Now developers are pricing out cool places such as the Wynwood Yard. The one arthouse movie theater is on its way out while condo towers and a micro-city called the Americas-Asia Trade Center are on the way in.
Conditions at the Opa-locka Police Department are so bad the city can barely keep its officers employed. After a debilitating citywide budget cut of 20 percent, ten police positions were eliminated and every officer on the payroll took a 10 percent salary reduction. As the Miami Herald reported in September, some cops are wearing ripped uniforms and driving donated cars with over 100,000 miles on them. The police headquarters building is so rife with leaks and mold that officers have moved their operations to City Hall.
Both glass-half-full and half-empty brands of Miami sports fans can agree on one thing: The Miami sports landscape could use some serious injections of energy and excitement. This is one of the most dynamic cities in America. It’s vibrant and proud. No one could ever mistake Miami for some middle…
Ron DeSantis’ run for the Florida governorship was based, at times, almost entirely on the issue of immigration. He wants Donald Trump to build a border wall. He threatened to crack down on local mayors who refuse to cooperate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He repeatedly said on the campaign…
Local TV news still makes Miami out to be a screaming, bloody hellscape where strangers are mugged constantly and venturing outside one’s apartment is an act of certain suicide. A few local governments (i.e., Miami Beach) seem hellbent on convincing residents their towns are dangerous and need more cops, stricter laws, and all-seeing surveillance panopticons.
Almost 40 years ago, a query came into the Action Line, a long-gone Miami Herald column that pretty much played the role Google does today, answering obscure questions and giving out advice. The writer, “M. Weisbaum” of Plantation, had heard that dog-racing tracks once employed monkeys as jockeys. “This is…
A new poop leak is just the latest example of how Miami has destroyed Biscayne Bay.
The Dolphins’ Sunday afternoon matchup with the Indianapolis Colts was basically a playoff game. At 5-5, losers of five of their last seven, and toward the bottom of a bunch of teams tied for the last playoff spot in the AFC, the Dolphins couldn’t afford to lose to the Colts,…
The City of Miami last week tentatively approved rules that would force real-estate developers in a sliver of downtown to carve out portions of any new buildings for affordable or workforce-specific apartments and condos. That’s a big deal. Housing-rights activists have been fighting for stricter affordable-housing laws in Miami for…
Ryan Tannehill is back behind center for the Miami Dolphins this Sunday after a five-game absence due to multiple shoulder issues. He returns just in time for a pivotal game against Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts, who are also 5-5 and tied for the final Wild Card spot in the AFC…
“They refused to take 27 AR-15s off the street as far as I’m concerned,” Gillis told New Times.
This is a time to give thanks and acknowledge all the good people and things for which you are truly grateful. Thanksgiving is a happy day when everyone comes together to feast. Nobody hates it. It’s almost impossible to be negative on a day all about food, family, and watching football…
Patricia Vieira had always dreamed of owning a boutique puppy shop. So after finding a storefront on Jefferson Avenue in Miami Beach this past January, she signed a 13-month lease with a $3,500 monthly rent, submitted her business license application, and finally got the go-ahead from the city in March. Specializing in teacup and toy breeds, she called her store Les Petits Puppies Boutique.
Most Americans (up North, at least) likely made it through high-school history class without their teacher flying a Confederate flag in the classroom. It’s perfectly easy to teach kids about the pro-slavery Confederacy without draping the Rebel banner across the room.
When Davie fire Lt. Richard Stroes heard that a Parkland dad was suing a gun manufacturer over his daughter’s death at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High, he took to Facebook to vent his rage. The firefighter called Fred Guttenberg a “scumbag,” accusing him of trying to “profit” off the loss of…
In 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division whacked the City of Miami Police Department for disproportionately mistreating and using excessive force against black and brown residents. Six years later, DOJ is still monitoring city cops. But there are clearly still issues. Miami’s Civilian Investigative Panel, a group of…
At World Patent Marketing, every idea was a winner. The now-defunct Miami Beach-based scam invention company, which employed acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker as a paid advisory board member, greenlighted virtually everything it was pitched. In fact, the Federal Trade Commission found that sales reps were instructed to turn down an…
