Latin Builders Association Academy Lacks Diversity

Uncle Luke, the man whose booty-shaking madness made the U.S. Supreme Court stand up for free speech, gets as nasty as he wants to be for Miami New Times. This week, Luke probes a new charter school started by a special interest group.The Latin Builders Association is one of the…

Mugshots Friday: Sashay Away

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Chris Brown Kills Rihanna in Law & Order: SVU Episode

Our nation loves a good cause, and we seem to have made Rihanna one of them. This whole country is just one bad-gal Instagram photo away from a million-man march to raise awareness and call for an end to the singer’s tumultuous relationship with Chris Brown. Never mind that the…

Alba’s Ralph Pagano Shows Us His Kitchen (Harlem Shake Edition)

Alba Seaside Italian’s chef/partner Ralph Pagano always has something up his sleeve (and we’re not talking about a spare “King” hidden in his orange chef’s coat — though he probably has that too).Whether it’s telling us a story about his great-grandfather Vinny D. or cohosting a show on Lifetime (yes,…

Lake Worth Legislator Pushing Medical Marijuana Bill

Florida has some of the nation’s toughest anti-marijuana laws. For instance, anyone caught growing at least 25 plants in their home can be charged with a second-degree felony and face a maximum sentence of 15 years. Even the feds aren’t that draconian. They at least give you 99 plants before…

Six Signs EDM Has Totally Sold Out

Did you know EDM is a big moneymaker? Nothing sells better than sex, drugs, and uhntz uhntz. And now, thanks to modern technology, you don’t even have to be a respectable, talented DJ to cash in on the molly moola express. Corporations are dying to sign contracts with these party…

Ex-Cocaine Trafficker Sentenced to 14 Years For Medicare Fraud

A former drug trafficker who found a lucrative career in Medicare fraud shortly after his release from prison is getting another 14 years in the slammer. On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga sentenced Armando “Mandy” Gonzalez for orchestrating a $63 million Medicare scam between 2004 and 2011. He…

SoBeWFF Unkind to Vegetarians

If you didn’t get to partake in any of the epic adventures that went down this past weekend at the SoBeWFF – we’re so sorry. It was everything we could have possibly imagined — nothing less than the Garden of Eden; Shangri-La; Nirvana. There were copious quantities of cocktails, edible…

Mugshots Friday: The World Is Mine

Every Friday, Riptide brings you the most eye-catching mugshots taken the previous week (or thereabouts) in Miami-Dade County. Yes, there is some mockery of bad neck tattoos, but also adulation directed at perps who just plain look more badass than we ever will. This is the italicized intro to that…

Harlem Shake! Ten Grandmas, Babies, and Sick Cats Do the Dance!

Just a week ago, Baauer and his “Harlem Shake” was simply an underground sensation. Sure, his name was on the lips of everyone in the know, but how many skinny-jean hipster trapper keepers are there? This morning, Baauer holds the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100, the first…