Drastic measures approved in Miami Beach ahead of Spring Break 2024
After last year's violence and disruptions left two people dead and dozens in jail, commissioners approved drastic measures.
After last year's violence and disruptions left two people dead and dozens in jail, commissioners approved drastic measures.
Next year's Spring Break in South Beach will look and feel different after city leaders agreed Monday on future curfews, alcohol sales limits, and new security around Ocean Drive.
Next year's Spring Break in South Beach will look and feel different after city leaders agreed Monday on future curfews, alcohol sales limits, and new security around Ocean Drive.
On Monday, the city commission met and agreed to declare a state of emergency next March and begin curfews during problem weeks in March 2024.
One idea is to put strict security measures in place, including a secured perimeter on Ocean Drive.
Teri Hornstein reports a number of ideas will be discussed including a secured perimeter on Ocean Drive and closing the causeways when they reach capacity.
One of those students died at the Ryder Trauma Center
Austin Carter reports the suspected gunman reportedly admitting to the shooting, telling police it was in self defense.
South Beach residents say they are worried about their safety after two deadly shootings occurred last weekend amid an influx of spring break visitors.
Nicole Lauren reports the Greater Miami and the Beaches Hotel Association want to get the word out that the city is more than the recent negative headlines.
A Miami Beach liquor store owner has filed an injunction against a new city ordinance that limits evening alcohol sales this weekend.
Access to certain areas of South Beach will be limited
A state lawmaker is advocating for Miami Beach to bring in additional officers to quell unruly behavior.
For the third year in a row, Miami Beach is struggling with spring break violence, including two deadly shootings
Teri Hornstein reports Miami Beach finds itself struggling with spring break violence, including two deadly shootings and unruly crowds, despite a massive police presence and activities designed to give people alternatives to drinking alcohol and roaming the streets.
Teri Hornstein reports a Spring Break weekend marred by two deadly shootings has led to city leaders to consider the future.
Search the words "Miami Beach" online and it is hardly all sunshine and good news in the wake of two deadly shootings last weekend.
Students by the thousands are flocking to Fort Lauderdale's beaches for the 2023 spring break season, which has not been marred -- so far -- by any major reports of criminal activity.
Miami Beach City Commissioners on Monday voted 4-3 to reject the continuation of a curfew next weekend after imposing one last weekend.
Teri Hornstein reports another curfew may go into effect this weekend.
Teri Hornstein reports there were two deadly shootings over the weekend.
Vice Mayor Meiner said there will be a special meeting on Monday to discuss future curfews and other measures to control Spring Break crowds.
A similar curfew will be discussed Monday for next weekend
Teri Hornstein reports Miami Beach on Sunday issued a state of emergency and imposed a curfew following an overnight shooting Sunday and one Friday night that sent panicked crowds fleeing for cover. A similar curfew will be discussed for next weekend.
Police are investigating a double shooting on Ocean Drive which resulted in one person dead and another one wounded.
Video shows the jaw-dropping moment when people on a boat begin dumping buckets of trash into the Boca Inlet on Sunday.
As part of the I.CARE Trash Derby, over 600 scuba diving and other volunteers have joined forces to remove underwater and coastal debris from the Florida Keys.
One hundred million dollars is available for the Hometown Heroes Program. It kicks in July 1st, but people are encouraged to apply now because funds can run out quickly.
Sterling Davis goes by the name TrapKing. He travels the country to help stray cats.
Hialeah police Lieutenant Eddie Rodriguez called the apparent murder-suicide heartbreaking
Video shows the jaw-dropping moment when people on a boat begin dumping buckets of trash into the Boca Inlet on Sunday.
As part of the I.CARE Trash Derby, over 600 scuba diving and other volunteers have joined forces to remove underwater and coastal debris from the Florida Keys.
Entering its third year, Miami has been chosen as one of the only six venues to host an F1 Sprint in 2024, meaning there will be an extra race held that Saturday and guaranteeing high-octane action throughout the weekend.
One hundred million dollars is available for the Hometown Heroes Program. It kicks in July 1st, but people are encouraged to apply now because funds can run out quickly.
Miami FC heads on their third away match of the season, making their way to Pennsylvania to face off the Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC on Saturday.
Florida insurance companies made money last year for the first time in seven years.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled Sept. 26 to discuss whether it will hear a First Amendment challenge to a 2021 Florida law that placed restrictions on major social-media companies.
The number of people traveling to Florida during the second quarter of 2023 decreased compared to a year earlier, according to estimates released Wednesday by the state's tourism-marketing agency.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Walt Disney Parks and Resorts should drop a federal lawsuit that claims retaliation by the state and accept changes to a special district that long benefited the theme-park giant.
It's Back-To-School and that also means back to the lunch room, as breakfast and lunch are free to all Miami-Dade public school students again this year.
Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children are expected to enroll in the Affordable Care Act's health insurance next year under a new administration rule, the White House says.
Hope Hicks, one of former President Donald Trump's closest aides for years, told jurors how she handled the fallout from "hush money" payments made to two women before the 2016 election.
President Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, to 19 recipients.
A Florida law prohibiting abortions after six weeks gestation with some exceptions went into effect Wednesday.
Joshua Dean was a quality inspector at Spirit AeroSystems, which builds the bulk of the 737 Max for Boeing, and recently died from a fast-spreading infection.
Jim DeFede catches up with State Senator Lauren Book to talk about the looming six-week abortion ban while she is making her annual walk across Florida to bring attention to child sexual exploitation.
CBS News Miami's Jim DeFede devotes the bulk of this week's program to Florida's six-week abortion ban, which takes effect in a few days.
Jim DeFede talks to former state senator Jeff Brandes, who runs the Florida Policy Project, which has been exploring solutions that include the role of vouchers and something called "upzoning."
Jim DeFede continues scrutinizing the three-plus decades during which Katherine Fernandez Rundle has led the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office. This week, Jim's guest is South Miami Mayor Javier Fernandez.
Jim DeFede talks to the CEO of Trulieve, the cannabis company that spent $40 million to gather the signatures to get the measure on the ballot.
The Texas dairy worker infected by H5N1 "did not disclose the name of their workplace," frustrating investigators.
Actress Halle Berry joined with a group of bipartisan senators on Thursday to announce new legislation to promote menopause research, training and education.
Plaintiffs have three months to vote on whether to approve a proposed legal settlement that would resolve nearly all talc lawsuits.
Recall involves shelled walnuts distributed in 19 states and sold in bulk bins at natural food and co-op stores.
Cat deaths and neurological disease are "widely reported" around farms where the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected, health officials say.
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One consumer reported suffering a dental injury after eating Trader Joe's Chicken, Lentil & Caramelized Onion Pilaf product.
The company will keep its name and headquarters in Pittsburgh, but the United Steelworkers union voiced opposition to the deal.
For customers of SmileDirectClub, they were greeted with a message that they had shut down when logging on to its website.
CBP officials say the individually wrapped pink packages have an estimated resale value of more than $19,000.
"Happy 9th Birthday, Princess Charlotte!" the Prince and Princess of Wales said in a social media post with a new photo of their daughter taken by Kate.
Walt Disney World will host dozens of portraits of service members and veterans from the nation's Painter-in-Chief.
Paramount said long-time CEO Bob Bakish will leave the company, which is in discussions to explore a sale or merger.
The vinyl sales alone were monumental, Billboard said, with "the largest sales week for an album on vinyl in the modern era."
Both Mayor Charles Burkett and Chief Henry Doce believe that the officer involved could have been more empathetic to the distressed supermodel.