Playoff defeat leads Heat into an offseason of uncertainty
It’s not easy to find the words to sum up your season when it’s come to an end in a 27-point blowout, one win shy of the team’s season-long goal.It’s even harder to look ahead to the future when eight teammates are about to enter free agency, one of the key pieces under contract is still at the mercy of a serious health issue, and team president Pat Riley — the huntsman of all huntsman — has only $40 million in salary cap space to work with and a bold ambition to quickly return the Miami Heat t..>> view originalMiami Beach king tides flush human waste into bay, study finds
Massive pumps that flush floodwater from Miami Beach into Biscayne Bay during seasonal king tides are dumping something else into the bay: human waste.A study that looked at tidal floodwater and water discharged from the island’s new pumps during the 2014 and 2015 king tides found live fecal bacteria well above state limits. In one case, levels were more than 600 times the limit. While some of the fecal matter was dog waste, scientists found higher levels of human waste that likely enter floodw..>> view originalMiami Hurricanes football team welcomes 12 new enrollees to campus
A new crop of football players have arrived in Coral Gables.Some of them were South Florida high school standouts. Some are transfers. Some are walk-ons. All are vying to make a difference for the Miami Hurricanes, as they began summer school classes Monday as official enrollees, the university confirmed.Of the 12 incoming players confirmed by UM to have registered for the current summer classes, six signed National Letters of Intent on National Signing Day. They include safety Romeo Finley of ..>> view originalFSU's Tim Brewster, Miami assistant exchange tweets over top ...
Buy PhotoFSU tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator Tim Brewster instructs players during a practice last season.(Photo: D.A. Robin/Democrat)Buy PhotoIt looks like Florida State and Miami will compete for one of South Florida’s top offensive lineman until National Signing Day.FSU recruiting coordinator Tim Brewster had an amusing Twitter exchange with UM assistant director of player personnel Jorge Baez on Monday night, where he referred to the Miami area as "my backyard."Here are the twe..>> view originalUber getting special zone at Miami International Airport
Uber drivers will go from clandestine arrivals at Miami International Airport to having their own advertised zones outside the terminal as Miami-Dade County moves toward officially sanctioning ride-hailing services. Uber, which claims more than 10,000 vehicles in Miami-Dade, has long encouraged its drivers to hide their tell-tale windshield cellphone mounts and ask passengers to ride shotgun in the front in order to avoid detection and fines from MIA inspectors. But Monday marked the first bure..>> view originalAs condos sales slow, Miami developers turn to rentals
As Miami’s condo market loses traction amid a softening world economy, developers are shifting gears. Rental apartments are sprouting throughout Miami-Dade as focus turns from ultra-luxury condos to apartments geared toward young professionals seeking an urban lifestyle. More than 12,500 new rental units are in the works, with almost 2,000 of those landing in 2016, according to the Miami Downtown Development Authority’s residential report for the first quarter of 2016, prepared by Integra Realt..>> view originalFat clots killed woman at Hialeah cosmetic surgery clinic, coroner says
The Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office on Monday reported the primary cause of death for Heather Meadows, a 29-year-old mother of two from West Virginia, who died last week following cosmetic surgery at a Hialeah clinic: fat clots of the lungs and heart. Darren Caprara, director of operations for the medical examiner's department, said fat particles clogged the arteries of Meadows’ lungs and heart, causing the organs to fail.Medical examiners reported the secondary cause of death was complica..>> view originalWater, water everywhere: Swimming lessons are critical
Usely Michel, a 13-year-old who couldn’t swim, got saved last month at a Deerfield Beach pool by Angel Rivera, an 11-year-old who could. A 14-year-old in Cooper City got revived by CPR Sunday after a house pool nearly claimed his life.That’s why, last Wednesday, the stands surrounding Overtown’s Gibson Park Pool held 50 kids ready for the first of free swim lessons until the end of July, courtesy of the Kiwanis Club of Biscayne Bay. Drowning season’s upon us again.“We’re here because there’s so..>> view originalRepublican Miami-Dade mayor won't make presidential endorsement
Miami-Dade County’s highest-ranking Republican in office, Mayor Carlos Gimenez, said Monday he’s staying out of the presidential race and won’t publicly endorse a candidate.“I’m supporting Carlos Gimenez for Miami-Dade mayor,” he said on the Spanish-language Univision network’s Radio Mambí, a local station.Host Bernadette Pardo reminded Gimenez that there will also be other races on the ballot. But the mayor, who has golfed with presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, still refused to pick..>> view originalStanding water on property? Mosquito control may come after you to ...
With the rainy season about to arrive and 45 confirmed Zika cases this year, more than any other county in Florida, Miami-Dade commissioners will consider changing the county’s legal code on Tuesday to empower mosquito control workers during public health emergencies to act within two days instead of the current five to clear empty containers and other breeding grounds for the disease-spreading insects when located on private property.Speaking on the lawn of Miami-Dade’s government center on Mo..>> view original
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