Hurricane Andrew

Tornado Watch Extended for Palm Beach County Through Tonight

Earlier this morning, forecasters issued a tornado watch for central Palm Beach County that as at first up to 9:00 a.m., then extended to 11 a.m. But now the National Weather Service is all meh screw it, let's extended it even further -- up to 10 p.m. The tornado watch has now also been issued to ... More >>

2013 Python Challenge: Few Reptiles, Many TV Crews

Chef Andy Trousdale of Le Bistro: A Q&A on Cooking Across the World and Gordon Ramsay

Chef Andy Trousdale, an expat form northern England has been in the South Florida culinary scene for a number of years. A former yacht chef and culinary instructor at the Art Institute, he's had ample experience with teaching culinary enthusiasts about a wide range of strange and exotic foods.  ... More >>

Lionfish Are Spreading Through Florida Waters

It's official. The lionfish have arrived. While fishing off the Naples shoreline, an angler snagged a 16-pounder last week. The fish originally made its first appearance in the waters off the Florida Keys in 2009. Now, it appears to be spreading. Native to the Indian and Pacific oceans, lionfis ... More >>

Matt Drudge "Unearths" Another Dumb Video of Obama Saying Stuff

When a video of Mittington Mittbot saying rich douchey things about the majority of Americans to other rich people surfaced a couple of weeks back, Matt Drudge released a 14-year-old video of President Obama saying "redistribution" a lot of times. When that failed to anger America and force an impea ... More >>

Scared? Thanks to Hurricane Andrew, You Can Live In Your Own Bunker

See also: Herald Reporters Remember Hurricane AndrewExactly 20 years ago this morning, Jorge Villa opened the rollup door of his warehouse in Kendall and stared out at devastation. The traumatic experience led him to start U.S. Bunkers, which still sells massive concrete pods in which you can o ... More >>

Hurricane Andrew at 20: Miami Herald Reporters Remember

Former Tropic Magazine Editor Bill Rose Remembers Andrew 20 Years Ago This Week

See a full slideshow remembering Hurricane Andrew here. In a column published today, I gather memories of a phalanx of former Miami Herald reporters and editors. Here is one from Bill Rose, former editor of Tropic Magazine and now a visiting professor in Mississippi. The newspaper won a Pulitzer g ... More >>

Florida Fish and Wildlife Declares Open Season on Lionfish

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently announced changes to the harvesting on lionfish. Namely, that you no longer need a fishing license to catch one (when wearing certain gear). Which means you're totally screwed, lionfish!Now before you go thinking this is some ... More >>

Marco Rubio Admits to Puking After Vodka-Shot Contest, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Makes Fun of Him

The Miami Herald had a story over the weekend outlining some of the contents of Sen. Marco Rubio's autobiography, An American Son, due to come out tomorrow. It included a tidbit about Rubio's drinking habits:Where President Obama, for instance, admitted drug use in his first autobiography, Rubio is ... More >>

The Highly Coincidental Day That Shaped, and Tarnished, Survivalism in America

This week's cover story is about modern survivalists.August 23, 1992, was an exceptionally shitty day in America. Hurricane Andrew was gathering strength over the Caribbean, and by nightfall, it would plow over South Florida with category-five winds, ripping whole neighborhoods to pieces, knocking o ... More >>

If the End of the World Is Nigh, These South Florida "Preppers" Are Ready

JAVMA Probes Whether Burmese Pythons Are Mere Hype or Slithering Destructive Force

​Despite the string of national headlines, television specials, a federal ban, and grotesque photographs, it's becoming increasingly unclear whether Burmese pythons are permanently wrecking the Everglades or if they're just an overhyped nuisance. Earlier this year, scientists r ... More >>

Drag Queens, Family Values, and Food

The Four Baddest Animals in Florida That Shouldn't Be Here

flickr.com​A 20-year University of Florida study out last week says Florida has the most invasive reptiles and amphibians in the world. A day or two after that came out, state officials declared war on giant African snails in Miami-Dade County.Yep, Florida apparently has a nasty invasive species p ... More >>

Chef Mark Militello Joins Bar Italia as Partner with Leo Balestrieri

Bar Italia in Lantana​This should be interesting: Mark Militello, chef/restaurateur and most recently, consultant, announced he's now a partner in the former Apicius Ristorante in Lantana - now called Bar Italia. Apicius' former bigwig, Leo Balestrieri, is also involved in the restaurant."I'll be ... More >>

"A Rodeo of Phonies and Pimps"

A fine Monday-morning quote comes from Carl Hiaasen: "I once referred to a past Legislature as a festival of whores, which in retrospect was a vile insult to the world's oldest profession. Today's lackluster assemblage in Tallahassee is possibly the worst in modern times, and cannot fairly be ... More >>

Florida's Nuclear Worries?

​A two-page report on a proposed Turkey Point nuclear power plant appeared this weekend in the Sun Sentinel, but calling it a "two page" report doesn't really begin to cover it. These are massive pages, 1,600 words in total. Feature-length pages, in Sentinel terms. And why? Is there a radiation le ... More >>

Five Suggestions for Your Severe Weather Awareness Week Posters

Flickr: dmguzMake sure to use a cool lightning graphic on your poster.​Florida's Division of Emergency Management and the American Red Cross want you to participate in the 2011 Severe Weather Awareness Week.They want you to make a poster for each day of the awareness week (January 31 to February 4 ... More >>

Extreme-Metal Act Cynic Returns to South Florida

Getting Grilled (by the Boyfriend's Parents) at Morton's

Photo by Flickr user thesecheckeredfeet​"Your parents want to do what?" I shrieked."They want to meet you," my darling boyfriend said, "so they've planned a pre-Thanksgiving holiday dinner at Morton's. C'mon. It'll be fun!"Soon images started flipping through my mind like a View-Master. Click. Sho ... More >>

On the Hunt for Exotic Lizards in the Florida Everglades

A Fitting Farewell To The Herald's Fallen

Farewell At The Miami Herald

Throwback Tuesdays: Cynic - "I'm But a Wave To...."

Martin Merzer Among Miami Herald Buyouts

Page Turner

The Miami Book Fair proves yet again that we really do love us some book

A Great One

Letters for October 6-12, 2005

Lost at Sea

The not-so-mysterious disappearance of Charley's Crab

Out in the Styx

Aging bands + offbeat venues = interesting concerts

Ball Breakers

They're cool. They're coifed. They're tightly wrapped. And they kick ass with a cue stick.

New Times' Hurricane Guide

Read it before it's too late

Argentina Rocks!

South Americans speak about struggling and surviving in SoFla

Best Palm Beach Post Writer

Bill Rose

Letters for February 20, 2003

Best Weathercaster

Rob Lopicola

No Sleep Till...

PBICA's current exhibition proves that the art community in "Brooklyn!" is wide awake

Bandwidth

Is Orbit, Boynton Beach's new nightclub, big enough for the egos of Ronnie James Dio and Yngwie Malmsteen?

Down For the Recount

Ride with us through a subtropical wonderland where troops rally for a new ballot

Undercurrents

Albert to Unbound

Letters to the Editor

Letters for June 1, 2000

My Life in Jeopardy!

Ever dreamed of being a Jeopardy! game show contestant? Think you could sweep the board? Yeah, I did too.

A Strip-Mall Oasis

Runway to Heaven

Best Proof That Broward/Palm Beach Is The Center Of The Universe

Rick Sanchez

The Little Paper That Couldn't

With shifting ownership, low morale, and conflicts of interest, the Boca Raton News continues to flail along

Winds of Change

Off the Rails

Exiles on Main Street