Miami-Dade County Beaches, Parks To Close For July 4th Weekend
Miami-Dade County beaches will be closed for the July 4th weekend, due to the spread of COVID-19.
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Miami-Dade County beaches will be closed for the July 4th weekend, due to the spread of COVID-19.
The rules on things like masks and social distancing are no doubt confusing, evolving and, in many cases, polarizing. South Florida's police officers are learning each day as well as they work to keep everyone safe.
For the first time in the city's history, Miami Beach formally commemorated Juneteenth with a ceremony at Pride Park on Friday morning.
With restrictions eased, people are once again out and about.
On the typically bustling, popular Lincoln Road in Miami Beach, one staple store is joining the list of now-empty storefronts. Books & Books will close its Lincoln Road location after three decades.
Miami Beach police are investigating a shooting in the heart of South Beach and want people to avoid the area.
Grab your towel and umbrella, Miami-Dade and the City of Miami have opened their beaches.
An Amazon store is coming to South Florida.
Miami-Dade and the City of Miami will finally open their beaches this Wednesday, but the openings will come with restrictions.
Anticipation was there before the weekend. Hotels and beaches were set to reopen Monday, bringing visitors back to Ocean Drive. But a curfew went into effect, keeping those plans from coming to fruition.
On Monday, June 1, beaches will open again in Miami-Dade. Thursday morning, City Miami Beach Commissioners held a special meeting through Zoom to discuss rules and guidelines for beaches, based on mandates from the county.
Miami-Dade County is taking another big step to reopening South Florida by setting a target of June 1 to reopen beaches and hotels. This includes beaches and hotels in Miami Beach as well.
An international fugitive wanted for a murder in Miami Beach has been extradited from Thailand to Miami.
Every South Florida city is in phase one of the recovery process, but that doesn't mean all businesses have reopened.
Miami, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, and Hialeah took the next step toward the 'new normal' on Wednesday by allowing many non-essential businesses to open with restrictions.
While it was back to business, in a limited manner, across much of Miami-Dade on Monday, some cities decided to hold off for a few more days.
Panhandling outside Miami Beach businesses is now considered "temporarily unlawful" under guidelines for the Phase 1 Reopening Order.
The focus of Jim DeFede's conversation with Miami Beach's mayor was the coronavirus.
Popular Lincoln Road will officially reopen on Saturday morning and pedestrians will be the only ones allowed on Ocean Drive.
One person has been rushed to the hospital following a boat collision near Star Island Tuesday night.
One person has been rushed to the hospital following a boat collision near Star Island Tuesday night.
A violent hit-and-run crash in Miami Beach has left a woman in critical condition.
Miami-Dade and Broward Counties are expected to announce plans for phase one openings later this week, however, South Pointe Park is reopening Monday but only on weekdays.
A group of protesters hit the streets of South Beach Sunday, demanding the reopening of shops, restaurants and beaches.
A nearly two-minute, profanity-laced tirade at a code officer at a Miami Beach grocery store is the latest example of mounting tensions in the US over wearing masks to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
Florida's invasive Argentine black and white tegus are thriving in South Florida, with Miami-Dade reporting more sightings than any other county in the U.S.
The Sixers' wild offseason continued Friday when they added four-time NBA champion LeBron James.
The cyclosporiasis outbreak, the nation's largest, is currently affecting nine states.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said the incident took place at 785 81st Street in Miami Beach.
Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) says it is expanding into the second phase of its earthquake response in Venezuela.
Florida's invasive Argentine black and white tegus are thriving in South Florida, with Miami-Dade reporting more sightings than any other county in the U.S.
The Sixers' wild offseason continued Friday when they added four-time NBA champion LeBron James.
The cyclosporiasis outbreak, the nation's largest, is currently affecting nine states.
The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office said the incident took place at 785 81st Street in Miami Beach.
Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) says it is expanding into the second phase of its earthquake response in Venezuela.
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.
The Trump administration will impose tariffs of up to 12.5% on goods from 60 U.S. trading partners accused of failing to crack down on forced labor, extending the administration's tariffs on much of the world.
The Senate rejected an attempt to rein in President Trump's war powers in Iran, soon after the House adopted a separate measure rebuking the president amid escalations in the conflict in recent days.
The Secret Service said a member of Vice President JD Vance's detail is under investigation for "compromising operational and information security."
The House on Thursday voted to direct President Trump to end the war with Iran, after four Republicans joined Democrats to rebuke the president over his handling of the conflict.
The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor's service history.
Larkin spoke this week to CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede.
The sordid life of Fabian Basabe is one CBS Miami first began covering on this show three years ago.
Dotie Joseph said after talking with neighbors and looking at the field, she thinks she has plenty of experience to assume the governorship.
Perhaps the most controversial cut DeSantis made was the $15 million that would have gone to fund security efforts at Catholic schools in Miami-Dade County.
The likely Republican candidate for governor, Congressman Byron Donalds, said he would vote for it, but as he told CBS Miami's Jim DeFede, if it does fail, they will tackle the issue again next year.
The case accuses OpenAI of practicing medicine without a license and failing to safeguard users seeking health advice.
Taylor Farms said none of its branded salads or kits contain the iceberg lettuce associated with the outbreak.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Officials are still searching for the source of the outbreak, prompting consumers to seek advice on social media about which foods to avoid.
A recall has been issued for frozen blueberries sold at Publix stores in Georgia, Florida and other Southern states after 12 people became sick, the FDA says.
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.
Tenisha Warner sat down for an exclusive interview with "CBS Mornings" before a lawsuit over her late husband's estate became public, and discussed her grief and raising her daughter alone.
A lawyer says influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate will fight extradition to the United Kingdom.
New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known for "Jurassic Park" and "The Piano," died Monday at 78, his family says.
A total of 22,141 fans wore the caps in London's Hyde Park on Friday ahead of his set at the British Summer Time festival.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for singing the chart-topping power ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983, has died. She was 75.