Miami Beach FL

As Art Basel fans descend on Miami Beach, the City of basking in the glow of an experiment in art and ocean conservation: a new underwater sculpture park called ReefLine, which is being installed just off the coast, with the goal of rebuilding coral habitat while offering a unique public art experience.

1 of 2 Lotus House, the nation’s largest women’s homeless shelter and a model for holistic shelter services, recently celebrated the opening of the Children’s Village at Lotus Village, an innovative education and resource center serving Lotus House’s sheltered children and the children and families of the surrounding...

Miami Seaquarium is closed for good. Now demand SeaWorld shut down and move all marine animals to sanctuaries. Sign the petition now. The post Petition: Close SeaWorld and Release All Captive Marine Animals to Sanctuaries appeared first on One Green Planet.

MIAMI — A 20-year-old man has been accused of striking his landlord with an axe last week in Miami, according to police. Officers with the Miami Police Department said they responded to a home near the 800 block of Northwest 24th Court after reports of an aggravated battery involving an axe on Nov. 26.

This week’s Sick and Shut Down List of restaurants closed by failed inspection comes fat with roaches and chain restaurants. Also, this is a special 305 version of our weekly list, covering only Miami-Dade and the Florida Keys. As always, if you want to file a complaint about a restaurant, contact the Florida...

Fifty years ago a fascinating weather anomaly blanketed the United States in arctic, snowy weather and temporarily spawned fears of a new ice age. Call it the "snowy '70s." It was so wintry that the cold wave of January 1977 produced the only known trace of snow in the greater Miami area of Florida ever reported....

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. — A child was pronounced dead at Memorial Hospital West after drowning on Sunday in Pembroke Pines. Pembroke Pines Fire Rescue personnel responded to the drowning near Southwest Seventh Street and 118 Avenue and found a child, who is 12 to 24 months old, unresponsive, according to Division Chief...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Fort Lauderdale police and fire rescue crews responded to a shooting Sunday evening near the 2300 block of Northwest Sixth Street, authorities said. Officers were called to the scene at about 7:40 p.m. and found an a man with gunshot wounds. Fire crews transported him...

MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) — A Miami man originally from South Africa pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft after stealing a dead toddler's identity to gain citizenship 40 years ago. In addition to the identity theft, he was also convicted on October 15 for making a false statement on a...

Floridians have a well-deserved reputation for loving dogs, but let's be honest—local residents have just as much affection for cats and kittens, too. There's something about a purring ball of fur that melts even the toughest heart, and right now in Hollywood, Florida, there's a two-month-old orange kitten who's...