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• Sewer pipe errupts in Miami Beach

  A 16-inch sewer pipe erupted Friday morning near 69 Street and Indian Creek Drive in Miami Beach.
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  Inspectors ensure sweetheart’s flowers are pest-free

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists search tons of flowers to make sure no pesky pests and diseases make it into bouquets and arrangements during the annual Valentine’s Day season.
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  Pinecrest

  Pinecrest Gardens Youth Arts Festival seeks students

  Pinecrest Gardens’ second annual Big Gig is accepting applications from children who are interested in free mentorship and training in theater, dance, music and visual arts.
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  Staying In

  Downtown Miami burger joint morphs into after-hours nightclub

  Just what Miami needs: another burger place. But why not? You can never have too much of a tasty thing, even if you’d get in trouble with Mom for saying its name. Damn Good Burger (DGB for short and sweet) is the latest entry into the ground beef fray and, like most places, is trying to keep ahead of the competition.

• Miami Beach

  Frontrunners emerge in Miami Beach police chief hunt

  Four frontrunners have emerged for the job to lead Miami Beach’s troubled police department

• Liberty City

  Police identify man killed by Miami Beach officer in Liberty City

  Miami-Dade police on Thursday released the name of the man shot and killed in Liberty City as he fled from officers.

• Miami-Dade Schools

  Student, 18, charged in Barbara Goleman Senior High stabbing

  Frank Oreste Acosta told police that he felt bullied by the other student and didn’t think the small knife he used to stab him was a weapon.
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  Mine found floating off Dania Beach

  A large, round mine found floating a mile off Dania Beach Thursday prompted the U.S. Coast Guard to close the beach and surrounding waters, authorities said.

• Need a job? Univision’s nightly job bank could help

  Univision and other community organizations in South Florida this week launched a campaign to help viewers looking for work.

• Weather

  More damp weather ahead, followed by a cool, sunny Sunday

  Although the Sunshine State has been murky for most of this week, the overcast skies and rain should give way to a nice cool-down by Sunday, with morning temperatures in the low- to mid-50s and afternoon readings in the upper 60s and low 70s.
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  COAST GUARD

  Bigger, faster cutter steams into Miami

  The Bernard C. Webber is the Coast Guard’s new Fast Response Cutter, which is going to replace the aging, ’70s-era fleet of 110-foot cutters that are familiar to South Floridians.
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  Teen walking home from school shot in Liberty City

  A 17-year-old student was critically wounded Thursday afternoon when a gunman in a moving car opened fire on a group of teens walking home from school.

• Plane tire blows after landing at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International

  A flight from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Aiport ended oddly for 188 passengers and crew Thursday afternoon when one of the plane's front tire blew after landing.
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  Miami-Dade County

  Group submits ballot proposal for Miami-Dade Commission term limits — as do 2 commissioners

  Miami Voice filed proposed wording for a Miami-Dade charter amendment to impose term limits on county commissioners. Separately, two commissioners said they plan to bring forth the same proposal.

• Antonio Jorge

  Funeral services for Antonio Jorge, expert on Cuban economy, FIU professor

  Funeral services will be Thursday for Antonio Jorge, a respected and prolific Miami-based economist who was also a professor at Florida International University and St. Thomas University and served in several top administrative posts at the schools.
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  Black History Month

  Life amid the lemon trees

  One of Miami’s oldest neighborhoods, Lemon City, was home to the county’s first school, library and major grocery store.

• First Lady Michelle Obama to visit Homestead YMCA on Friday

  First Lady Michelle Obama is scheduled to visit the Homestead YMCA Family Center on Friday to discuss how families can implement healthy changes in their daily lives.
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  Larger Coast Guard cutter prototype debuts in Miami

  A 154-foot prototype for the new generation of Florida Straits Coast Guard cutter steamed into Government Cut Thursday, a new white ship with an orange stripe designed to replace the smaller cutters folks on the coast typically see.
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  Miami

  Vote on Miami diaper-changing stations gets down and dirty

  In the end, the City Commission voted — over police union objections — to install changing stations in the men’s rooms of all city properties.
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  Miami-Dade Schools

  Northwestern students learn dance, history in workshop

  This week, students at Miami Northwestern Senior High are learning the choreography of Revelations in a workshop with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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