If there is dish in South Florida, Jose Lambiet is your best server. The founder of GossipExtra.com has been covering all things juicy and scandalous in Palm Beach, Broward, Miami and beyond for the better part of a decade. Armed with a baldhead full of stories about everything from Trump’s…
Last week, we reported how in the span of 24 hours, 9,000 Floridians signed a petition to get Uber in Florida. But what appears to be a revolutionary way of melding technology and getting a cab is also a major potential threat to cabdrivers and the taxi industry as a…
101 Cantina in Boca Raton has made consistent headlines since it was revealed there have been 98 arrests at the joint since it opened last June. Of those arrests, 78 were for underaged drinking — and many included great debauchery: peeing on curbs, punching police in the back, and taking…
Seat belts — click it, or ticket, right? But when a police officer is pulling you over for not putting safety first in the driver’s seat, is it a race-based call? Recently, the Broward Public Defender launched a complaint at the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. Howard Finkelstein is alleging African-Americans…
More than four months after Kayla Mendoza allegedly (and drunkenly) careened into two young women on the Sawgrass Expressway, she has been arrested and formally charged with their deaths. In a story that went absolutely bonkers on the internet last November, New Times reported that the 21-year-old Mendoza had Tweeted…
Although there was just one call for help made in September 2010 for e-cigarette poisoning, there were more than 200 such calls made to poison help hotlines in February of this year, according to a report released last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There’s been…
And you can meet Dave Barry, you guys. On Tuesday, April 8, the Broward Bulldog — a nonprofit dedicated to hard-hitting investigative pieces — is hosting a night with best-selling author and Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry at Nova Southeastern University’s Museum of Art in Fort Lauderdale. The 6:30 p.m…
The Coconut Creek Police Department has confirmed that it’s found skeletal remains inside the green Ford Thunderbird it pulled out of a murky canal in Coconut Creek over the weekend. It’s believed that the remains belong to William Naylor, a man who had not been seen since February 2005. The…
That DUI checkpoint we told you about last week ended up nabbing a few impaired drivers, one person with drugs on their person, and a bucketload of citations and warnings. All this, even though our story was tweeted out more than 50 times and shared by more than 5,000 people…
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…
