There are a few quirks in the practice of democracy here on the state and local level that I just don’t get. Two of which Gwen Margolis knows all to well. Last November Gwen ran for Miami-Dade property appraiser and convinced 281,899 of you to vote for her, far more than…
Hitting up Boston Market, Arby’s and Burger King all in a row is a typical dinner routine for me, but for Miami man Yonly Cabrera Alvarez it was part of a counterfeit bill scheme. Alvarez, 21, wound up in Vero Beach on Saturday with his friend Xandi Garcia, 20, and hit up…
The media maybe was a little too fast trying connect a few dead cats in Lauderhill to the now infamous Cat Killer down in the Bays of Cutler and Palmetto. When details of the Broward maulings came out, we kind of thought it was probably just wild dogs. Turns out it was. Police…
The Acme Employment Office on Miami Beach. Today’s photo comes to us via the Library of Congress and the year 1939, two years before the Great Depression ended. If you thought getting a job now was tough…..
When Corrine Brown announced she was interested in running for Senate last week we had a little fun reminiscing about her bizarre appearance on the House floor “gradulating” the Florida “Gator” for their BCS title. Well, this lady is a serious sports fan. As you probably know some other professional basketball…
View Larger Map A man was stabbed to death during a domestic dispute that occurred early this morning in Northwest Miami-Dade. The subject is detained by Miami-Dade Police and charges are pending. Detectives are investigating the scene and the relation of the two Latin males, whose names have not yet…
Best Of is coming up, and I’m sure that’s always Rick Sanchez’s favorite issue. After all, back in the days of Rick’s time on WSVN, we used to have a category called “Least Credible News Personality” that he won so many times we named it after him. But ever since…
Best Street Photographer Carlos Ramos (AKA Miami Fever)miami-fever.comiaminmiami.comWith the advent of the now ubiquitous camera phone and cheap broadband, almost anyone can become a famous photographer overnight. Well, not quite anyone. There’s still this little thing called talent that isn’t quite universally available yet. But Carlos Ramos definitely has it…
Do you know a black Hispanic guy named “Nacho”? Does he drive a black or mustard-colored SUV and hang out in Little Havana? If the answer is yes, the police would like to speak with you pronto. “Nacho” is a “person of interest” in the Osben Laparra case, Officer Kenia…
The early rounds of the Sony Ericcson Open coincide with Winter Music Conference, and it was only a matter of time until the two events crossed paths in some sort of scandal. Sure enough, French tennis player Richard Gasquet tested positive for cocaine while in Miami. And whom does he blame? Bob Sinclar…
Running for U.S. Senate against Charlie Crist isn’t an enviable task, and when you’re not even guarenteed to win the primary, it’s probably a smart move to get out. That’s what state Sen. Dan Gelber (D-Miami Beach) did, and now he has changed lanes and entered the attorney general’s race…
Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman and current MSNBC host, laughed away talks he might run for Florida Senate: “I don’t really think it would be good to run in 2010 with a party that is actively associating itself with the Taliban.” Christopher Buckley, son of conservative icon William F., left…
LocalCat killer took two more kitty lives this weekend. [JustNews]Meanwhile, up in Broward, BSO deputies apparently think their copycat killer is just a bunch of wild dogs. [CBS4]South Beach residents: The city denies you were knee-deep in sewer water. [NBCMiami]Watergate “plumber” Bernard Barker died this weekend at his home in…
New Times Best of Miami issue hits the streets this week. With this post, Riptide 2.0 provides an appetizer. The main course/entire issue will appear on the website Tuesday afternoon. Best Politician Michelle Spence-Jones She was elected in 2005, and not a moment has passed without controversy for Miami Commissioner Michelle Spence-Jones…
A little after noon, some serious storms blew through South Beach and the rest of Miami. I was in my apartment on Meridian Avenue at the time and it was a hellacious thunderstorm — 60 mph winds, about an hour straight of hail, palm fronds flying through the air. The…
We aren’t entirely sure what has happened, but Twitter updates from Cocaine Cowboys producer Alfred Spellman indicate that a piece ceiling in the Fontainebleau’s lobby, near the entrance to LIV, has caved in. The area has been roped off and sandbagged presumably in order to prevent water from rushing into the downstairs…
New Times is not known for its weather coverage, but, God dang, it is raining like a mothaf*cker right now. Currently our offices are out of power (but somehow we still have Internet!), and according to CBS4, 2,600 other people in Miami-Dade have also lost power. The site also claims there…
The News Service of Florida’s article about Alex Sink’s appearance at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner this weekend on Miami Beach contains some praise from an unlike source: former Republican Party of Florida chairmen David Johnson. “The farming background could help in North Florida and the working mom thing could be very…
The mystery of the cat killer of Cutler Bay and Palmetto Bay deepened this week when four cats were found mutilated in Lauderhill. Police aren’t sure whether the crimes are related, the result of a copycat killer, or just dogs.The details of the two sprees seem somewhat different. In the…
Today’s photo of the day comes from the Flickr stream of photographer Aaron Escobar. This is a seagull, obviously, taken on Key Biscayne. …
So today, some guy, literally some random conservative person, calls Marco Rubio the “Cuban Newt Gingrich.” And then someone who used to actually work with Gingrich calls Rubio’s uphill battle against Charlie Crist “stupid.” Matt Towery used to be a political strategist for Gingrich himself and heads up a new non-partisan polling corporation when he’s…
Happy Birthday to CFO and gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink. She is 61 years young today. What kind of birthday present do you get a politician? Why a campaign donation of course, but Alex’s party has gift bags. Anyone who donated $20.10 (get it?) by he end of the weekend gets…
