🌱 Miami Beach Proposes Iguana Bounties + Tropical Storm Fiona Impact

Hello, everybody! Carlos Hernandez here with your fresh copy of the Miami Daily, full of all the local news you need to know right now. Here goes.

• 🌀 Tropical Storm Fiona is strengthening and Floridians are being advised to prepare for impact.
• ☀️ The Miami Dolphins partner with an air-conditioning company to help a local member of the U.S. Army.
• 💰 A Miami Beach official wants to put bounties on iguanas to help control their population.

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Partly sunny with a t-storm. High: 85 Low: 79.

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Here are the top five stories today in Miami:

1. Miami Beach Commissioner Kristen Rosen Gonzalez has proposed putting a bounty on iguanas to help control the population in South Florida and control spending. “I don’t know – dead or alive. But if we pay per iguana we’re going to get more iguanas” she said. “People are going to go out and hunt them for money. I think that’s a better use of our money.” (WPLG Local 10)

2. Tropical Storm Fiona is strengthening as she moves through the Caribbean Sea. The National Hurricane Center has advised Floridians living on the southeast coast to brace for impacts as Fiona nears the southeastern Bahamas, only 110 miles east of Miami, early next week. (Tampa Patch)

3. Coral Gables-based Shoma Group plans to build condos instead of apartments at a North Bay Village site it acquired earlier this year. Prices would start in the $400,000s, according to a press release. Shoma Bay will be a 21-story mixed-use project with 327 condos on a 2.8-acre property. (The Real Deal – Miami)

4. Sergeant Guillermo Oeding, an active member of the U.S. Army, received a Rheem AC unit, which includes a 10-year warranty and service from Air Pros USA and the Miami Dolphins. “We are excited from the Miami Dolphins from our Football Unites Program to be able to bring you a new air conditioning unit,” said Rashauna Hamilton. They chose to donate an AC unit due to the scorching heat in South Florida. (NBC Miami)

5. A lockdown at McArthur High School was lifted on Friday afternoon after someone made a prank call that there was an active shooter on campus. Law enforcement searched all the rooms and buildings in the school for a potential shooter or anyone injured. No shooter was found and there were no reported injuries. (WSVN)

Today in Miami:

• International Coastal Cleanup at Vizcaya Museum & Gardens. (8 a.m.)
• Scott Miller’s Palmetto Bay Farmer’s Market. (9 a.m.)
• Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day at HistoryMiami Museum. (10 a.m.)
• Kevin Hart: Reality Check at FTX Arena. (7 p.m.)
• Seven Lions at DAER NIghtclub. (10 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• This Sunday 🚲: Learn about bike safety and sharing the road in a fun environment on Sept 18 at 9 a.m. with Miami-Dade’s Parks’ friends at the City of Aventura – Government, Bike305, and Aventura B Cycle for the Share the Road Bike Event. (Miami-Dade Parks via Facebook)
• On Sunday, October 30, Miami-Dade County is hosting the first-ever Hometown Heroes Parade. It will be honoring the healthcare workers and first-responders who risked their lives to protect our community during a global pandemic. (Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs via Facebook)
• A South Florida woman, RaQueRia Dowdell, is speaking out about police allegedly using excessive force when taking her into custody at a strip mall in Northeast Miami-Dade. “I don’t want this to happen to anybody else, because I was scared for my life,” said Dowdell. (WSVN)

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— Carlos Hernandez

About me: Hello my name is Carlos Hernandez and I am a food writer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. I write the food blog Carlos Eats ( and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.