Matias Ocner

2 days ago | miamiherald.com | Matias Ocner |Alie Skowronski

Miami Northwestern’s Calvin Russell and SLAM Miami’s Jim’Miyah Branton have each known when to elevate their play and their team throughout their stellar high school careers. They’ve also played integral roles in building up the teams they play for to become some of the state’s best. Russell did it once again this season on the gridiron and the basketball court. Branton wrapped up her career by elevating the Titans both on the basketball court and on the field in flag football.

2 days ago | miamiherald.com | Matias Ocner

READ MORE A series exploring how real estate and climate change collide in South Florida. Expand All After decades of a “buyer beware” policy at best, Floridians will finally gets a heads up if their new home has flooded in the past,thanks to a new Florida law Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Friday. It’s an expansion of a law that kicked in last year, mandating home sellers — for the first time — to explicitly warn prospective buyers if the property has previously flooded.

3 days ago | miamiherald.com | Matias Ocner

Four years after the collapse of Champlain Towers South killed 98 people in Surfside, investigators piecing together the rubble are homing in on shoddy construction as what most likely caused the 40-year-old beachfront condominium to fall at 1:22 a.m. “As we have shared in previous updates, there were many design and construction problems that weakened the building from the start,” investigator Judith Mitrani-Reiser said Monday in an update from the National Institute of Standards and...

4 days ago | miamiherald.com | Matias Ocner

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroomMiami-Dade condo sales dropped 25% in May 2025, despite steady median prices. Luxury condo sales rose, while affordability and financing blocked mid-tier buyers. Condo inventories grew in both counties, but new listings continue to decline. Sales of luxury condos are on the rise in Miami-Dade County, but the broader condo market continues to sputter, with prospective buyers struggling with financing and rising costs.

6 days ago | miamiherald.com | Matias Ocner

What is it about the Florida Panthers and water? Hockey is a sport played atop frozen water, of course. But celebrating Stanley Cup victories outdoors seem to take place under skies dumping water on fans. Maybe that’s because they happen in June in South Florida during the summer? Happened last June along A1A’s parade route.