Check out our previous coverage of Tropical Storm IsaacAs you probably noticed by looking outside Monday morning and seeing that everything was intact, save some larger-than-usual puddles and broken branches, Tropical Storm Isaac wasn’t exactly an apocalyptic event for Miami. Sure, it did result in some canceled flights, power outages,…
Your average Carnival cruise offers plenty of entertainment options. You can stuff yourself full of deli meats and warmed-over pasta at the buffet. You can swim in a chlorinated pool in the middle of an ocean. You can pretend to like shuffleboard. Or, like Orlando resident Kurt Gies, you can…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
In a loss for sports fans who enjoyed players who were funny, entertaining, and a little crazy, former Washington Redskins running back and ex-Hurricanes star Clinton Portis is calling it a career today. After nine seasons in the NFL, seven in the nation’s Capitol, Portis found himself with no job…
Also read: Driver With Suspended License Who Killed Biker In Crash Hasn’t Been Charged YetThe Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office has concluded its investigation into the traffic accident that claimed the life of Luka Balenovic on August 6, and for the family and friends of Balenovic, the results are upsetting. Gerardo…
Earlier this month, friends and family of Miami resident Luka Balenovic were shocked to learn he’d died in a car crash on the night of August 6. But they were even more upset to learn that Gerardo Valdivia, the man behind the wheel of the car that hit Balenovic’s motorcycle,…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Victor De Yurre’s Custom Rim Shop Can’t Pay Its Bills
Guillermo Cuadra thought he was in for a routine traffic stop when Miami police pulled him over on an August night two years ago. What he got instead was a broken left arm courtesy of some overzealous undercover cops, he claims, as well as bogus charges of soliciting a prostitute…
In his campaign to win a seat as a circuit court judge, Victor De Yurre has pointed to his wide range of experience as a Miami city commissioner, a civil lawyer, and a traffic magistrate. One job he hasn’t mentioned, though, has been his most recent: owning a shop that…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Ronald Poppo was blunt about the horrific Memorial Day weekend attack by Rudy Eugene that left him blind and disfigured. “He attacked me,” Poppo said. “He just ripped me to ribbons. He chewed up my face. He plucked out my eyes. Basically, that’s all there is to say about it.”…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
The Marlins Gave Up Hanley, but There’s Plenty Left to Trade
The father picked the gun off the table and held it up for his son to see. “This is a shotgun,” he said, pointing it into the small crowd walking past the table. “You remember this one, right?” Then he pretended to cock the gun and pull the trigger. “Blam!…
Read also: Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy, Goes for GoldIt hasn’t been the best of days for Olympic gold-medal hopeful and Miami resident Danell Leyva. First, he and the U.S. men’s team floundered in the all-around team competition, finishing fifth in the field of eight in London. And just this…
Read “Danell Leyva, Miami’s Olympic Prodigy, Goes for Gold.”The U.S. men’s gymnastics team came into Monday’s medal round as the gold-medal favorites. They finished the day not even on the podium. Looking for the country’s first all-around gold in gymnastics since 1984, the men’s team instead finished in fifth place,…
By the time you read this, your favorite Miami Marlin has probably been sent packing. For the third time in franchise history, a fire sale is raging. The face of the franchise, Hanley Ramirez, is now a Dodger; the last Marlin to throw a no-no, Anibal Sanchez, and the best…
Also read: “The Curse: Six students in Carol City’s tragic class of 2006 were murdered. Hope survives.”For most people, the death of 18-year-old Carol City resident Paul Royal is simply a tragedy. A bright young man, one month away from starting college, gunned down by unknown assailants, leading his family…
Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…
Also read: “Logan Morrison is the Marlins’ tweeter-in-chief.”On Thursday afternoon, Miami Marlins outfielder and social-media savant Logan Morrison saw something at a local Nordstrom’s that shocked him to his core. No, not a two-for-one sale on Calvin Klein underwear. He chanced upon a mother breastfeeding her child in public. And…
The Murder of Rosita Hidalgo, a Miami Beach Transgender Sex Worker, Should Not Be Forgotten
