Crema Gourmet opened at the Promenade at Coconut Creek on Saturday, bringing all‑day breakfast and coffee to the mall. Owner Takis Efthymiou says the menu focuses on bowls, sandwiches and freshly made food.

Davie firefighters and police secured an alligator during a water-main response, ending a two-year effort by state trappers; no injuries were reported.

A Hialeah man was arrested after a 100+ mph motorcycle chase down U.S. 1 in the Florida Keys; the Florida Highway Patrol stopped him near Mile Marker 103.

Deli Lane is throwing a final, all‑day Fourth of July send‑off at its 59th Avenue home before relocating to the historic Dorn Buildings amid a larger redevelopment. Live bands, burgers and a neighborhood goodbye are on the bill.

Elliott Management bought the Mayfair House Hotel & Garden in Coconut Grove for about $694 million, adding a refreshed 179-room boutique to its South Florida holdings.

A state-run toll board voted June 11 to abandon the 14‑mile Kendall Parkway and approve a shorter, costly four‑mile extension of SR‑836 to SW 8th Street. The move shifts funding toward smaller upgrades and slows plans to build through western Miami‑Dade.

A 78-year-old Miami landlord was arrested after allegedly attacking a tenant with a machete on SW 17th Street; the tenant was hospitalized and the suspect is being held without bond.

Miami Homes For All launched SSADA to help landowners, nonprofits and small developers build and rehab neighborhood‑scale affordable homes across Miami‑Dade.

Hot, sticky Friday in Miami with scattered afternoon storms. Heat index may top 100°F and brief urban flooding is possible.

St. Thomas University invited developers to rework roughly 28 acres of its Miami Gardens campus into mixed-use housing, hospitality and retail under a formal solicitation. Advisers say the site sits in an Opportunity Zone.

An indictment unsealed June 10 alleges Pines Care co‑owner Dr. Jaynier Moya and staff created ghost patients and fed fabricated test results into clinical trial databases.

Gov. DeSantis signed a death warrant for Dennis Michael Sochor, setting a July 14 execution at Florida State Prison in a decades‑old Broward murder that has drawn fresh attention. The victim’s body was never recovered and Sochor’s appeals have stretched for years.

A special weather statement warns Orangetree of 50 mph gusts and half‑inch hail through 3:30 PM EDT.