A cat owner who sued Imperial Point Animal Hospital for malpractice lost her case in Broward court last month. Now she is requesting a hearing in the court of public opinion, where all of us are jurors.Below is a “before” shot of the cat at issue in this case, named…
Still no word on exactly why Benjamin Schwartz gunned down his two neighbors on Friday before killing himself, but an investigation of the case confirmed that particular chain of events. From the Broward Sheriff’s Office release:Ballistics tests done on evidence collected from the two adjacent condominium units confirmed the scenario,…
Sounds like the Broward Sheriff’s Office has been tracking Michael Woolf, 35, for several months. And that it suspects he’s been tracking underaged girls all the while, not just online but from his perch atop the lifeguard tower. Here’s the BSO release: A South Florida lifeguard was arrested in Cooper…
On paper, the congressional district of Rep. Bill Young of St. Petersburg would seem to be one of the best chances for the Democratic Party to pick up a seat. Although Young has kept that district Republican for almost 30 years, it went for Obama last November, and at 78…
Our beaches are great, but let’s face it, we don’t think about ’em till we’ve got tourists to please. Which is why every time I get visitors from out of state, I get stumped by the same question: “What beach will we love?” But not all our beaches are created…
In a deal that will have to come with a career change, Carole Exantus of Plantation accepted a permanent injunction against filing tax returns on clients’ behalf in order to settle a case with U.S. Justice Department attorneys who had sued her for fraud. From the release:The court found that…
Like a crappy movie sequel franchise, it seems the souped-up, tricked-out import cars driven recklessly by immature teens and even more stunted 20- and 30-somethings are here to stay. As are tourists, who — you may have noticed — like to drive slow enough to savor their South Florida getaway…
If you’re dreading this week to come, you need to begin by watching this hypnotically relaxing two-minute video from this past weekend of the sun rising over Fort Lauderdale Beach. Jack up the volume and bask in the soothing crash of the surf. Aaaaah! Feel better? Good. Because tomorrow, Fed…
You don’t have to work at the Palm Beach Post or work at a newspaper to appreciate the following email from management. All you need is some knowledge of corporate America. Or, better, to have seen Office Space. I hate this kind of shit so much that if I were in that newsroom,…
For those on the wedding guest list, good luck shopping for that gift. And surely there are some fortunate few among our locals who will be present, especially since Palm Beach’s Mar-a-Lago is the likely setting for the freshly Tweeted Jared Kushner-Ivanka Trump nuptials.An intriguing choice, given the historic tension…
When Ira Goldstein found out his house in Delray Beach was made with defective Chinese drywall, he did the first thing most people would do: He called the home’s builder. And unlike most of those calls, this builder actually offered to help Goldstein.But his builder, Centerline Homes, did nothing short…
The construction orgy has left the county with more than 25,000 empty classroom seats, a number that is expected to rise to 34,800 by 2013 (according to Superintendent James K. Notter). The cost of building all those empty seats isn’t too difficult to estimate. Conservatively, all those empty seats would fill about 1,400 classrooms. Multiply that by…
Sterling Ivey, press secretary for Gov. Charlie Crist, responded to Juice coverage of the scandals at the North Broward Hospital District with a short statement indicating the governor’s office was keeping tabs on the case but wasn’t ready to act. Said Ivey in a short email:We are aware of the…
The alleged shark is named Pamela Lynn Csolkovits. A Broward Sheriff’s Office statement says she admitted to stealing some $200,000 from her fellow residents of the Surf Rider Condominium Association on Ocean Boulevard in Pompano Beach. An audit allegedly found that the actual losses were more than twice that. From…
It’s taken a few years, but Hollywood Commissioners are finally ready to let $3.5 million in city funds go up in smoke. At a meeting this Tuesday, commissioners will put on their Community Redevelopment Agency hats and vote to release the CRA’s mortgages on the property at U.S. 1 and…
It’s been a busy couple of weeks for the South Florida animal kingdom, at least when it comes to human harassment: A rabid fox at Red Reef Park in Boca Raton bit three people last Thursday morning, and that same day a raccoon bit somebody else in the vicinity. A…
Someone tell the Keebler elves before it’s too late! From TMZ.com, that’s a shot of the poor Oompa Loompa who was busted at the Broward Mall for promoting the performance of Jeff Beacher’s Madhouse at the Coconut Creek Seminole casino.Wonka’s Oompa Loompas have been swarming the region — Jose Lambiet…
Volaris is a low-cost airline based in Mexico that only recently decided to do business in the USA. In February the carrier promised to make its maiden flight from its Toluca home to the city that was to be its signature destination: Fort Lauderdale.But in a move that will break…
We should know the answer to that question in about an hour. Yesterday I sent an email to the governor’s press secretary with a link to the post I made Wednesday. That post told of how the North Broward Hospital District Chairman Mike Fernandez demanded that an ethics investigation be…
Oh, the humanity! Or, technically, the lack of humanity — because, technically, the passengers were pets and… oh… actually, the “crash” that caught my eye in this article is referring to the server for booking flights on Delray Beach-based Pet Airways. Which is the only good kind of crash in…
This Osama doesn’t live in a cave (that we know of), but like his namesake, Osama El-Atari has vanished just before the long arm of the law could get him in its clutches . The son of Jordanian immigrants, El-Atari bought the Original Steakhouse & Sports Theatre franchise, which until…
