When we first saw plans for the oddly R-shaped SkyRise Miami, we filed it away with all the other ostentatious development plans that never made it past the concept stage. Well, SkyRise could actually break ground by next month pending a vote by Miami commissioners. Though, the structure would still…
With Floridians looking more and more likely to pass an amendment that would legalize medical marijuana in November, the issue of where all of this medicinal pot will come from is suddenly relevant. Well, this morning, the Miami-Dade County Commission passed a resolution instructing county staff to consider the possible…
David Beckham’s aspirations for a new Major League Soccer stadium at PortMiami have lately been going about as well as Liverpool’s title chase. That’s an English soccer joke, people. They’re not going well! Faced with stiff opposition from Royal Caribbean and competing developers, Beckham’s proposal has begun to look politically…
Now things start to get interesting. The Bobcats series was cute and all, with some mild excitement and dramatic moments here and there, but now is when things get super-really real. Tonight in Miami, the Heat faces the Brooklyn Nets, a team that swept the regular-season series in game one…
Let’s play trivia. Today’s topic: laughably inept local governments. Can you name the Miami-Dade village that mysteriously suspended its top three cops March 27? No, not Sweetwater. That was then-mayor Manny Maroño, who was busted for taking bribes. No, not Homestead. There, it was Mayor Steve Bateman arrested for unlawful…
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This past Sunday, DJ Laz, AKA Lazaro Mendez, took his 40-foot powerboat out for a day of partying to promote Voli Vodka off the shores of Key Biscayne. The boat became stranded on a sandbar. An ill-thought-out attempt to free the boat ended in the death of 23-year-old Ernesto Hernandez…
Jose Bautisa, an 18-year-old student at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High, wanted to boost his GPA. Instead of improving his resumé, though, he ended up adding to his rap sheet. The teen now faces eight felonies and has been placed under house arrest after hacking into a school website…
Florida wants medical marijuana. Days after the state legislature for the first time sent a bill to the governor’s desk legalizing some pot — namely, a low-THC strain used to help children with epilepsy — a new poll out this morning makes it crystal clear where voters stand on the…
On a recent Friday afternoon, Orvil Delisson sat on a crate in front of his family’s small ranch house in Little River. He looked relaxed in an unbuttoned Hawaiian-style shirt, white shorts, and sandals; a few feet away, a pink-and-purple girls’ bicycle lay toppled on its side. Then Delisson lifted…
Fed up with what they see as stonewalling by local officials, a group of Coconut Grove residents has filed a petition with a the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The petition calls for a formal investigation into the health risks associated with lingering contamination from the former…
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Floridians will vote on a more widespread medical marijuana policy in November, but the Florida legislature has taken the first step. The state Senate passed a bill that would allow some patients to use a low THC and highly regulated strain of marijuana. The bill had already passed in the…
Miami’s burgeoning tech scene is about to get a big addition. Microsoft has announced that it will open its first American “innovation center” downtown this June. The center will operate out of Miami’s Venture Hive, with the goal of not only aiding and adding some sizzle to Miami tech scene…
Miami-Dade County is the NBA for corrupt politicians: With a deep talent pool, incredibly rich history, and always blossoming crop of new stars, it’s the top of the game for shady politicos. And David Rivera is the Derrick Rose of the league, a multitalented scandal machine who’s been sidelined the…
While doing research to make sure last week’s Miami Slang Glossary was on point, Riptide checked Urban Dictionary to see if we had missed anything. It didn’t help. Instead, we just found a bunch of allegedly Miami-related terms we’ve never heard before and were probably made up by bored internet…
DecoBike is booming. The Miami Beach bike-share program now boasts around 100 kiosks with 1,000 bikes. Locals and tourists used the company’s cruisers more than 1.5 million times last year, earning DecoBike roughly $3 million. By most measures, it is the most successful bike-share program in the nation. DecoBike’s deal…
There’s no doubt that Major League Baseball’s Department of Investigations accomplished exactly what Commissioner Bud Selig sent it to South Florida to do. After Miami New Times revealed that a local clinic called Biogenesis was selling performance-enhancing drugs to a host of baseball stars, the investigators were tasked with collecting…
Last year, about one in five Floridians were uninsured. This year, quite a few more have health insurance thanks to the Affordable Care Act. The Department of Health and Human Services announced today that 983,775 Floridians signed up for Obamacare plans. That’s the second-highest number of any state, behind only…
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It’s no secret that the Marlins aren’t very popular. Have you been to a game lately? No, you probably haven’t, but if you did you’d be greeted by tons of empty seats. We’ve seen maps that purport to show baseball fandom by region, but using Facebook data, The New York…
Fresh off a reported split form his longtime girlfriend, the world’s most eligible bachelor, Prince Harry, is reportedly in South Beach celebrating a friend’s bachelor party. Do you hear that? It’s the sound of thousands of Miami girls desperately rummaging through their closets trying to find the perfect outfit that…
