A lot of weird things happen every week in Florida, and on Friday we’re here to wrap up the weirdest. This week’s stories include a brawl in the pride of Florida, two criminals who were stupid in the exact same way, and, depending upon your opinion, a raccoon that is…
Miamians like to joke that tourists hop in a cab at the airport, get dropped off in South Beach, and then never leave until they repeat the process in reverse. To be fair to those tourists, getting around Miami-Dade County can be confusing and daunting. We don’t make it simple…
It’s that time again — the last Friday of the month. Time for Critical Mass. And tonight the massive group bicycle ride heads north. Like, way north. After starting downtown, the ride heads west, along Flagler Avenue. At Northwest 22nd Avenue, in Little Havana, cyclists will turn north, passing through…
See the pic above? It’s a not particularly flattering shot of Ranaan Katz, the real estate magnate and minority owner of the Miami Heat. Katz is not a big fan of the photo. In fact, he’s spent the past three years in court trying to force Google and a local…
You know what Downtown Miami apparently needs more of? High rises. You know what Downtown Miami has very little land left to build? High rises. There’s very little undeveloped land left in Miami’s urban core, and what does exist is more than likely owned by a developer who has plans…
In 2010, Floridians passed a constitutional amendment mandating that all congressional districts should be drawn without political intentions. Earlier this year a judge ruled that Florida’s current Federal Congressional districts don’t meet the standards set by the amendment, which has led to a giant political mess about how to redraw…
Around 5:30 in the morning on August 18, a young woman sleeping inside her home on Byron Avenue, in North Beach, was woken up by an intruder who had entered her bedroom. The woman didn’t know the man, but he seemed to know her, calling her by her first name…
Last year, word leaked that Faena House — the glittering new monument to opulent wealth in the heart of Miami Beach — had sold its penthouse, which had been listed at an insane $50 million. But the buyer and the final price weren’t disclosed and, like most observers, we predicted…
The good news for Marco Rubio: He’s now sitting as high as third place in some polls after a post-debate bump in the past week. The bad news for Marco Rubio: That means Donald Trump is now paying attention to him. Florida Senator Rubio has surged ahead in recent weeks,…
Saintamens Edwards is an 8-year veteran of what’s supposed to be Miami-Dade’s best and brightest, the Miami-Dade Police Department. Her ex-husband has a job at a shoe store. Edwards, 35, however has now found her feet on the wrong side of the law after allegedly abusing the power of her…
Florida is on the precipice of winning the war against teen cigarette smoking. In fact, the teen smoking rate in Florida has hit a historic low. The only problem? The most recent declines in teen cigarette use are thanks to teen e-cigarette use. In fact, Florida teens’ thirst for that…
Despite Al Golden and his Miami Hurricanes starting off the season with an undefeated record, games so far have seen the frequent site of banners urging the firing of Golden over the stadium. There were at least three sailing over Saturday’s Nebraska game, with one urging the school to hurry…
In Iowa yesterday, Jeb Bush warned against America’s supposed slow creep toward multiculturalism. “We should not have a multicultural society,” Bush said pretty bluntly while meeting with voters in Cedar Falls. Jeb Bush has lived most of his adult life in Miami, a multicultural city if there ever was one, and…
As it turns out, Donald Trump may be the perfect presidential candidate for Latinos after all. No, no — not to actually be president. But to inspire millions to go out and vote. As Trump spews xenophobic anti-immigration rhetoric and vows to build an impenetrable wall along the Mexican border,…
On a drizzly September morning, Lynette Long sits rapt in the passenger seat, looking out the window at the passing Venetian Islands. The 67-year-old with short blonde hair and a slight smile carries a pad of paper and a pencil, ready to make a list. “See that there?” she says…
Walk down the main strip of NW 2nd Ave in Wynwood and you’ll pass a few art galleries, some fancy taco eateries, boho-chic boutiques a Ducati dealership …and a huge pipe and plumbing supply joint. Located on a giant 100,000-square-foot site at 2800 NW 2nd Ave, Lehman Pipe and Pumbling…
Two years ago last month, 18-year-old Israel “Reefa” Hernandez died after a Miami Beach Police officer who was chasing him away from a building he’d been tagging hit him in the chest with a Taser. Hernandez’s death sparked national outcry about the use of the devices, particularly after Miami-Dade’s Medical…
Governor Rick Scott came into office with the goal of making unemployment benefits harder to get than ever before, and he has achieved that goal in stunning fashion. Just 12 percent of unemployed Floridians are receiving benefits from the state’s Unemployment Insurance program, tied with South Carolina as the lowest…
In Miami-Dade, not even the lowest rung of politics is safe from corruption. Today, a joint task force of the State Attorney’s Office Public Corruption Task Force and the County Office of the Inspector General announced the arrest of David Alberto Carache. Carache’s crimes? Trying to illegally amass a slate of…
Before last Saturday, the Miami Hurricanes and Nebraska Cornhuskers had met 11 times on the football gridiron — and four of those games were to decide a national champion. So Saturday’s matchup at Sun Life Stadium, the first regular season meeting between the storied franchises in more than six decades,…
During a protest in front of the Miami Seaquarium last summer, a Miami-Dade cop arrested animal activist Steven Bagenski for holding a “Free Lolita” sign while standing on a public sidewalk. Believing his First Amendment rights were being curtailed, Bagenski, along with fellow activists, filed a lawsuit against MDPD with the…
Two hours before her redeye Greyhound was scheduled to snort out of the lot, Valerie Bozeman walked into the bus station in Oakland, California. She was traveling light: $93 in her pocket, a tote bag full of underwear and toothpaste courtesy of the Bureau of Prisons, and the blessings of…
