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Death on Hollywood Bridge: Operator Error? Or Pedestrian Blunder?

Flickr: sigfus_sigmundsson​WSVN-7 has posted video of the 80-year-old man who perished last month while trying to walk across a drawbridge on Sheridan Street in Hollywood. Check it out and see whether you agree with the family of the victim and the family's attorney, who are suing the bridgetender ... More >>

True Hollywood Story? NY Times Finds City to Symbolize Florida Failure

Flickr: apricocoDowntown Hollywood, where developers had a picnic as storm clouds gathered.​I suspect someone on West 43rd Street in Manhattan lost a boatload condo flipping. Why else is the world's leading newspaper so determined to embarrass Broward County? Just a week after the New York Times g ... More >>

Several Dead in Miramar

Several people have been found dead at a home on Encino Street in Miramar, along with at least one survivor who is at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood. Still no word on a suspect, a motive, nor the cause of death or even an exact number of those killed. We're trying to reach the Miramar Polic ... More >>

Have Picture of Cab Stabber, But No Motive

Photo: Hollywood PD​Driving a cab is hard enough work without your fare knifing you after he arrives at his destination. So let's all help Hollywood Police get the guy in the picture. Squint if you have to.Judging by the news release, it doesn't seem that the stabber made off with any money, aside ... More >>

Buzzed in Paradise: Stratford's Bar

A Department Or a Demolition Derby?

Flickr User: definity_fallsHow many dents does it take to wreck a Hollywood cop's career?​Just as cats get nine lives, Hollywood Police officers get 9 wrecks. Or at least that appears the case with Officer Joel Francisco, who averaged almost one per year over an 11-year career, according to a revi ... More >>

To Make a Buck in South Florida Real Estate, Get a Tenant

Flickr User: Eric NowelsFor best results, find a tenant who pays.At least a few real estate investors in South Florida have managed to crawl out of the crater that formed from the housing bubble's burst. They've managed to wring profit from an otherwise lost art: renting.An article in next month's F ... More >>

Sage Bistro and Oyster Bar Hosts LaBORatory Nights Monday

Jon SullivanWho says that your weekend needs to end on Sundays? On Monday, LaBORatory Nights will be bringing their monthly tradition to Sage Bistro and Oyster Bar in Hollywood for an evening of wine and conversation. LaBORatory Nights is an 18-year-old tradition started in Miami, meant to bring tog ... More >>

Fearless Prediction: Hollywood Will Soon Bring Anti-Sex-Offender Ordinance

Flickr User: Paul ThurlbyFor Hollywood pols, sex offender legislation is a low-hanging fruit that may prove temptingTo piggyback on a Fred Grimm column in the Herald and a Smashed Frog blog post -- as well as the article that started it all, in our sister paper -- I'll venture a prediction that rece ... More >>

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CSI Recruits Cop From Troubled Hollywood PD

Hollywood police have a new set of pecs.Hit cop show CSI Miami is getting a new cast member -- a cop from the Hollywood Police Department. There's no indication yet whether the show is looking to do a ripped-from-the-headlines-type treatment of the new character, who will be played by the usually sh ... More >>

One Minute Review: Istanbul, Hollywood

Not quite so grand as in the old country.Hollywood's oldest Turkish restaurant, Istanbul, has been in this same dinky location for 19 years, a small room that opens to ocean breezes and classic views of kids flying kites on the beach. And they haven't changed a thing from the plastic chairs to a men ... More >>

Eats for Under $7: Breakfast or Brunch at JP's Bagel Place

It's not exactly hard to find a cheap place for breakfast. There are hundreds of chains which offer the typical eggs, pig product, and fried potato for a couple bucks, but they normally come with a much bigger cost. Try eating at a big time chain or fast food restaurant for breakfast and see how p ... More >>

In Hollywood: Mo' Money, Mo' Problems

The view on Garfield Street looking west to A1A. Parking lot on the right. Small hotels to the left.No really, there's money in Hollywood. It's just that it's concentrated on Hollywood Beach, where a Community Redevelopment Agency launched in 1997. In the years since, the agency has been flush with ... More >>

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Eats for Under $7: Everything at the Little Bakery

No matter if you're in the mood for breakfast or lunch on a budget, The Little Bakery in Hollywood has you covered. If breakfast is your thing, the Good Morning sandwich is calling your name. $5.33 (after tax) gets you scrambled eggs, turkey, ham or bacon, and American cheese on fresh-baked bread or ... More >>

Letters From the Issue of April 23, 2009

Critics Give Take on the Newest, Tallest Condo on Hollywood's Young Circle

Photo: City of HollywoodArtist's rendering of the condo that would occupy Block 55 in HollywoodNo city in Broward County has high stakes development decisions like Hollywood. It's why for the last decade it's become an emotionally charged issue. For all the fine points that fill the debate, the argu ... More >>

Block 55: Economy Be Damned, Hollywood Charges Forward With Condo Tower

hanneorlaA sculpture in Hollywood Arts Park. In the background the dreaded Townhouse apartments, which will be demolished for the new condo.Admittedly, it's one hell of a challenge: how to transform Hollywood's hardscrabble downtown into something architecturally iconic, timeless in its appeal and v ... More >>

Meanwhile, in North Miami Beach...

OK, so that faith in mankind thing lasted almost an hour. Meet the Marc family of North Miami. Mom's stepping out on Dad, but in what might be the most twisted way of atoning for sins in the history of extra-marital affairs, she allegedly lures her lover into a trap, then invites the kids -- yep, ev ... More >>

Lobbyists a Wedge Issue in Hollywood

O'Sheehan voted to restrict lobbying in Hollywood.Maybe Hollywood Commissioner Beam Furr is right that an ordinance to ban private commissioner meetings with lobbyists is "unconstitutional." But it's still a shrewd move by Mayor Peter Bober and Commissioner Heidi O'Sheehan to champion the legislatio ... More >>

Since You Can't Wrap Yourself in This Blog...

I didn't think anyone could do more to help the homeless people of Broward than New Times -- our boxes are frequently used to store blankets and the pages of the "print product" can both warm someone and serve as a feces receptacle, among other applications. But as it turns out, there a few people j ... More >>

Mayor Manny Busts Obama With Scatological Humor

Miami Mayor Manny Diaz is the president of some mayor's only fraternity and like everyone else this holiday season, he has a wish list he's sending to Barack Hussein Santa Claus Obama.When it comes to Broward, Manny's got shit on his mind. Specifically, the "treated" sewage that Hollywood is current ... More >>

In the Heat of the Knight

Summer '08: Batman saved the season, while a little Sex went a long way and the indies went south

Not To Be

Full of itself and not half as funny as it thinks it is, Hamlet 2 is simply tragic

Apocalypse Whatever

Ben Stiller's Hollywood send-up lacks firepower

Saturday in Downtown Hollywood: Chocolates, Cusqueña, and Cancha

Mix Ultra Lounge

Tongues of the Heartworm

Manee Nanny

Coddle the Cows

Reports of Weezy in Rehab Are Unfounded

Letter for April 24-30, 2008

Hollywood's Got the Bends

ArtsPark Village puts the city at the mercy of developers

Maucker Basks In Tinsel-Town Glow

State Rep. Schwartz Holocaust-Baits For Mayor Mara

Letters for November 15-21, 2007

Letters for 8-14, 2007

Letters for October 18-24, 2007

Letters for October 4-10, 2007

Las Dull-as

Spice Resto-Lounge

Rewind and Zap

According to Goldman runs out of ideas, gets weird, and fizzles

Mayor Mara's Arts Farce

Letters for April 12-18, 2007

Herald Pulls Anonymous Letter

Café Iguana Pines

8358 Pines Blvd., Hollywood, 954-433-8787, www.cafeiguanapines.com

Letters for February 15-21, 2007

Lex One

No Respect for Pedestrians (Lexicon)