Volunteers continue gathering donations for Venezuela earthquake victims despite holiday weekend
More than 2,000 people were killed in the back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela.
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More than 2,000 people were killed in the back-to-back earthquakes in Venezuela.
According to arrest records, Franklin Virgüez, 72, was seen at the Doral Park Country Club in a gray vehicle exposing himself publicly.
Rescue efforts are continuing in Venezuela one week after deadly back-to-back earthquakes.
Rows of cars have remained lined up at the Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) in Doral, where volunteers are collecting donations of non-perishable food, tents, and diapers to send to the disaster zone.
South Florida residents have responded in large numbers to the call for help after two deadly earthquakes struck Venezuela on June 24.
Cash donations, along with essential supplies, can make the biggest difference as South Florida continues supporting earthquake survivors in Venezuela.
Volunteers gathered at the Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) warehouse in Doral on Saturday to pack supplies for relief efforts in Venezuela.
As humanitarian aid flows from South Florida to Venezuela following devastating earthquakes, local Venezuelan Americans are navigating a desperate search for news of missing family members.
At Sabor Venezolano in Doral, residents are collecting food, clothing, and other essential supplies to send to those affected by the disaster.
Global Empowerment Mission is expected to begin shipping aid to Venezuela starting Thursday after deadly back-to-back earthquakes.
Miami-Dade officials say an elevator at Parkwood Condominiums passed inspection and returned to service after a weeks-long outage that left elderly and disabled residents struggling to access their homes.
The Quarry 2 and Well fires in western Miami-Dade are now nearly fully contained after burning more than 19,000 acres, allowing some roadways to reopen.
As of Thursday, four total wildfires have burned more than 20,000 acres of land, which is bigger than the city of Hialeah.
Residents of a condominium complex near Doral are appealing for help after being stranded on upper floors for more than a month, with an out-of-service elevator.
Lopez succeeds Manny Morales in leading a department of 1,400 sworn officers and 400 civilian employees in a city of nearly 500,000 residents.
The crash occurred around 10:40 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the Florida's Turnpike near northwest 106th Street.
Friends, classmates, and teachers gathered Friday evening for a mass at Our Lady of Divine Providence Catholic Church in Sweetwater to honor the victims.
Investigators say Ryan Charles Whiten stabbed Melanie Lauren Hyer and her two daughters to death before taking his own life.
Chief Matthew Castillo, 42, will be replacing Chief Edwin Lopez, who is leaving Doral to replace Chief Manny Morales in the city of Miami.
The adults were identified as 46-year-old Melanie Lauren Hyer and 42-year-old Ryan Charles Whiten. The children were identified as an 11-year-old girl and an 8-year-old girl.
Meteorologist Nic Merianos said 1.5 to 3 inches of rain had fallen over the area over a two-hour window, enough to produce urban and poor-drainage street flooding.
Condominium owners near Doral are speaking exclusively with CBS News Miami, sharing stories of hardship amid the area's suffocating heat.
Hundreds of volunteers gathered at the Global Empowerment Mission in Doral to pack 5,000 hurricane preparedness kits that will be distributed to South Florida families ahead of the 2026 hurricane season.
Edwin Lopez, who has served as chief of the Doral Police Department since 2023, has been selected as the next police chief for the City of Miami.
As of Saturday evening, there had been 8 total threats reported, from bomb threats to unspecified threatening calls, where police did a sweep and found no danger to the public.
