So long San Jose. According to the latest startup rankings from the Annual Kauffman Foundation Report, Miami has overtaken the California City in startup activity. San Francisco fell from number one in 2014 to number three this year. Formerly the bronze medalist, Miami moves up to second place while Austin, Texas…
Whooping cough may be one of the nastiest diseases to get. Symptoms can last for weeks or even months, and coughing fits can be so severe that patients have been known to vomit or break a rib in the midst of cough and gasping for air. Vaccines have helped to…
Ten years after we reached peak-Hipster, mainstream political candidates are finally getting in on all those super trendy hipster fashions. Miami’s Jeb Bush seems to be leading the way on the Republican side. In fact, the candidate just unleashed some new merch that wouldn’t seem out of place on the…
One sunny afternoon in June, Denise Weinstein was walking Josie, her shaggy, white, Maltese shih tzu mix, outside Century Village, the 55-and-older South Florida retirement complex where she lives. That’s when the birds attacked. “Two birds were swanning down on me like dive-bombers!” she recalls. “They looked like helicopters.” The…
Freeing Lolita, an Orca kept for at Miami Seaquarium in the smallest tank in North America for more than four decades, is a cause of many animal right’s organizations both local and national, including PETA. And if there’s one thing PETA is particularly know for its rounding up celebrities and…
Thinking about leasing a new car, getting a new card, or racking up a few fancy meals during Miami Spice …well maybe think twice before putting it on your credit card. Two new analysis suggest that Miamians are drowning in credit card debt, and that in fact we lead the…
It’s the age old question. Is The University of Miami a party school? Sure, its located near on of the nightlife capitols of the world and lots of students certainly take advantage of that, but there isn’t necessarily a lot of partying going on and immediately around the campus is…
Police received reports that a three-year-old child had been shot in the head inside of his Little River home. Though police have not confirmed the details surrounding the incident, his mother tells The Herald that the child was crawling around, found a loaded gun in a drawer, and accidentally shot…
The body bobbed to the surface of Biscayne Bay right along a seawall behind Mount Sinai Medical Center February 6. Judging by her blond hair and small frame, passersby at first told the media that a teenager had been pulled from the cool water. But five days later, police announced…
It’s Friday night in downtown Miami, and a dozen people chat and glance over menus inside a dark Peruvian restaurant while a pair of bartenders stand idly behind a long, mostly empty bar. Then Dom Gelin hops onto a small stage near the back of the room. The short 25-year-old…
Efrain Veiga was perhaps one of the hottest restauranteurs in Miami back in the ’90s. His Yuca restaurants (one of which, under different ownership, still operates on Lincoln Road) helped to put Cuban fusion cuisine on the map, and Veiga also had a celebrity boyfriend in Billy Bean, the former…
Miamians are known for being hot headed and a bit rude, but come to think of it, the entire state of New Jersey isn’t exactly known for their even tempers or mild manners. One would think that a Miamian’s stereotypical attitude might actually fit in fine there actually, but apparently…
If you live in Miami you’ve almost certainly come across a big creepy, crawly roach making his way through your home. In fact, its probably happened more than we’d all like to admit. So it’s not surprise that data from the US Census Bureau confirms that Miami is one of…
Like so many others, Yovaris Pardo fled Havana and seemed to have found a happy new life in South Florida. In 2004, Pardo and her husband Rogelio built a four-bedroom house in Homestead; eventually, the couple had three boys, who loved laughing and dancing with their parents by the pool…
Wynwood has a lot going for it – art galleries, a booming restaurant and cafe scene and yeah, that world-class street art. But there’s one thing sorely lacking in the former industrial neighborhood: green space. There’s that one lovely Royal Ponciana rooted outside Panther Coffee and a few flimsy palms…
Just nine months after rejecting a medical marijuana amendment, Floridians overwhelmingly say they’re ready to approve it in 2016. Continuing on that surprising progressive street, most Floridians also agree that the minimum wage should be raised to at least $10.00 an hour. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the vast income inequality that…
It’s one of the last oceanfront development holdouts on Miami Beach. The historic “Ocean Terrace” sector of North Beach, between 75th and 73rd streets, is known for its laid-back neighborhood vibe and low-rise buildings. But that could soon change, if the proposed development of a luxury condo tower passes muster…
Just months before he decided to run for President, Donald Trump was the center of a much smaller controversy at the municipal level. The city of Doral went back and forth on whether to give Trump its key to the city for renovations he made to the historic Doral Golf…
In the wrestling ring of South Florida pro sports, Jeffrey Loria is the always-hated heel, a villainous mix of Vince McMahon and Rowdy Roddy Piper. This year was supposed to be different, with his Fish poised to contend in the East. Instead, Loria stayed true to character: firing his manager…
Welcome to another summer day, Miami. Today’s forecast: A relatively temperate high of 90, with temperature dipping into the mid-80s by early evening. Perfect weather, in other words, for joining a few dozen of your closest, sweatiest friends on a 16-mile group ride? Yep, it’s Critical Mass tonight. This evening’s…
A lot of weird things happen in Florida every week. Each Friday we’re here to rundown the weirdest. This week a mother whose a bit too overprotective of her daughter, a bank robber with a sweet tooth, Woman Chases Kid Through Playground With a Knife A 27-year-old mother with a knife…
Some of Rep. Alan Grayson’s more colorful comments may get him labeled a crazy liberal, but what’s that old cliché about the true definition of Insanity. The one Bill Clinton, of all people, repeated several time during his 1992 campaign? Oh, right. Doing the same thing over and over and…
