WESTVIEW

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.

Fire Rescue divers pulled out a worker who was trapped in a canal’s storm drain Thursday in Miami-Dade County.

A group of religious leaders met to call for action against antisemitism on Friday in North Miami Beach.

A police officer shot and killed 73-year-old Ernesto Battle on Monday evening in northwest Miami-Dade County. Several residents remember him on Tuesday as a friendly neighbor.

A shooting interrupted a game between two Miami-Dade County high school football rivals, the Miami Northwestern Bulls and the Miami Central Rockets, on Friday night in Westview.

Monica Young, second from left, said she and her relatives decided to receive the COVID-19 vaccine together on Monday at Miami Dade College North Campus in Westview. (Copyright 2020 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

As of Monday, people who are 40 years old or older are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida. People who are 18 to 40 years old need the state’s determination of extreme vulnerability form signed by a physician to receive the vaccine. AdSean Muñoz celebrates after receiving his COVID-19 vaccine on Monday at a temporary site at Miami Dade College North Campus in Westview. The FDOH also reported 3,075,333 completed the vaccine series in Florida, including 366,250 in Miami-Dade and 266,519 in Broward. The hub at MDC North will stay open until May 26.

She drove from West Palm Beach to Miami Dade College North Campus, 11380 NW 27th Ave., in Westview. Just come and take it.”Miami Dade College North vaccinates nearly 2,000 against COVID-19A prior expansion on eligibility included school employees, firefighters and law enforcement personnel who are age 50 and older. This didn’t include the progress that was being made on Monday in Miami Gardens, where appointments are required, and at Westview, North Miami Beach, and Miami Springs, where walk-ins are welcome. AdAs of Monday afternoon, 1,093 vaccines were administered at Hard Rock Stadium, 1,905 at Miami Dade College, 466 vaccines at 1401 Westward Dr. in Miami Springs, and 328 vaccines at 1770 NE 162 St., in North Miami Beach, according to Jachles. COVID-19 vaccines in Miami-Dade County

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – There were long lines of cars on Monday at the COVID-19 vaccination site at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens. The lines were also long at Miami Dade College North Campus in Westview where walk-ins are welcome. Ron DeSantis expanded vaccine eligibility to people who are age 60 and older. “We are going to see a busy few days as people come out and get the vaccine,” Jachles said. According to the Florida Department of Health, 2,323,366 had completed the COVID-19 vaccine series in Florida as of Sunday, including 199,626 in Broward and 251,973 in Miami-Dade.

WESTVIEW, Fla. – Informal lapses on state eligibility requirements at the temporary COVID-19 vaccination site in Miami Dade College North Campus, motivated some to show up on Wednesday with unrealistic expectations. Ron DeSantis’ eligibility requirements outside of the white tents at 11380 NW 27th Ave. Workers were more strict and quick to turn people away. There were long lines on Wednesday outside of the COVID-19 vaccine site at Miami Dade College North Campus in Westview. In Overtown, a walk-up vaccination site at 1551 NW 1st Ave. didn’t have a line. The COVID-19 vaccine walk-up site in Miami's Overtown was quiet on Wednesday afternoon.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – To be the first in line to get his COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, a man parked about 10 p.m. on Tuesday outside of Miami Dade College’s North Campus. She stood in line for about four hours only to find out that she doesn’t meet the state’s eligibility. Ron DeSantis granted first priority to anyone who is 65 years old or older, healthcare personnel, and staff at long-term care facilities. Medically vulnerable patients under 65 years old require a state’s determination of extreme vulnerability form signed by a physician. Florida Department of Health data on vaccinations in Miami-Dade County as of March 9.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The distribution of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose COVID-10 vaccine is underway at the new government site at Miami Dade College North Campus in Westview. The final count of doses distributed on Thursday was about 2,800, and more than 1,100 were Johnson & Johnson, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Related link: State’s site to pre-register for a vaccineThe two satellite locations distributed nearly 475 doses. AdAt the Florida City at the Youth Activity Center, 650 NW 5th Ave., pharmacists distributed about 120 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and 55 doses of the Pfizer vaccine. AdFor more information about how to pre-register for a vaccine in Florida, visit the state’s page or call any of these three Miami-Dade County lines: 1-888-499-0840, 1-888-256-8918, or 1-833-540-2065.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Federal and state officials said a new vaccination site is ready to open at 7 a.m. on Wednesday, just after Gov. “It just shows the strength of America.”U.S. Army soldiers fill syringes with COVID-19 vaccines on Tuesday at a new government vaccination center in Miami-Dade County. Florida Highway Patrol Trooper Vincent Carey receives his first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine on Tuesday at the new vaccination center at Miami Dade College. The state agencies involved include the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County. For more information about how to pre-register for a vaccine in Florida, visit the state’s page or call any of these three Miami-Dade County lines: 1-888-499-0840, 1-888-256-8918, or 1-833-540-2065.

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Detectives are searching for a thief who wore a mask of President Donald Trump to an armed robbery on Friday in Miami-Dade County’s Westview neighborhood. Officer Angel Rodriguez, a spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, described the suspect’s disguise as “a full-face Trump Halloween mask.”The armed robber targeted the 7-Eleven gas station and store at 11895 NW 17 Ave., near the Miami-Dade College’s North Campus. The armed robber got away. Management at 7-Eleven shared surveillance video with detectives, but not with the public. Officers are asking anyone with information about the armed robber to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.