🌱 New Miami-Dade Superintendent + Bad Bunny Coming + Hooters Partners With Girl Scouts

Welcome back, Miami! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.

First, today's weather:

A shower and t-storm; humid. High: 78 Low: 66.

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Here are the top five stories in Miami today:

1. City of Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says the city is working on a solution to rising rent costs, citing a number of new development projects. However, residents are skeptical that this will solve their increasing cost of living. The majority of high paying jobs have gone to out of towners who are moving to South Florida and creating an additional strain on the rental market by decreasing supply while driving up prices. (CBS Miami)

2. 9 Hooters locations will partner with the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida to offer in-person cookie sales and collect donations to meet their goal of providing 75,000 boxes of cookies to the Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida’s Cookies for the Military program. The cookies will be sold at participating Hooters from February 1st through February 27th. (New Times Broward-Palm Beach)

3. Miami-Dade County Teen Court is currently holding virtual court sessions on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 5 p.m. now that is school is back in session and will not resume in-person sessions at its physical locations until further notice. The teen court is seeking adult and youth volunteers. (Miami-Dade County Government)

4. Bad Bunny announced a 29-stop stadium tour on Monday, complete with performances across the United States and Latin America. The reggaeton artists and rapper will be stopping in Miami for his second stop on August 12th at Hard Rock Stadium. Pre-sale tickets start today at 12 p.m. (NBC Miami)

5. The Miami-Dade School Board has voted 6-3 to select Dr. Jose Dotres as Miami-Dade County’s next school superintendent. It took the school board nearly 9 hours for members to go through the public comments and interview each of the 3 candidates before they voted. (WSVN)

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Today in Miami:

• Conversations at MOCA: March of the Survivors at Museum of Contemporary. (11:00 AM)
• DJ Basics for Beginners at Miami-Dade Main Public Library. (3:00 PM)
• Let's Get Crafty at Miami Beach Regional Library (4:00 PM)
• Video Gaming Wednesdays at West Flagler Branch. (4:30 PM)
• Paws Patio at InterContinental Miami. (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Miami Dolphins' Jaelan Phillips became the first NFL rookie since Julius Peppers in 2002 to record at least 6.0 sacks in a three-game span. (Instagram)
• Storytime is back at the Coconut Grove Branch Library. Kids loved the stories and bubbles during last week’s Bilingual Storytime. Join them on Tuesdays at 5 p.m. for stories, rhymes, and songs during Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Babies and Toddlers and Fridays at 11:30 a.m. for Bilingual Storytime. (Facebook)
• Next Monday, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will be giving the annual State of the County address live from Greynolds Park. 🌳 Join Mayor Levine Cava for this virtual event starting at 10 a.m. on January 31st. (Facebook)

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Events:

• Sol y Luna Tantric Shamanic Festival (English/Spanish) (January 27)
• Fuller Street Music Fest Artisan Pop Up (January 29)
• Cuban Classical Ballet of Miami / An Evening in White (January 29)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right. I'll catch up with you bright and early 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.