Today’s election slate might not be the most jam-packed or exciting, but the results will have reverberations in some of Miami-Dade’s most important cities for years to come. Though, local elections (especially in these parts) are plagued by notoriously low turnout, that does mean that, hey, we could be in…
If you’re a Democratic primary voter chances are you’re either feeling the Bern or silly for Hillary, but not former mayor of Miami Manny Diaz. Nope. He’s a Martin O’Malley guy all the way. In fact, when it came time for O’Malley’s campaign to round up state leadership teams, Diaz…
A video of a woman facing off against numerous workers at the Five Guys Burgers and Fries restaurant on South Beach’s Washington Avenue has gone viral with little information about what actually lead up to the brawl. The video open with an employee throwing what appears to be a stack…
In a small room inside the beachfront Days Inn Hotel in North Beach, a dozen business owners and condo heads sidled up to mics to support a plan to drastically change this neighborhood. Voters will decide today whether to allow developer Sandor Scher to build a 250-foot luxury condo and…
On October 9, Angelic Valle strutted into the Johnny Rockets on Ocean Drive topless and laughing. Video uploaded on World Star Hip Hop show a group of men huddling around the 22-year-old from Kendall, egging her on and dousing her in water and ketchup. In the month since, the video…
Dawn has yet to crawl up in the east, but 30-year-old Jason Genova is awake. No alarm need pluck him out of his sleep cycle. The first thought forming in his fuzzy-topped head is the same one that was sitting there when he blacked out seven hours ago: Get freaking…
Miami’s high-end real estate market has been one of the hottest in the world for the past few years with properties popping off the market at record-breaking rates, but not everyone has been a winner in the market. Pharrell Williams, of all people, has been trying to unload his provocative…
Jeb Bush remains intensely popular in his home base. The Miami media market in fact may be one of the few places left in the country where the former Governor remains the most popular choice for the Republican Presidential nomination, but Bush’s popularity in the rest of the state continues…
In recent months, Miami-Dade mayor Carlos Gimenez has been facing mounting pressure from environmentalists to do more to prepare the county for the inevitable sea level rise. So far, Gimenez has listened. In September, he passed an almost $500,000-year budget to tackle sea level rise and a chief resiliency officer…
There are a few non-negotiable rules of doing big business in Miami. Speak at least a little Spanish. Learn to enjoy cigars. Never speak ill of the Estefans. And — this one is important — do not, under any circumstances, reveal your admiration for Fidel Castro or Che Guevara. Marcelo…
Another year, another listical that claims Miami wouldn’t survive a zombie invasion. Which is, excuse my language but we’re talking about a life and undeath situation here, just pure bullshit. This year CareerBuilder.com analyzed the skills of the workforce of the country’s 50 biggest metro areas to decide which have the…
As King Tides rose in Miami Beach this week, brackish water spilled over sidewalks and drowned docks. There were at least two low-lying spots that stayed remarkably dry, though — the shopping plaza at Sunset Harbor, and the area near 10th and Alton. Both were saved by Miami Beach’s multi-million…
On October 9, Angelica Valle strutted into the Johnny Rockets on Ocean Drive topless and laughing. A man then created a barrier from management using chairs and tables. That’s when things really got crazy. As witnesses filmed, Valle then united her bikini bottom and “placed the steel chair leg into…
Drug smugglers from Lima, Peru showed up at Miami International Airport with just about every item in their luggage somehow stuffed with cocaine. Everywhere the smugglers could try and hide the marching powder they did. Unfortunately for them the approach didn’t work, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers busted their…
Former Miami Hurricane coach Al Golden is out of a job, and doesn’t seem to have a new one lined up, but he’d not taking any time to get out of Miami. The tie-wearing coach has put his South Miami mansion on the market for $1,990,000. Sure people say that the…
Happy Halloween! And—more to the point for cycling enthusiasts and anyone trying to get around tonight: Happy last Friday of the month! It’s time for Critical Mass! Tonight’s group ride heads way over to Miami’s southwest and back, for a total of approximately 13 miles. The ride begins, like always,…
For the least seven years, numerous female employees have been reporting their prominent county boss and the work environment at his agency to the authorities — all to no avail. Then, in August, the federal government handed down a ruling after investigating allegations against CareerSource Souht Florida’s executive director Roderick…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week, and on Friday we’re here to round up the weirdest. This week that includes a gold digger who can’t drive, a very passionate karaoke performer, and a woman who attacked her old enemy at a gas station with a sausage. …
Is there nothing Republican can’t find to blame on Hillary Clinton? Apparently not. Marco Rubio is under fire this week after everyone collectively woke up and realized he hasn’t been doing his job as an elected US Senator of the third most populace state in the nation. He’s missed about…
For decades the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, the Coconut Grove estate built as a “dreamlike vision in the midst of the jungle on the shores of Biscayne Bay,” according to the museum website, has served as one of Miami’s most iconic landmarks — a lush, leafy symbol of the wealth…
Miami still has the 8th most expensive rental market in all of America, but rents in many neighborhoods have held steady according to Zumper’s latest maps of median rents in each neighborhood. Well, most neighborhoods anyway. They continue to soar in both East Little Havana and Little Haiti, two cultural…
The results of local elections have a huge impact on our lives. But across Miami, local election turnout has historically been meager. In the last Miami Beach mayoral race, in 2013, just 25 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot. In Miami, that number fell to 11 percent. And across…
