If you’ve lived in Miami longer than, say, one week, you’re probably familiar with the South Florida weather sensation known as king tides. During a few stretches of the year when the moon is closest to the Earth, the gravitational pull causes higher-than-normal tides, prompting the hellish phenomenon of sunny-day flooding.
So you’ve settled in: You have a few new tropical plants you’ve named Harriet and Oswald, you’ve got a basic handle on which highways suck (all of them), and you’re at least tangentially aware that whatever apartment you inhabit now will probably be chronically flooded by 2100. You’re coming to…
Everyone who comes to Miami has one of two questions: “Do you go to the beach every day?” and “Do I have to learn Spanish to get by here?” The answer to the first is a simple and resounding no, but the second one is a bit more complicated. I’ve…
I’m a fifth-generation Californian whose family has always called the San Francisco Bay Area home. My great-greatgrandparents met at the original Palace Hotel before it was destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Besides a short stint in New York City for grad school, California is the only…
Go back a few months and a thousand miles to Washington, D.C., and I might have naively told you that “Welcome to Miami” was either a greeting or an endearingly cheesy rap song by Will Smith. Oh, how wrong I was. “Welcome to Miami” isn’t a greeting. It’s a commiseration…
It’s pretty much inevitable that you will face at least one hurricane during your time in Miami. From June 1 to November 30, Floridians are basically always on edge about when the next storm might strike. And thanks to climate change and global warming, hurricanes over the coming years will…
For a variety of reasons, my wife and I don’t live in the United States. But her parents are in Miami, and by the force of some maternal magnetism, we’ve had both of our children at South Miami Hospital. When our daughter was born in 2016, we exploited the generosity…
You haven’t truly lived in Miami until you’ve seen an iguana in the wild, had your car towed while legally parked, and paid an insane high-four-figure deposit to whatever shell company owns your condo unit. Luckily, it’s extremely possible to hit all three of these milestones during your first week…
Almost since its inception, Miami has been an experiment, a sweaty petri dish bubbling with excitement and potential, always threatening to implode. In its 123-year history, the city has produced several manmade islands, the country’s premier art show, a “robocall kingpin,” the South Beach Diet, countless corruption scandals, and even…
If you want to live in a city with robust mass transit, there’s always New York. Metro areas like San Francisco and D.C. make ditching car ownership easy. Hell, even Los Angeles has been working on expanding its rail service by using a mix of heavy- and light-rail lines, and…
Pedro Rene Gonzalez had been sitting in Miami’s Federal Detention Center (FDC Miami) awaiting trial on weapons charges since December 18, 2018. Despite languishing in jail for eight months, Gonzalez never made it to trial: The federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) today confirmed to New Times…
The University of Miami — allegedly an upstanding institution that’s supposed to teach students right from wrong — is refusing to voluntarily hand Miami’s police-oversight board some payroll documents tied to the single most controversial cop in town: perennial troublemaker and Miami Police Capt. Javier Ortiz.
Donald Trump, a man who last week referred to himself as “the chosen one,” is somehow still the president despite the fact he never gave up a controlling financial stake in his real-estate companies. You can just pay Trump a bunch of money whenever you want, and it sure seems like the president is willing to pay back favors to people who buy hotel rooms or condos at his properties.
After the Miami Hurricanes’ mistake-riddled, opportunity-botched loss to the Florida Gators this past Saturday night, Canes fans might not be in the most chipper of moods today — especially the ones who made the drive to Orlando to watch UM piss away multiple opportunities for the win and head home with a 24-20 loss.
The Florida Retail Federation (FRF) is one of the most powerful political forces in the state of Florida. While the federation itself might not be a household name, its members sure are: The FRF represents huge corporations, including Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Target, and Publix.
Friday afternoon, a simulated jail cell was placed on the University of Miami’s campus to raise awareness about the lack of air conditioning and ventilation in Florida’s state prisons.
The 2018 federal hemp bill signed into law last year by President Trump was long overdue and created ample avenues of opportunity for investment, especially in the thriving CBD sector. But it included a provision forbidding anyone with a felony drug conviction from entering the cannabis business for at least ten years.
The Amazon rainforest has been ablaze for weeks, cloaking Brazilian cities in smog and drawing international concern. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who campaigned on reopening the Amazon to business, says his government can’t stop the wildfires. For environmental protesters in Miami and other major cities around the world, that’s not good enough.
When the Miami Hurricanes face off against the Florida Gators Saturday night at 8 at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, the two teams will open not only their season but also the entire NCAA season. The game has been placed on a pedestal, all by itself, for the rest of the nation to watch.
Last week, the Trump administration severely weakened the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in a series of changes that included erasing climate change as a threat to wildlife and removing protections from threatened species. In response, a group of environmental and animal protection organizations has filed a lawsuit arguing the amendments violate the law.
In June, Abdulaziz Al Mana, a medical resident at Jackson Memorial Hospital, was on an American Airlines flight from Miami to Washington, D.C., to visit his wife when he noticed the woman seated beside him started to get antsy. As the plane began taxiing to the runway, the woman slipped a note to the flight attendant.
The Trump administration has been a boon to all kinds: con men, comedians, corporate shareholders, nativists, white nationalists, pollsters, pundits, political scientists, and even Vladimir Putin. The list is long. But go down far enough and you’re sure to find the name of South Florida Pastor Mario Bramnick.
