Miami Beach

Miami Beach officials urged Florida lawmakers to vote down SB 1730, an expansion to the Live Local Act because they fear it would open the door for developers to overtake the coastal city's iconic Art Deco historic buildings.

The Fight the Flood program, which is open to apply to until April 25, offers up to $20,000 matched for flood adaptation projects in private homes and commercial buildings in Miami Beach, with a priority on historic properties.

The Miami Beach-based company says this is the first major theatrical production to tackle the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel — and its impacts.

Miami Beach mayor Steven Meiner is pushing to evict O Cinema, an independent nonprofit movie theater, from a city-owned space after the theater screened Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land. He claims it’s antisemitic. The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida said it is "monitoring" the issue.

After years of spring break violence, including several fatal shootings, Miami Beach officials announced Tuesday they are putting in place and enforcing strict regulations for the second year in a row.

As part of its yearslong effort to curb raucous partying, the city created “Reality Check,” a video in which revelers break the rules and suffer the consequences.

The collection of photographs traces the evolution of Miami Beach throughout the 20th Century and chronicles the Jewish community's enormous contributions. The book's editors will appear during the 2024 Miami Book Fair.

The exhibit marks the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre at the Nova Music Festival in southern Israel, where heavily armed Hamas militants rampaged through the festival, killing at least 364 people and taking more than 40 hostage. Many of them are still held in Gaza.

In the midst of a feud over tax funding for Homeless Services, Miami-Dade County says Miami Beach needs to pay its fair share for services.

A new documentary titled "Zurawski v Texas" — whose executive producer is Chelsea Clinton, daughter of former President Bill Clinton — premieres Wednesday night at the Regal South Beach in Miami. The free screening starts at 7 p.m.

South Florida condo owners already spend a lot on monthly fees but very little of the money goes into reserves. More money will have to be funneled into savings beginning next year.

Fred Waitzkin, author of Searching for Bobby Fischer, has released a new book based on the story of his friend Ralph’s 20 years of homelessness in South Florida.