🌱 Coconut Grove Redistricting Fight + Miami School Lockdown Confusion + Airport Parking

Good morning, Miami! Let's get you all caught up to start this day off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today in town.

First, today's weather:

Partly sunny with a shower. High: 79 Low: 68.

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Here are the top five stories in Miami today:

1. Raimundo Onetto's Alta Developers plans to build a boutique waterfront condominium project in place of the closed Mid Bay Club Apartments in North Miami. Alta is envisioning a 50-unit to 90-unit high-end condominium development, according to the developer. (The Real Deal)

2. If you're flying out of Miami International Airport and plan to use its parking garages, SunPass is no longer an acceptable form of payment. Customers will soon be able to pay for parking inside the garage via self-service kiosks instead of at the collection plaza when they exit. (CBS Miami)

3. Two children along with their father have been pronounced dead at the hospital after they were found unresponsive inside a Hollywood, Florida home's swimming pool. The children were 5 and 2 years old. The tragedy remains under investigation. (WSVN)

4. Coconut Grove residents are speaking out about their concerns with the redistricting proposal which threatens to split the community into three. Miami commissioners voted 4-1 in favor of the redistricting map that leaves West Grove as is. However, commissioners left open the possibility for more changes. (WPLG Local 10)

5. An investigation is underway following a lockdown that caused mass confusion at Miami Killian Senior High School. Chaos broke out at the high school as parents fought outside the school while they waited for their children inside. The school was placed on lockdown after a weapon was sighted on campus. (WSVN)

Today in Miami:

• 4th Annual Dirty Socks 5K & Walkathon at Northeast Dade - Aventura Branch Library. (7:00 AM)
• Mobile COVID-19 Walk-up Event at City of Coral Gables. (9:00 AM)
• Vizcaya Village Farmers Market at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. (9:00 AM)
• Sunday Zen Garden Yoga at Miami Beach Chamber of Commerce. (10:30 AM)
• Yoga, Mermaids & Mimosas at B Ocean Resort Fort Lauderdale. (11:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• A state commission has recently taken action against seven Florida defense lawyers in Miami-Dade County due to fraudulent billing practices. (NBC Miami)
• Miami-Dade County commissioners may soon extend a "buy American" policy they adopted last year for iron and steel products to all future cybersecurity software and hardware purchases. (Florida Politics)
• The Miami Downtown Development Authority has spent over $100,000 on barricades, bistro tables and umbrellas to keep restaurants in business during the pandemic and some want it to continue. (Miami Today)

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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 (http://www.carloseats.com) and also contribute to several newspapers and magazines with food-related blogs and articles.