Miami Beach Officials Say Urban Beach Week Plan Worked
They're not celebrating just yet, but Miami Beach city leaders gave themselves a pat on the back for a job well done at Urban Beach Weekend so far.
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They're not celebrating just yet, but Miami Beach city leaders gave themselves a pat on the back for a job well done at Urban Beach Weekend so far.
cross the city of Miami Beach, residents and business owners are finding that they can get along with the people who have flooded the city for Urban Beach Week. Arrests are down, tensions have been lowered, and some residents are saying they no longer feel hostage in their own neighborhoods.
Miami Beach police say a New York Knicks player has been arrested on a bench warrant for not having a valid driver's license.
Miami Beach is expecting to see an influx of people for Memorial Day weekend starting Thursday. Some 350,000 people are expected to flood the beach for a weekend of beachside parties and holiday fun.
The barricades are going out and signs banning parking are going up as Miami Beach prepares for a massive influx of party-goers to arrive in just three days.
Miami Beach will be flooded with visitors this Memorial Day Weekend as part of the 13th annual Urban Beach Week, which is dubbed the largest Urban festival in the world.
In an effort to control the massive crowds expected during the Urban Beach Weekend over the Memorial Day holiday on Miami Beach, police will enforce what they call a zero tolerance policy.
Several law enforcement agencies are looking for a Miami Beach Police K-9 officer who disappeared from his handler's Miami home Monday night.
CBS4 News has obtained video of a scuffle on Miami Beach with police officers. YouTube video shows Miami Beach Police officers in the middle of a crowd of spring breakers.
Six Miami Beach employees charged in a scheme to extort money from a Miami Beach club owner entered not guilty pleas Wednesday morning in Federal Court in Miami, and fled the courthouse ahead of advancing TV cameras declining an opportunity to explain their involvement.
Miami Beach Police say they have arrested a career criminal who is accused of burglary and possible police impersonation.
Armando Rodriguez is a career criminal with more charges than you can count on two hands; and it appears Rodriguez may still be at it.
The top code compliance inspector for the city of Miami Beach has been charged, along with 6 other people, in a scheme to allegedly extort money from a South beach club owner. An FBI sting snared 5 Miami Beach code compliance officers and two city firefighters who prosecutors claim demanded cash for looking the other way.
A Sawgrass toll plaza turned into a speed trap for some of the very officers who patrol the road in Sunrise.
The man Miami Beach Police said raped a woman in her penthouse at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel made his first appearance in court Friday afternoon.
Miami Beach's new top cop will take the oath of office on Thursday. Wednesday afternoon the city's commission, in a vote of 4-2, approved interim chief Raymond Martinez as the new chief of police.
After reviewing nearly 80 applications from across the country, it looks like a familiar face will be taking the reigns of the troubled Miami Beach Police Department.
Three accused armed robbers are locked up without bond and facing a slew of charges. Police say they went on a robbery rampage across Miami-Dade, Broward, Monroe, and Palm Beach Counties.
Former South Beach night club big wig Chris Paciello is in trouble with the law once again.
A woman who fled her home with her children, claiming her husband put them in danger, touched off an ongoing SWAT situation in Miami Beach Saturday afternoon after the husband apparently barricaded himself in the home.
A Central Florida teen already facing charges that he impersonated a physician's assistant was arrested for a second time in South Florida.
A Central Florida teen already facing charges that he impersonated a physician's assistant and worked in a hospital apparently still wants to be someone else, but may have traded a gun for a stethoscope.
Miami Beach police have arrested four suspects accused of scamming an elderly man out of $12,000. Police say there are likely more victims.
The list of potential contenders to be the next Miami Beach police chief has been whittled down to about a dozen or so.
An attorney for former Miami Beach Police Derek Kuilan said he has obtained new surveillance tape from the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office that is a significant development in this case.
Residents in Fort Lauderdale's Victoria Park neighborhood say a string of car break-ins and burglaries has left them frustrated and fearful after multiple failed arrests.
A rescue group says the French bulldog mix dubbed "Miracle" may need weeks of treatment after being found severely malnourished behind a local drug store.
A mother says her two young sons are still recovering after the blast that injured 11 people and killed the boat operator.
With inflation hitting its highest point since 2023, Kiana Powell told CBS News, "I cannot let a deal go to waste if it's something that I am using daily."
A new state report shows Florida recorded 694 reportable boating accidents in 2025, with officials pointing to increasingly congested waterways.
Residents in Fort Lauderdale's Victoria Park neighborhood say a string of car break-ins and burglaries has left them frustrated and fearful after multiple failed arrests.
A rescue group says the French bulldog mix dubbed "Miracle" may need weeks of treatment after being found severely malnourished behind a local drug store.
A mother says her two young sons are still recovering after the blast that injured 11 people and killed the boat operator.
With inflation hitting its highest point since 2023, Kiana Powell told CBS News, "I cannot let a deal go to waste if it's something that I am using daily."
A new state report shows Florida recorded 694 reportable boating accidents in 2025, with officials pointing to increasingly congested waterways.
In courtroom testimony, Shandelle Maycock recounted the harrowing night her daughter was abandoned in the Everglades, describing the horrors they endured.
A former prison guard trainee has been sentenced to death for the 2019 execution-style killings of five women inside a Florida bank.
Florida coach Billy Napier is getting a fourth season to try to get the Gators back to their winning ways.
A Florida man has filed a federal lawsuit against Jacksonville sheriff's officers who severely beat him last year after he ran from a traffic stop.
The Marion County Sheriff's deputy told authorities that he accidentally shot and killed his girlfriend while cleaning his gun.
Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.
The Trump administration announced it's restricting people who don't have U.S. passports from entering the country if they have been in Congo, South Sudan or Uganda amid the Ebola outbreak.
The Trump administration has placed intense pressure on Cuba's communist leadership.
At issue in the cases was who can bring lawsuits in federal court to address potential violations of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
President Trump had accused the Treasury Department and IRS of unlawfully allowing a government contractor to leak his tax returns and those of his sons and company.
The only remaining roadblock: Miami Dade County Commission Chairman Anthony Rodriguez, who has so far refused to say when – or even if – he will allow the full commission to vote on it.
A group of Miami residents, including historian Marvin Dunn, filed suit last week in federal court to block the transfer of land for the proposed library.
CBS News Miami has confirmed from multiple sources that the Miami Dade State Attorney's office is investigating A3.
State Senator Rosalind Osgood is urging Wasserman Schultz not to run in Florida's 22nd Congressional district.
In an interview on Facing South Florida, Wasserman Schultz said the Governor's efforts to redraw the maps will almost certainly violate the Fair Districts constitutional amendment voters in Florida passed in 2010.
The cruise ship hit by a deadly hantavirus outbreak has docked at the Dutch port of Rotterdam for disinfection, wrapping up a troubled journey that put world health authorities on alert.
At least 80 deaths have been reported in a new Ebola disease outbreak in Congo and Uganda, authorities said.
Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, leader of the Food and Drug Administration division responsible for regulating prescription and over-the-counter drugs, is leaving her post, a senior FDA official confirmed.
A New York native is among 16 American passengers who are quarantining in Nebraska after being on the cruise ship that is at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak.
The head of the World Health Organization says "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
AARP is sounding the alarm because it is so easy to fall for these schemes, but there are simple things everyone can do to protect themselves.
A lawsuit filed late last month took Chicago-based McDonald's to task over the McRib sandwich, calling its name a form of false advertising.
Florida insurance policyholders could be seeing some form of relief in their wallets thanks to market reforms made statewide, Gov. Ron DeSantis said.
The company said Tuesday that 85% of its retail products and "nearly all" of its school offerings are already made without "certified colors."
Less than two days after Delta Air Lines offered $30,000 to each passenger on board the flight that crashed and flipped in Toronto on Monday afternoon, the company is facing its first two lawsuits in the incident — and they likely won't be the last.
"Survivor" 48 and 50 contestant Joe Hunter believes his sister Joanna, whose death was ruled a suicide, was murdered. He and their mother are working to be Joanna's voice and advocate for others who have experienced domestic violence.
The Library of Congress revealed this year's list of 25 recordings to be preserved for future generations on the National Recording Registry.
"The Devil Wears Prada 2" edges out "Mortal Kombat II" at the North American box office this weekend.
A trial in the lawsuit between Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni was set to begin later in May.
The performance followed similar shows by Madonna in 2024 and Lady Gaga last year on one of the world's most iconic waterfronts.