🌱 Hialeah Pro-Life Clinic Vandalized + Miami Dade College Enrollment

Hello, everybody! It's me, Carlos Hernandez, your host of the Miami Daily. Here's all the community news you need to know right now.

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Here are the top five stories in Miami today:

1. A window washer died after falling from scaffolding in Coral Gables on Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The incident happened around 2:30 p.m. at a building near Salzedo Street and Alhambra Circle. (NBC Miami)

2. Miami Dade College is seeing a rebound with a 6.6% increase in enrollment credit hours and headcount for the fall 2022 term year-over-year in comparison to fall 2021. The college has pledged to play a major role in addressing the nursing shortage in South Florida. (Miami Today)

3. A pro-life clinic in South Florida was vandalized on Sunday according to surveillance video. The Pregnancy Help Medical Clinics in Hialeah with the message, "If abortions aren’t safe neither are you." Hialeah Mayor Steve Bovo has called it a hate crime. (WSVN)

4. A man is charged with harassing or molesting marine turtles or their eggs after a confrontation on Miami Beach. Brandon Bowen allegedly placed his towel directly within a sectioned-off portion of sand for turtle nesting, angering other beachgoers who contacted police and recorded the encounter. (WSVN)

5. Miami's NOW chapter is providing abortion access information at meetings, events and online. It is part of the Bans Off Our Bodies movement. The group has seen a surge in membership and interest since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and so have other abortion rights groups including the Southern Birth Justice Network. (Miami New Times)

Today in Miami:

• YOUmedia Miami Adult: 3D Design at Lemon City Branch Library. (10 a.m.)
• Weekday Hoppy Hour at Dogfish Head Miami. (4 p.m.)
• Family Game Night at South Shore Branch Library. (5 p.m.)
• Negroni Ladies Night at Negroni Bistro & Sushi Bar. (6 p.m.)
• Baila Little Havana Con Marisol Blanco - Beginner at Koubek Center. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Former state Senator and current Miami Commissioner Alex Díaz de la Portilla said he is "proud" to support Kevin Marino Cabrera's campaign for the District 6 seat on the Miami County Commission. Other backers including former President Trump, U.S. Rep. María Elvira Salaza and Florida Chief Financial Officer and Fire Marshal Jimmy Patronis. (Florida Politics)
• The Miami-Dade County Animal Services is over capacity. There is an urgent need for foster families and those who want to adopt dogs. (WPLG Local 10)
• The Estate Companies has sold the Soleste Grand Central apartment building it developed near Brightline's downtown Miami station for $181 million. The property is located in Miami's Overtown neighborhood. (The Real Deal)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday. I'll see you back in your inbox tomorrow morning with another update!

— 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.

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