Raul Medina Jr. walks into a Starbucks in Hollywood’s Young Circle and asks for a cup of black coffee with light hazelnut syrup and exactly two ice cubes. Better-known as DJ Raw, Medina brought hip-hop to Miami from his native South Bronx and founded Hoodstock, a free, big-name festival in…
The Florida Panthers’ quest to get money from the county continues after their first attempt was send back with extreme prejudice. Last month, Broward County commissioners pored over the Panthers’ 57-page proposal in which the team sought a hotel-tax subsidy package worth $80 million over the next 14 years. The…
Stephen McCulloch has gone into seclusion since FAU fired him last February from his job as program manager of the Marine Mammal Program at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute. We haven’t been able to reach him or his attorneys. See also: – Navy Tests Could Kill Dolphins by the Thousands Off…
You spoke; we listened. Back by popular demand, welcome to Mug-Shot Monday, a longstanding New Times franchise focusing on the week’s most eye-catching mugs from South Florida’s tat heads, tough guys, derp faces, and femmes fatale. Click on and enjoy…
It would appear that major GOPer donors just aren’t thrilled with the chances of a Chris Christie, a Rand Paul, or even a Marco Rubio taking back the White House for the Republicans in 2016. So, they’re willing to go all-in with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush as their latest…
Longtime senior pastor Bob Coy has resigned from popular Fort Lauderdale megachurch Calvary Chapel — which has a reported membership of 20,000 — for “moral failure.” Rumors swirled over the weekend about his departure, and suspicions grew as videos and mentions of Coy disappeared from the church website. On Sunday…
In the first three months of 2013, SeaWorld reported a total attendance of 3.5 million people. Fast-forward to the first three months of this year and the numbers are a bit different. Yesterday the company reported 3.05 million people came through in the first three months of 2014, a 13…
It’s a random weekday during a random month and so — wheeee! — Allen West is back in the news. This time, though, it’s not for calling FAU students “animals” and promising to “face” them if they step to his lady, and it’s not for writing A TOTES AWESOME book…
Heartened by Obamacare’s hitting the 7 million enrollment mark needed to make the system work, Florida Democrats are making a renewed push for a key element of the program, Medicaid expansion. It is likely to be a major issue in the fall elections. See also: – Florida Is Becoming an…
The Miami Heat would politely like to remind you that if you choose to buy tickets from someone other than the team, you assume the risk of purchasing a fraudulent ticket, better-known as the most expensive bookmark ever. Also known as the time you cried on the American Airlines Arena…
Manny Oteyza, best-known as the producer of the documentary Blackfish that was watched by more than 21 million people on CNN, will be honored by Fort Lauderdale philanthropist and restaurateur Nanci Alexander at her Fort Lauderdale gourmet vegan hot spot Sublime Restaurant & Bar this weekend. Fred Schneider, from the…
Brandon Day was a 22-year-old full-time student at Palm Beach State College who reportedly loved playing guitar and piano and gave out gentle hugs. On Wednesday night, deputies from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office arrested 19-year-old Andrea Nicole Alvira for killing Day, 22, in January. Police say that she was…
Multiple medical marijuana bills are bouncing around the statehouse, and more and more Florida Lawmakers are beginning to voice their support of the approval of medical marijuana in the state. Democratic Rep. Katie Edwards, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, and Senator Jeff Clemens took turns Monday voicing their opinions on the…
According to police, a Broward biology teacher was arrested Tuesday for having sex with one of his students. Eric Beasley, 24, was charged with nine counts of sexual assault or battery on a minor and two counts of sending obscene material to a minor after police discovered him and the…
The Broward Sheriff’s Office DUI Task Force will be conducting DUI checkpoint operations from 9 p.m. Saturday to 5 a.m. Sunday at 2850 N. Federal Highway in Pompano Beach…
Florida Power & Light Co. has announced plans for a new voluntary, community-based, solar partnership pilot program. The voluntary program would include FPL installing new solar-powered generating facilities in Florida communities, including Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. But it would be funded by voluntary contributions from FPL customers –…
OMG! Nickelodeon’s hit show Sam and Cat has yet to be renewed for a second season — unusual for a hit show, and, industry insiders suggest, a sign that there is tension behind the scenes. Sam and Cat was a huge success for the network, pulling in more than 4…
Colin and Andrea Chisholm certainly did not look like Scottish royalty at the Broward County Courthouse this morning. The wealthy Minnesota couple who insist on being referred to as “Lord and Lady” were dressed in the same blue prison tunics as the plebs who surrounded them. As they approached the…
If you’ve attended, graduated, or paid for a stint in college in the past ten years, you’ve probably had one of those cold-sweat spells late at night in which you wonder: Sweet Jesus, was that worth it? The creeping realization: probably not. Thanks to the sky-high price of a four-year…
TerRio is exhausted. The 6-year-old internet star is slumped over on the hood of a limousine outside of downtown Miami’s Grand Central nightclub. It’s only 9:47 p.m. on a Saturday, but filming on TerRio’s first professional music video is scheduled to continue through 7 a.m. the next day. Suddenly, the…
The man knows how to make an entrance. In April 2012, fireworks split open the night sky over Star Island. Below, topless women wiggled by a pool lit the color of blue Kool-Aid. Veiled belly dancers tossed around fire sticks. Camels munched grass around the two-acre property. All through the…
A Florida House subcommittee passed a bill yesterday that would allow schools the option of hiring former or current law enforcement officers and military officers to carry firearms on campuses — “any preschool, elementary school, middle school, junior high school, secondary school, career center, or postsecondary school, whether public or…
