Mild morn, warm afternoon

It should be another pretty day in South Florida
Expect another nice day, mild in the morning and warm in the afternoon.
Thursday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies with highs in the low 80s, lows in the mid 60s and little chance of rain. Winds should be light and out of the east.
Friday’s [...]

Tuesday forecast: Mostly sunny, breezy, nice

South Florida should finally see some nice weather after a lousy weekend.
After a stretch of rain-soaked dreary days, South Floridians woke up to cool dry conditions on Tuesday.  Early morning temperatures across the region were in the mid to upper 60s and low 70s.
Tuesday’s forecast calls for mostly sunny skies and breezy [...]

Finger-pointing, but no certainty, about cause of Crabby Jack’s fire

 
Who’s responsible for the blaze that consumed Crabby Jack’s, a popular Deerfield Beach restaurant, two months ago?
The building’s insurer says it may have been negligent employees.
The restaurateur’s lawyer says no one knows who did it
The state fire marshal’s office, which confirmed Monday that arson was the cause, is asking the public to help figure [...]

Longtime BSO chaplain quits while under investigation

The friendly, well-known chaplain for the past two decades at the Broward Sheriff’s Office resigned this week while under investigation by his own agency.
Rev. Rick Braswell was the subject of a probe by BSO’s equal employment opportunity office, which handles complaints of harassment and other violations of federal workplace law. BSO [...]

Foreigners’ Sweetener: Buy House, Get a Visa

 
The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy houses in the U.S.
The provision is part of a larger package of immigration measures, co-authored [...]

Glorious weather after a stormy mess

South Florida should finally see some nice weather after four days of gloom
Aaaaahhhhhhhhhh. Go outside and smile. The sauna has been turned off.
The first significant cold front of the season has finally arrived – and with it some glorious weather.
At 8 a.m. the temperature was 66 degrees in Fort Lauderdale and 65 [...]

Florida legislator would ban new debit card fees

Angry over announcements from several nationwide banks about new debit card fees, a South Florida lawmaker is asking the Legislature to ban the practice.

Rep. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, has proposed legislation that would ban banks from charging debit card user fees.
"The bottom line is the banks sold us on this idea of a [...]