Cops: Woman, 73, ‘ruined’ by Hialeah dealership owner, man who used identity to buy cars
A Hialeah used car dealership owner is at-large and an accused accomplice was arrested Monday after police accused them of using a 73-year-old woman’s identity to register and finance three vehicles in her name, leaving her in “financial ruin,” according to an arrest report.
Police: Man was drunk, had no license when he ran Hialeah stoplight, killed other driver
A northwest Miami-Dade man faced a vehicular homicide charge after Hialeah police said he was drunk when he blew through a stoplight early Saturday morning and plowed into a sedan, killing its driver and injuring its passenger.
Marco Rubio Canvasser, a Notorious White Supremacist, Was Beaten in Miami Area
If you follow Marco Rubio or basically any prominent Republican on Twitter, you probably saw a story the Florida senator tweeted Monday morning about one of his canvassers being beaten by four men who “told him Republicans weren’t allowed in their neighborhood.” Rubio attached grisly ambulance photos to the tweet:
news.yahoo.comA Catholic charity hired a man to simulate a mass shooting at their building, complete with actors covered in blood. The drill ended with his arrest.
John Channels fired blanks at a conference room window where employees were gathered. One elderly woman told police she thought she was going to die.
news.yahoo.comVacant land, ID theft and a $500,000 deal signed at Burger King. How the plan unraveled.
A man has been arrested on federal money-laundering charges as authorities allege he stole 10 acres of land worth more than a half-million dollars in a posh Broward neighborhood in a deal signed and sealed at a Burger King.
sun-sentinel.comSouth Florida abortion clinic fights $41,000 state fine over waiting period
A South Florida abortion clinic is fighting an attempt by state regulators to impose a $41,000 fine over allegations that the clinic did not show that it provided required information to women at least 24 hours before abortions.
sun-sentinel.comWoman’s Club of Hialeah marks 100; Rotarians install new board
The Woman’s Club of Hialeah will mark its 100th anniversary with a brunch at Hialeah Race Track, located at 2200 E. Fourth Ave. in Hialeah, on Saturday, Aug. 27. Like so many District 11 clubs, Coral Gables Woman’s Club already has done a Gringo Bingo fundraiser in July to support this nonprofit camp located in Eustis. Speaking of fundraisers, on July 20, the GFWC Coral Gables Woman’s Club held a mini fundraiser for the club’s free children’s dental clinic with an art class at their clubhouse organized by Carol Horkowitz. In other club news, on July 7 the Rotary Club of Coral Gables held its annual installation luncheon during which Ana Fournaris and her new board were sworn into office at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables. Look for many returning entries including the Coral Gables Woman’s Club and Miami’s Community Newspapers.
communitynewspapers.comPolice Sergeant Who Targeted Women in His Custody Sentenced to Prison
By Staff WriterA onetime Hialeah police sergeant who took a plea deal after he was alleged of taking advantage of and forcing sex acts on women in his custody has turned himself in to begin serving a three-year sentence. Jesus Menocal Jr. turned himself in to a federal prison in Pennsylvania over the weekend, his attorney said Monday. Judge Kathleen M. Williams sentenced Menocal to three years behind bars and one year of supervised release at a hearing in May. Menocal had been facing a long list of possible outcomes for forcing different sexual acts on three women he held in custody in 2014 and 2015. Under the plea deal, Menocal averted other allegations such as kidnapping, which could have led to life in prison.
thewestsidegazette.comKerdyk Real Estate brokers $6.5 million purchase and sale of Hialeah strip mall
Coral Gables-based Kerdyk Real Estate has handled the $6.5 million cash purchase and sale of a 10,274-square-foot strip mall at 1435 W. 49 St. in Hialeah. The buyer was First American Bank (American Real Estate Investment No. First American Bank has a total of six bank locations in South Florida and 61 locations nationwide. Kerdyk Real Estate associates John-Paul Piedra and William Colas represented both the buyer and the seller in an “off market” deal. Founded in 1926, Kerdyk Real Estate is one of the largest independent full-service companies in South Florida specializing in the leasing, sale and management of commercial and residential properties.
communitynewspapers.comStop the Car : Best of Miami Neighborhoods Ranked
Miami differentiates its communities: Wynwood, Mimo, Little Haiti, Doral, Allapattah, Downtown Dadeland, Hialeah, Little River, Coral Gables, South Beach, Brickell, Calle Ocho, Lincoln Road, Design District, Sunset Harbor, South Miami, Key Biscayne, etc. So let’s explore one area at a time over the next few months starting with Coconut Grove. Old timers spoke of the old Grove or West Grove, young folks know the new Grove and Cocowalk, but with the effects of our blessed developers and beloved gentrifiers, let’s just leave it with the Grove. Jaguar, Strada, Ariete, Bombay Darbar, Glass & Vine, Peacock Garden, Lulu, Kush, Atchana’s, Mister 01, Harry’s and Sapore di Mare all bring cred. The Barnacle, Kennedy Park and Peacock Park are spacious and busy.
communitynewspapers.comAnother round of Cuba protests planned in Miami and West Palm Beach
Rallies are planned for a second-straight day in South Florida in a continuing of show solidarity with demonstrations in Cuba calling for regime change, and U.S. intervention to assist in that endeavor and other humanitarian efforts.
sun-sentinel.com‘F*** this baby.’ Cops say Hialeah mom made videos of her slapping, suffocating newborn
Police have arrested a Hialeah woman who investigators say got into an argument with her ex-boyfriend and began sending him disturbing videos of her suffocating and repeatedly slapping their 5-week-old baby girl, and threatening to kill the child.
news.yahoo.comCGI Windows & Doors honors local hero with $1,000 prize
AdvertisementHialeah-based CGI Windows & Doors, part of the PGT Innovations family of brands, recently selected four standout individuals from across Florida to be awarded a $1,000 cash prize as part of its “CGI Heroes: Celebrating Strength” contest. Cutler Bay heart warrior Bethany Keime is one of four statewide finalists. This year, a second round was added to the contest to select a grand prize winner from the four initial winners. The grand prize winner will receive an additional cash prize of $5,000. The grand prize winner will be announced on June 1.
communitynewspapers.comHow an NFL star and an Austin pit master brought their Tex-Mex barbecue to Miami Lakes
The first thing Mel Rodriguez did after barbecuing 20 briskets, 20 pork butts, 80 racks of ribs and 100 pounds of sausage over three days and selling out to a hungry Hialeah crowd in an afternoon was sleep for 24 hours.
news.yahoo.comSix months before Hialeah mayor election, there’s already bad blood and big money
The race to replace term-limited Hialeah Mayor Carlos Hernandez is still almost half a year away, but donations are already pouring in for the two frontrunners: former Miami-Dade County Commissioner Esteban “Steve” Bovo and former Hialeah Councilwoman Isis Garcia-Martinez.
news.yahoo.comVacation rental plan ‘clearly a work in progress’ in Florida Legislature
Sen. Manny Diaz Jr., R-Hialeah, filed a proposal (SB 522) in January that included requiring online platforms to collect and remit taxes on vacation rental properties, something the platforms have not been required to do in the past. The measure also included requiring platforms to ensure that only properly licensed rentals are advertised and provide the state with specific information about the rentals.
sun-sentinel.comSenate panel approves expanding Florida school voucher programs
The bill passed the Senate’s education committee along party lines and was quickly cheered by Republican leaders who have long championed school vouchers. In a statement issued after the vote, Sen. Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, the bill’s sponsor, said “parents – not government – should determine where and how to educate their child,” and the new effort will help more parents who cannot afford private school on their own but want that option.
sun-sentinel.comChick-fil-A Is Bound for Hialeah — and Then Some
Miami Chick-fil-A sandwich lovers, rejoice. The Atlanta-based company recently announced it will open seven new locations across the tri-county area by mid-2021, part of Chick-fil-A's ongoing expansion in South Florida. LocalCommunityJournalismI Support Support the independent voice of Miami and help keep the future of New Times free. Support UsFor Chick-fil-A franchise operator Cynthia Bowles, owner of the first Chick-fil-A Hialeah restaurant, the franchise's ongoing growth is a positive move for the South Florida community. Like many South Florida Chick-fil-As, Bowles' restaurants create dozens of jobs.
miaminewtimes.comNo, That Facebook Post Doesn't Show Ballots Dumped in a Miami Canal
The woman claimed the photo showed ballots found in a canal in Miami. "Votos encontrados en un canal de miami," her caption said in Spanish. Facebook later labeled the post "false information" that had already been fact-checked — but by then, the post had been shared more than 1,500 times. It's easy to see why the Hialeah Facebook user may have believed the photo of the abandoned mail came from Miami. An image search of the photo showing the mail along the "canal," for example, shows that some news outlets had already debunked the photo.
miaminewtimes.comWho's Surveilling Bovo's Stepson, Hialeah Councilman Oscar De la Rosa?
Hialeah City Councilman Oscar De la Rosa opens the door to a bodycam-toting deliveryman at a home in Coral Gables on October 9. A relative newcomer to politics, De la Rosa was elected to the Hialeah City Council last November and won't be up for re-election until 2023. According to the logs, the councilman spent two consecutive nights at the house in Coral Gables in late September. Paparazzi-style photos depict De la Rosa in the front yard with a young woman, his car parked on a grassy swale just off the street. Hialeah Councilman Oscar De la Rosa was photographed in front of a house in Coral Gables on October 6.
miaminewtimes.comWhite House economic advisor Kevin Hassett says unemployment rate will approach Great Depression
Speaking to reporters on the White House lawn on Sunday morning, Hassett said the unemployment rate could hit 16% and "the next couple of months are going to be terrible" for economic data. "We see an unemployment rate that approaches rates we saw during the Great Depression," Hassett told ABC's "This Week." "A lot will depend on what happens next," Hassett said about the chances of seeing a V-shaped economic rebound rather than a longer U-shaped return to economic growth. The insured unemployment rate, which compares those current receiving benefits to the size of the labor force, rose to 11% this past week, a weekly jump of 2.8%. That translates to "a barely believable" 23% when the Labor Department releases its unemployment rate calculation in two weeks, according to Paul Ashworth, chief U.S. economist at Capital Economics.
cnbc.comOnline education company Coursera offers unemployed workers thousands of free courses
Education technology company Coursera is pulling down its paywall for unemployed workers to give people who have lost their jobs around the world free access to education, as well as the ability to earn credentials. The initiative will give unemployed workers free access to education focused on developing skills to help them fill jobs that are in high demand. "We hope this initiative can serve many millions of impacted workers around the world," Maggioncalda said. The program for unemployed workers is launching first in Connecticut and Oklahoma in the U.S., and the governments of Costa Rica, Colombia, Greece, Malaysia, Oman, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. ... Any number of unemployed people can be cranking through these courses, posting certificates, learning skills in business, computer science or any domain."
cnbc.comAnother 4.3 million workers expected to have filed unemployment claims
Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesAnother 4.3 million workers are expected to have filed state unemployment claims last week, bringing the total number seeking benefits to over 26 million since states started shutting down in the second half of March to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The number of jobs lost rose to 22.025 million over the prior four weeks, erasing nearly all of the 22.442 million jobs recovered since the Great Recession. During the financial crisis the number of jobs lost totaled 8.7 million. Claims in the previous week totaled 5.245 million, and it was the fourth week of claims filings in the multiple millions. The filings of claims are also expected to have been delayed because of the sheer volume of the sudden layoffs overburdening state unemployment processors.
cnbc.comOp-ed: Why financial literacy matters in an economic crisis
A person in their car arrives to receive an unemployment application being given out by City of Hialeah employees in front of the John F. Kennedy Library on April 08, 2020 in Hialeah, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesThroughout April we commemorate Financial Literacy Month, a time to recognize the work of our field, celebrate our colleagues and partners, and highlight research and educational resources that serve a benefit to all Americans. But this year is not business as usual. Our community now must question our purpose and the role we will play in the future.
cnbc.comMiami-Dade Leaders Think Cuba Is Partly to Blame for Coronavirus Spread
But one thing some Miami-Dade leaders seem to know for sure is that Cuba must be responsible at least in part for the surge of COVID-19 cases in South Florida, particularly in Hialeah. Because Miami: Cuba Coronavirus EditionInvoking the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis, County Commissioner Javier Souto suggests Cuba May be weaponizing the Coronavirus and delivering it to Miami. And last week, travel between the two countries became even more difficult when Cuba suspended all international flights to curb the spread of COVID-19. At the county's meeting, Mayor Carlos Gimenez and several commissioners said the Cuban government can't be trusted to report true numbers of COVID-19 cases. From February 1 until April 2 when Cuba suspended all flights amid the coronavirus crisis MIA received 1,017 planes carrying 116,160 passengers from the island.
miaminewtimes.comJPMorgan now sees economy contracting by 40% in second quarter, and unemployment reaching 20%
The economists, however, continue to see a second-half recovery, based on the assumption that disruptions from the pandemic fade by June. They note that the number of people seeking unemployment benefits has totaled 16.8 million in just three weeks. JPMorgan economists issued an even more dire forecast, now foreseeing a 40% decline in the nation's gross domestic product for the second quarter and a surge in April's unemployment rate to 20% with 25 million jobs lost. They expect the third quarter to rebound with growth of 23%, and a fourth-quarter increase of 13%. The economists said they will finalize their employment forecast for April in coming weeks.
cnbc.comHow much unemployment will I get? That depends on your state
Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesAmericans are filing for unemployment benefits in record numbers as the coronavirus pandemic continues to crush the U.S. economy. The average person receives $378 a week in unemployment benefits, according to U.S. Labor Department data as of year-end 2019. The $2 trillion economic relief act, signed into law March 27, significantly expanded unemployment benefits. There's a big gap between states when measuring the share of jobless people who are receiving unemployment benefits. North Carolina's "recipiency rate" is the nation's lowest just 10.5% of unemployed workers collect unemployment insurance.
cnbc.comUnbranded Brewing in Hialeah Will Give Away Hand Sanitizer
Unbranded Brewing Company in Hialeah is using its supply of alcohol to make about a thousand bottles of hand sanitizer for locals. The hand sanitizer will be packaged in Unbranded's 12-ounce glass bottles. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently issued guidance on the temporary manufacture of alcohol-based hand sanitizer to address shortages. Breweries and distilleries in Florida and across the nation are using their supplies to donate hand sanitizer to the public, first responders, and hospitals. Aschliman says Unbranded would like its hand sanitizer distribution to be an ongoing thing, but for now, it might be a one-time deal.
miaminewtimes.comAs Coronavirus Spreads in Hialeah, Residents Beg Mayor for Stronger Action
Hialeah sits close to the top of the list of South Florida cities with the highest number of coronavirus cases. While COVID-19 cases have stacked up in the city the sixth-largest municipality in Florida and second-largest in Miami-Dade by population some residents have been wondering where Mayor Carlos Hernandez has been. Yet some Hialeah residents worry the city is behind the curve and have asked for more serious measures, such as an order for people to stay home for two weeks. Monica Perez, a Hialeah city council member, tells New Times the 11 p.m. curfew doesn't make much sense because residents are generally home at that hour. My office wrote two letters; one to Governor and one to Hialeah mayor.
miaminewtimes.comRepresentative Cindy Polo Urges Miramar ICE Facility to Shut Down Operations Due to Coronavirus
// // ////MIRAMAR In the midst of the coronavirus outbreak, Representative Cindy Polo (D-Hialeah) is urging the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement check-in facility in Miramar to temporarily suspend its operations. I am respectfully requesting for the Miramar ICE Facility in Broward County to temporarily suspend its physical reporting requirements due to the COVID-19 outbreak. We must follow the footsteps of the other ICE facilities in Orlando, New York, and Boston that have temporarily shut down their operations, stated Representative Polo. On March 1st, 2020, the Florida Department of Health issued a Public Health Emergency prompting municipalities and counties to promote social distancing for fifteen days as recommended by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These same measures should be taken into account with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility located in the city of Miramar, FL, as it is a public health risk for thousands.
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