Kevin Henderson stood on top of his pink blanket and yelled at the officers and city employees who wanted it confiscated. The homeless Miami resident with a gray-streaked goatee demanded to know why six squad cars’ worth of officers had descended upon a quiet part of NW 18th Street and…
Yesterday, the normally sleepy Miami-Dade County commissioners were downright joyous. It was like watching a bunch of hapless nerds finally get the attention of a cool kid, and that cool kid happened to be named David Beckham, and he totally wanted to hang. “Go, soccer!” Commissioner Juan Zapata bellowed. “Go,…
A Pompano Beach man hit a bicyclist, who landed in his rear window. The driver then continued two miles, dumped the rider — who was still alive — in the woods, and went home to sleep. Axel Inostroza, 27, tried to hide his black 2003 Mustang from his girlfriend. He…
Miami-Dade County Public Schools and WLRN are both making serious cuts to part-time employee hours, supposedly because of Obamacare. The cutback will affect “several hundred” school employees, including substitute teachers, custodians, and security guards, according to an MDCPS spokesman. Also seeing their hours slashed are part-time WLRN employees, some of…
In addition to the public polls touted by the news media, politicians have pollsters taking the public’s pulse for their own internal campaign purposes. Usually when those internal polls get leaked to the press it’s because they’re more favorable to the candidate than the independent media polls. Well, Politico got…
The art world is abuzz today about the price of George Zimmerman’s debut painting, “Untitled (One Nation Under God)” reaching nearly $100,000 at renowned auction house eBay. Zimmerman’s monstrous debut only adds to the growing importance of the Conservative Renaissance Art movement, which already includes promising young talents such as…
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Supporters of special interest group “Big Firearm” are at it again, trying to impinge on freedom-loving Americans’ constitutional right not to own a gun. Some fancy organized group calling itself the Marion County Campaign for Liberty is pushing for an ordinance in the Florida county of Marion that would require…
“This is absolutely bizarre, I can’t imagine somebody wanting to barter a live four-foot alligator for a 12 pack of beer, it makes no sense to me,” Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman Jorge Pino told NBC Miami. Well, this is Florida. It only makes sense when it doesn’t…
The conventional narrative holds that Florida is a wonderful place to be homeless. There’s lots of sunshine and warm weather. There are public beaches. And sure enough, homeless people abound. But according to a disturbing study released this past Friday, this notion couldn’t be further from the grim reality. Florida…
It began December 6 when a boat captain discovered a pelican on Summerland Key that was all but sure to starve. Someone had cut two six-inch lacerations in the bird, which exposed the creature’s trachea and prevented it from swallowing food. Since that gruesome find, at least ten other birds…
Well, that didn’t take long. The dust hasn’t even settled yet on this year’s Art Basel but already accusations of broken promises and unpaid bills are emerging. Los Angeles-based fashionistas Flaunt Magazine, for instance, hosted a much-hyped party at Wynwood’s Mana warehouses featuring Kendrick Lamar. But locals say Flaunt founder…
It was the game before the game last night. It was sandwiched between LeBron’s old team and the Heat’s biggest threat in the East. It was the 117-94 Heat win Monday night game against the Jazz, because people had already bought tickets, and it was mandatory…
Officials at the Pinellas County jail have been using X-Ray machines to spot counterfeit items on inmates since June. This past Thursday, they found an inmate who had swallowed the very things he had been accused of stealing. Joseph Ramos, 21, was arrested for a burglary that occurred in Safety…
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For 92 years, Miami Beach Community Church’s courtyard has been a sanctuary. The small, shaded square was one of the only clean spots back in the ’80s as South Beach spiraled downwards. And in the past 10 years, as Lincoln Road has roared back to life, the courtyard has remained…
Let’s have a moment of silence for all our dearly departed smart phones. Because, apparently, in Florida there were a lot that left us this year. According to Squaretrade’s annual “Clumsiest States Index,” Florida led the states in damaging and destroying iPhones this year. (Well, technically Washington, D.C., came in…
A Miami man was caught trying to bring a green Christmas up to the folks of Pennsylvania. Randy Jesus Valdivia, a 38-year-old resident of Surfside, wasn’t driving a sleigh, but instead a 2014 Dodge Caravan. On Thursday afternoon, police pulled over the vehicle for displaying “criminal activity indicators” in a…
Dean Moreau is a businessman in Florida City. He runs a Sonny’s Real Pit Bar-B-Q there and once received a free membership to the Cutler Bay Business Association for donating food to a luncheon. On the side, he is also a managing member of Gringo Travel LLC, which until recently…
Kira Lee Grossman wants you to know this isn’t news. She wants you to suspend your powers of reasoning for a moment and surmise that her driving record isn’t remarkable. She urges you to ignore her powerful position as policy adviser to the Miami Parking Authority and dismiss the fact…
After 7 straight losses against the Pats dating back to 2009, the Miami Dolphins held strong against Tom Brady and a Pats team that had feasted all year on last-minute comebacks. As the Dolphins took the lead with 1:15 to go, the feeling in every Dolphins fan’s stomach was “Oh…
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