Javier Ortiz, Miami’s outspoken police union chief, habitually lets his opinions fly whenever law enforcement issues make national headlines. Famously, he called for a boycott of Beyonce’s latest concert in Miami after the artist’s Black Panther-referencing Super Bowl performance this year. He also called Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy shot…
Earlier this morning, an accused murderer executed a Houdini-like escape from the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, forcing the Broward Sheriff’s Office to evacuate the courthouse and mobilize an all-hands-on-deck manhunt. Dayonte Resiles, 21, had been charged with murdering Jill Su, a Davie woman who’d been found dead in…
The video opens in a Coconut Grove hairdresser’s reception area, where a camera man barges in and announces, “This woman called us a faggot and threatened to shoot us.” The woman quickly confirms the story. “I did,” she says. “You jumped out of a car right in front of me,…
Late last month, Anthony Apfelbeck, a fire marshal and building official in the Central Florida city of Altamonte Springs, sent a link to a story about sea-level rise to a listserve for the Building Officials Association of Florida, an email group where contractors, architects, and building officials connect to answer…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida. Every Friday, we’re here to bring you the week’s weirdest. Although there is nothing weird about befriending a pizza-loving alligator. Buzzkill Government Tried to Take Away Man’s Best Friend, Who is An Alligator That Loves Junk Food There is something so terribly…
It’s come to this: Society has broken down, social customs have been abandoned, and the young and spry among us have been doomed to wander the earth in leaderless mobs, hunting not for food or adequate shelter, but fugitive digital turtles. Pokemania has hit Florida International University, and there is…
In the heat of their quest to nail baseball stars buying banned drugs from Coral Gables steroid den Biogenesis, Major League Baseball’s investigators admittedly went overboard. Some witnesses were offered stacks of cash to cooperate. Others were threatened with lawsuits. MLB’s lead investigator even slept with one potential witness. And…
Three weeks ago, Miami Beach police rolled out a new crime fighting initiative aimed at stemming a tide of robberies in South Beach, and they’ve had some recent success. Some of the arrests may be due to beefed up manpower and squads of detectives working longer hours (with overtime benefits, of course.)…
Kendall seems like every other suburb in America: a bunch of chain restaurants, shopping plazas, and gated residential communities. Recently though, Kendall is being noticed for its local bands and gastropubs. Just last year a county commissioner even tried to rebrand the area of West Kendall as “West End.” Seriously. Kendallians…
Earlier this year, Miami Police sent out a bid request for 687 “active shooter kits,” which contain multiple types of military-grade body armor, as well as two holsters, apiece, for AR-15 rifle ammunition. On March 7, a police-supply company gave the city a quote, claiming the purchase would cost the…
Miami Police Chief Rodolfo Llanes and Latin crooner extraordinaire Marc Anthony are apparently pretty tight pals. Anthony recently gave $25,000 to the Police Athletic League and came to speak at a dinner for the group, where he met the top dog at MPD. The two hit it off, so Llanes said…
In March, state regulators announced that the Turkey Point nuclear power plant had been leaking dangerous saltwater into the Biscayne Bay, and possibly the Biscayne Aquifer, the county’s largest source of drinking water, leaving local politicians were aghast. But environmentalists say outrage isn’t enough when dealing with the powerful Florida…
On Sunday, the Daily Caller, the right-wing news site run by former CNN talking-bowtie Tucker Carlson, did Miami a huge favor: The site fixed our long-term issues with sea-level-rise in a single article. Huzzah! According to the Caller, man is not melting the polar ice caps, and Miami is not actually getting…
On Monday, Gov. Rick Scott’s “Let’s Get to Work” political-action committee published its very own presidential poll, which claimed Donald Trump had taken a two-point lead over Hillary Clinton in Florida’s presidential race. This being Scott, a man who lies about as often as Frank Abignale, the poll was met with…
Believe us, Miami Heat fans: We know it hurts. We feel your pain. It’s totally understandable if you feel a little empty inside this week. It’s not every offseason that a legend is unexpectedly plucked from your hometown team and replaced by ex-New Orleans Hornets star forward Luke Babbitt. Not…
Like a group of teenagers playing hooky, they roam the streets hooting and hollering, trespassing through backyards and having sex in inappropriate places. Their strength is in numbers, and these peacocks roll deep. “They’re beautiful animals and in the beginning, they’re nice,” says Coconut Grove resident Danny Mugnai. And then comes…
One day early last year, Luiz Rodrigues gazed out at the dunes near the Fourth Street Beach. The sandy hills are cordoned off with rope and wooden fencing, a sanctuary for many amid the bustle of South Beach. Inside, sea oats swayed in the wind. Fuchsia bayhop flowers blossomed. But…
Miami’s WPBT2 TV host Kalyn Chapman James has been suspended from her job for calling Micah Xavier Johnson, the man who killed five police officers at an anti-police-brutality march in Dallas last week, a “martyr” in a video posted earlier on Sunday. In a video that has since been deleted…
After suing nine of his own fans during the last few years, Miami Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria has had to get creative to keep upsetting the twelve remaining people who still buy tickets. Against all odds, his team succeeded again in pissing off die-hards today — on what should be of…
Dear non-Miami residents: This city is trying to move on from its days as the nation’s drug-crime capital. We’ve built an entirely new, “hip” neighborhood miles from the beach, where the world’s best visual artists visit every December. We’re trying to invest in start-ups. We even might ban liquor sales…
In an already wild political season, first-time Democratic candidate Andrew Korge has been an agent of chaos. Korge started off in a heated race against sitting GOP Sen. Anita Flores, then hastily switched last month to District 40, where sitting Democratic Sen. Dwight Bullard was already running. Bullard says Korge — …
Jay Scott, sporting a brown ponytail and a shirt that exposes his tattoos, walks through Habatat Galleries in West Palm Beach, past Dale Chihuly’s fluorescent, coral-like cylinders and William Morris’ display of ancient tools. The 39-year-old weaves among pieces created by some of the world’s most renowned glass artists and…
