According to estimates, Florida is slated to become the third most populated state in the nation sometime in the next few years. Though, one of our senators seems to think it’s already happened. “My state of Florida is now the third-largest state,” Sen. Bill Nelson said last week during Senate…
Sometimes after going through a dark, dramatic period, nothing can do wonders like a brand-new wardrobe. Apparently, that was the Miami Hurricanes and Nike’s thinking as they unveiled a new set of uniforms this weekend. Similar to other special-edition uniforms the team has worn in recent years, the full set…
Like most librarians in Miami-Dade County, Julio Granda Jr. was worried about the financial future of his institution. Under County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, the system had lost $30 million in funding over several years and, in the summer of 2013, was staring down an additional $20 million cut. But when…
When the City of Miami unveiled its highly anticipated trolley system two years ago this month, city officials were clearly satisfied with themselves. Mayor Tomás Regalado — who had championed the idea for years — grinned as he snipped the ribbon from the sleek orange-and-green machines in Mary Brickell Village…
Remember a few years ago when it seemed everyone in Miami was getting spammed text messages by someone promising to buy their “junk car?” Yeah, well the Florida Senate is looking at a way to make it easier for Floridians to get out of receiving spam by adding text messages…
While you wouldn’t know it from rush hour traffic on the Palmetto and Dolphin Expressways, Miami is apparently one of the least sprawled out metro areas in America. According to a new study by Smart Growth America and the Metropolitan Research Center, Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall is the eighth most compact metro…
Today’s photo comes from Misael Reyes’ Flickr. If you’d like to see your photo here join our Flickr group. Writes Miseal: “This is Martin “Cangrejo” Mollinedo. He is a 55-year-old migrant from Cuba. He learned how to be a lobster fisherman from his grandfather at the age of 14 in…
Social media can be a fun and enriching way to build your personal brand, keep in touch with friends, and share enlightening and helpful information. It can also be a wretched hellhole of pure stupidity, endless misery, and unimaginable human horrors. Of course, South Florida have given us myriad examples…
Apparently, Golden Beach — that little hamlet north of Sunny Isles Beach full of ridiculously wealthy people where Shaquille O’Neal was famously sworn in as a police officer — is experiencing a rash of drunk driving incidents. And tonight they’re taking a stand. According to a news release issued earlier…
The decision over Ultra Music Festival’s fate was delayed yesterday, but the debate rages on. Even as city commissioners consider banning Ultra, thousands of people per day are signing a petition to keep UMF in downtown Miami. Ultra opponents accuse the event of descending into drugs and violence. Its defenders…
Continuing what’s become something of a tradition, the Miami Dolphins cheerleaders are back lip synching for their lives, and this time they really, really, really wanna zigga-zag-ah. Yes, even though its the middle of spring 2014, the ladies have already shot their 2015 calendar at a resort in the Dominican…
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San Francisco 49ers quarterback Caolin Kaepernick, wide receiver Quinton Patton, and Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricarod Lockette are the subjects of a sexual assault investigation by the Miami Police Department. The incident allegedly happened at Lockette’s room at the Viceroy Hotel in downtown April 1. A woman claims she was…
Children may be the future, but Florida is putting its future behind bars. A new report from the Human Rights Watch blasts the state for charging children as adults more than any other state in the nation, and says that far too often, the decision is arbitrary. Florida law allows…
Because the National Rifle Association has never met a problem it doesn’t think it can solve with more guns, it’s backing a bill in Tallahassee that would allow anyone with a clean criminal history to carry a concealed weapon in the event of a riot or natural disaster even if…
Florida State University’s president is on his way out, and students are naturally concerned about what the departure might mean for their school. Except this time, the leadership transition also involves questions about the influence of oh, you know, conservative billionaire and Possibly the Most Reviled Political Donor in America…
It just can’t ever be easy, can it? Wednesday night, the Heat dropped a second straight game, 107-102. The loss, combined with the Indiana Pacers’ win against the Milwaukee Bucks last night, means the Heat now holds the second seed in the East heading into the biggest game of the…
On the days when the municipal trash incinerator known as Old Smokey fired up its furnace, Delphine Bennett could sit on the porch of her shotgun-style house and watch the flames flicker from the chimney. On warm, dry evenings, the escaping embers ignited brush fires in empty lots nearby. More…
Is everyone done with the pearl clutching about Ultra Music Festival? We get it: EDM is Satan in musical form. And if you’d believe Mayor Tomás Regalado and City Commissioner Marc Sarnoff, Ultra is the ninth circle of hell. The reality is Ultra deserves some credit, and although there are…
Mayra Baruh, a single mom from Nicaragua, has raised two daughters in the heart of Brickell, in a diminutive building in the shadow of ever taller towers sprouting up around the financial district. Gretel Hebbert, her oldest daughter, now 27, remembers a childhood of low-rise residences occupied by fellow recent…
Raul Medina Jr. walks into a Starbucks in Hollywood’s Young Circle and asks for a cup of black coffee with light hazelnut syrup and exactly two ice cubes. Better known as DJ Raw, Medina brought hip-hop to Miami from his native South Bronx and founded Hoodstock, a free, big-name festival…
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