For women working at the Moreno Farms packing plant in remote Hendry County, a coveted job working indoors in air conditioning sorting vegetables turned into a living nightmare. The two brothers who ran the place — Miami-raised Oscar and Omar Moreno — and their foreman, Javier Garcia, systemically harassed and…
Miami Beach really, really, really like’s rich people, we can assure you of that. The city is basically a playground for them, but existing residents are just a bit tired of super-rich people coming in, buying up historic homes, knocking them down, and then building giant mega-mansions that are out…
Jeb Bush may be behind Trump in the polls, but one things he’s certainly leading in is nabbing endorsements in Florida. Even fellow Floridian Marco Rubio can’t touch Bush in that respect. In fact, today Bush announced a new bunch of endorsements that seem almost designed to embarrass Rubio. Remember…
More Cubans have attempted to reach Florida this year than last year, new numbers from the Coast Guard show. That, of course, has lead to speculation that the new migration has been sparked by Obama’s diplomatic thaw with Havana, as Cubans worry that the wet-foot, dry-foot policy might be on…
The idea of city seals dates back to ancient times. They’re older than Jesus, and back in the day they served as the most high-tech way for a city to officiate a document. Sure, they still carry some legal significance today depending on the specific laws of a municipality, but…
Animal rights activists have been pushing Miami Seaquarium for two decades to release Lolita, a now 50-year-old orca held in the smallest tank in the country. Protestors have marched on the Virginia Key park and held press conferences, but now a 29-year-old New Zealander has a different idea of how…
Plans to build the largest mall in America in the western reaches of Miami-Dade are moving on full speed ahead with little impediment, and today we’ve got out look at what exactly the layout of the mall will look like. South Florida Business Journal reporter Brian Bendall got a hold…
Do you think that when Nick Saban goes down to the cement dungeon underneath his Alabama mansion to unwind and walks past his trophy case full of CFB National Championship, his collection jarred tears secretly obtained from rival SEC coaches and the collection of locks of hair he’s pruned from…
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert only debuted last night, but if there’s one thing clear thing Colbert is trying to achieve to differentiate his shows from the competition its brining on guests from outside of Hollywood. Jimmy Fallon has his celebrity lip-synch games and Jimmy Kimmel has his cameo-filled…
Last Thursday, State Representative David Richardson of Miami Beach filed a bill (HB 137) that, if approved, would prohibit the use of so-called “gay conversion therapy” on minors, a practice that aims to change the sexual orientation of people who are same-sex attracted. Critics of the practice say that conversion…
The warning came three days after Magda Montiel Davis embraced Fidel Castro. A client called, saying that a rabid Spanish-language radio host was urging the public to kidnap the liberal lawyer’s small children. Montiel Davis had three older kids, but Sadie and Ben were then only 3 and 4 years…
Each state gets to enshrine statues of two of its most notable historical residents in The National Statuary Hall Collection at the US Capitol Building in Washington DC. Florida’s choices, made all the way back in 1914 and 1922 respectively, area guy who invented an early version of air conditioning…
Receive a speeding ticket? Get into a crash? Accused of a crime? Well, expect to have your phone now blown up with text messages from Florida lawyers. That’s because the Florida Bar Association recently removed its ban on lawyers soliciting potential clients via text. The American Bar Association officially bars…
On a searing Thursday afternoon, Carlos Franco saunters down an Overtown sidewalk with a navy backpack slung over one shoulder. Inside are 18 wrapped syringes. Locals call out to the 66-year-old retired rehabilitation specialist: “Hola, Profe” and “¿Que onda, Tío?” Two men approach, their eyes scanning the street for cops…
For longtime Redland resident Pat Milone, the best part of her commute home from Kendall is a stop at a farm stand along Krome Avenue. She takes her pick from dozens of vendors selling fruits and vegetables — many grown just a few feet away. “There are grove trees and…
A little ways up the Florida coast, a little-known company in Melbourne makes a device of great concern to civil liberties activists. Called the “Stingray,” it allows law enforcement officials to track the whereabouts of a specific cell phone — a useful investigative tool that advocates argue also violates privacy…
Tropical; Storm Grace is headed for Puerto Rico and could be in South Florida next week, the National Hurricane Center is reporting..The storm, still far out to sea, is moving west at a good clip and strengthening. It was about 685 miles west-southwest of the Republic of Cabo Verde on…
Back in early July, an Italian-based company called Hacking Team — which had been criticized for profiting by selling malware to regimes with poor human rights records — was itself ironically hacked. Its Twitter account taken over and a 400 gigabyte trove of internal information on the company in the form of emails…
LGBT athletes have increasingly come out and into the spotlight over the past couple of years, but what about the high profile journalists who cover them? Obviously there’s more than a few gay people in the sports reporter ranks, and former Miami Herald reporter and still South Florida-based ESPN personality…
It started, as only a romance between two multi-millionaire retail developers can, with a lawsuit over a private jet. It ended up in marriage. Craig Robins, the man responsible for turning the Design District into a luxury shopping mecca, married Jackie Soffer, who, amongst other things, oversees the Aventura Mall,…
Just a couple weeks ago, Miami Beach Commissioner Jonah Wolfson was on the all-out offensive to back his controversial fundraising efforts. Wolfson even took out three full-page Miami Herald ads to attack journalists Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg over Putney’s criticisms of how the politician and his ally, Mayor Philip…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week and on Friday we’re here to bring you the oddest. This week we have a porno plot that actually played out in real life … and ended badly, a snake on the loose in Florida that is crazy enough to…
