On Sunday, Miami-Dade police union president John Rivera spoke on school board member and 2016 mayoral candidate Raquel Regalado’s weekly Spanish-language show, Esta Semana Con Raquel, about mayor Carlos Gimenez’s push for body cameras in the wake of Fergusson. “He is so desperate to try to gain favor in the…
Even as Donald Trump announced his campaign for President of the United States of America earlier this week, his actions were still under review by the Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission. Coincidentally, the Commission cleared Trump of any wrongdoing in a meeting yesterday. Back in late 2013, Donal Trump just happened…
The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, television’s premier place for people more famous than they are funny, played host to newly minted Presidential candidate Jeb Bush last night, and the former Florida Governor did more than just sit on the couch for an interview. He joined Fallon for a special…
To give you a personal example of where Wet n’ Wild stands in the larger Florida theme park ecosystem, I’m having a hard time remember if I ever went there as a kid. I’m having distinct flashbacks to a giant park with lots of big slides that decidedly wasn’t one…
For the first time in history, Florida has two of it’s politicians running for President, but according to a new Quinnipiac poll that doesn’t mean either of them are guaranteed a win in their home state. The poll, released today, shows that Hillary Clinton still holds leads over both Jeb…
When competing forces come for a queen’s crown, the queen shouldn’t be complacent. So it’s no surprise that the Bal Harbour Shops are looking to expand and upgrade. The ritzy mall has long been not only Miami’s premier destination for upscale luxury shopping, but one of the poshest malls in…
Miami, of course, still has no designated MLS stadium. And therefore no MLS team. For months now the front runner for the new home for Beckham’s much-anticipated squad has been a site in Little Havana, the former Orange Bowl site adjacent to Marlins Park—and last week there was also chatter, on…
This season the Miami Dolphins will be sporting a variety of exciting new looks. From the stadium renovations, to the players on the field — the 2015 Miami Dolphins have a very new-car smell about them. The signing of Ndamukong Suh and the long term commitment to Ryan Tannehill have…
A North Bay Road mansion on Miami Beach is going from “On the Floor” to “In the Air Tonight.” Because one former owner’s “Love Don’t Cost” a thing, but her former real estate certainly does. But when the new owner says “Take Me Home” he’ll be returning to “Another Day…
Miami-Dade Police Detective Karel Rosario had a taste in jewelry of a rich housewife and the ethics of a common crook. Rosario, a nine-year veteran of the forces, faces two felony charges after he allegedly stole $100,000 worth of pricey timepieces and jewelry by the likes of Bulgari, Cartier and…
Have you heard about the 70,000-square foot Wynwood warehouse that’s quietly become the hottest party spot in town? What about the secret craft cocktail bar stashed behind a taco joint? Ever been to the Little Havana fritanga where the where the cheese is fried à la minute, the South Beach…
A band of five farm workers and their seven children from Polk County woke up before sunrise on Monday. They then drove over 200 miles to Miami Dade College, just in time to witness Jeb’s presidential announcement. But that never happened, because an hour before Jeb went on, his security…
Miami International Airport is a truly global hub that sees passengers flying in from every corner of the earth. So we’re sure our local Customs agents see plenty of odd things that turn out to be completely normal (and legal) by the passenger’s own cultural standards. But at the odds…
Hundreds of signs were sprawled inside Miami-Dade College’s Kendall campus Monday afternoon for Jeb Bush’s presidential announcement. On one side they read “!Jeb! 2016” and on the other “#TodosPorJeb.” But 20 minutes into Jeb’s big announcement, it became clear that todos were not por Jeb. In a single row atop…
When Walt Disney opened the Magic Kingdom in Orlando back in 1971, tickets were just $3.50 a person. The result not only helped revolutionize Florida tourism by bringing tens of millions of extra tourists here a year, but provided a relatively budget-friendly in-state vacation for Florida families across the state…
Grab your plutonium, rev that engine to 88 mph, and hang on tight: Best of Miami 2015 is almost here! Here’s a preview of one of the winners, but check out the entire issue when it hits miamnewstimes.com/bestof tomorrow and newsstands Thursday, June 18. South Pointe Park 1 Washington Ave…
Jeb Bush unfilled his new campaign logo this weekend ahead of his official entrance into the presidential field, and it shouldn’t be anything new to any longtime Floridians. It’s essentially just an update of the same “Jeb!” logo he’s been using for every race since 1994. Asking my father what…
Jeb Bush has spent months as a not-quite presidential candidate, leading most early polls while raking in unprecedented hundreds of millions in cash — all conveniently outside the bounds of campaign fundraising laws, since he wasn’t officially a contender yet. That charade ends today as Miami’s favorite dynastic politician finally makes…
Last week, TV stations and wire reports began spreading an urgent warning from the Florida Department of Health: A flesh-eating bacteria was spreading in Florida’s oceans, health officials warned. More than 30 swimmers have been infected in the past year, including seven in 2015. Two people have already died this…
In January 2013, in the days after New Times published an investigation linking Alex Rodriguez to Biogenesis, a steroid clinic in Coral Gables, the Yankees slugger scrambled to obtain the medical records at the heart of the story. His associates eventually bought two sets, for $4,000 and later $200,000. A year…
A recent poll of Floridians found that the majority support the idea of taking federal money to expand Medicaid in the state, but it also found that a plurality of Floridians support Rick Scott’s lawsuit against the federal government to stop Medicaid expansion in the state. The results of the…
The US Coast Guard unloaded approximately $10.9 million worth of cocaine and $1.8 million worth of marijuana seized in two incidents off the coasts of Columbia and Panama last month. The seizures were the latest efforts in the Government’s Operation Martillo, an element of the ongoing war on drugs that targets…
