Miami-Dade mayor says police director called her, offered to resign before suicide attempt
Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava held a news conference Wednesday morning, at which time she said Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez is “alert, awake and responsive” following his suicide attempt earlier this week.
Elevator company defends work after Metromover complaints; airport has its own problems
After riders voiced frustration over broken elevators and escalators at Miami Metromover stations, the elevator company responsible for maintaining them is defending its work after county officials said they’re looking for a new vendor.
‘PR stunt’, ‘Death sentence’: Ex-trainers pan proposal to move Lolita from Miami Seaquarium
Three women who worked with famed orca Lolita at the Miami Seaquarium panned Thursday’s announcement that the attraction’s owners plan to return the captive whale to her “home waters” in the Pacific Northwest.
‘Cease Fire!’: Plies among performers at free The People Matter Fest in Miami-Dade
This year’s 24-Hour Cease Fire campaign is on. A community festival with a focus on preventing gun violence kicked off on Friday afternoon with a list of events in northwestern Miami-Dade’s Gladeview and Westview neighborhoods.
This Week in South Florida Full Episode: January 29, 2023
On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, host Glenna Milberg welcomes State Sen. Shevrin Jones, Miami-Dade Administrative Judge Nushin Sayfie, Pompano Beach High School students Ally Vagelos, Krystal Felix and Zoey Katz, and Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
Companies already inquiring with Miami-Dade County, Miami Heat regarding arena naming rights deal
Miami-Dade County commissioners discussed the newly-named Miami-Dade Arena for the first time Tuesday since a federal judge terminated its naming rights agreement with the bankrupt cyber trading platform FTX.
This Week in South Florida Full Episode: January 1, 2023
On the first episode of This Week in South Florida of 2023, host Glenna Milberg welcomes Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Broward County Mayor Lamar Fisher, Monroe County Mayor Craig Cates and Broward Schools Superintendent Vickie Cartwright.
Miami-Dade mayor demands more oversight of Miami Seaquarium after fallout of USDA inspection report
A July 6 report that the U.S. Department of Agriculture made public on Friday details how inspectors said the Miami Seaquarium drastically cut the diets of nine dolphins to get them to perform better — but instead this resulted in angry dolphins fighting back.
This Week in South Florida Podcast: July 17, 2022
On the latest episode of the This Week in South Florida podcast, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Parkland parent and activist Manuel Oliver, State Rep. Jim Mooney, and Farmshare President and CEO Stephen Shelley.
This Week in South Florida Full Episode: July 17, 2022
On the latest episode of This Week in South Florida, hosts Michael Putney and Glenna Milberg are joined by Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, Parkland parent and activist Manuel Oliver, State Rep. Jim Mooney, and Farmshare President and CEO Stephen Shelley.
Spurred by cyclist deaths, new safety measures coming to Rickenbacker Causeway
In a memo sent to commissioners Tuesday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava outlined new safety measures coming to the Rickenbacker Causeway spurred by the deaths of two cyclists struck and killed by a vehicle on the causeway in May.