🌱 Celebrate Juneteenth This Weekend + High Tide Replaces Latitudes

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Here are the top five stories in Orlando today:

1. Celebrate Juneteenth all weekend long in Central Florida. There are number of events planned around town, including the Inaugural City of Orlando Juneteenth Festival hosted by Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, Commissioner Regina Hill and Commissioner Bakari Burns, Mid-Florida Juneteenth Music Festival in Apopka, 2nd Annual Facets of Freedom: A Juneteenth Celebration at Loch Haven Park and more. (Spectrum News 13)

2. Orange County Comptroller Phil Diamond recommended caution with plans to spend the surging hotel tax revenues. Diamond suggested allowing depleted financial reserves to rebuild to $300 million and wait until revenues from the 6% surcharge on hotel rooms and other short-term lodgings top $300 million over a year’s time before committing the cash stream to new projects. (Subscription: Orlando Sentinel)

3. Police are searching for suspects who stole $6,000 worth of gas out of a Mobil gas station in St. Cloud. The suspects, identified as having identical, white F-250s with large tanks in the bed of their trucks, are facing felony prosecution due to the amount stolen, according to police. (WESH)

4. A man was found dead Thursday morning after a fire broke out at parking garage, Orlando Garage Auto Inc., in Orange County, according to officials. Orange County Fire Rescue said crews arrived and found "heavy fire and smoke, with exposures to a separate warehouse" before extinguishing the fire. (Click Orlando)

5. Church Street Entertainment has rebranded its long-running downtown Orlando rooftop venue, Latitudes, into a tropical-inspired concept called High Tide. High Tide will host a weekly Wednesday happy hour from 6 to 9 p.m. (Bungalower)

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Today in Orlando:

• Retro Happy Hour: Black In The Day at The District GastroBar. (5 p.m.)
• Friday Evening Market Market at Coterie Coffee Winter Park. (6 p.m.)
• The Art Of Sean Hunter at Lil Indie's. (6 p.m.)
• Sushi & Succulents: Plant Night at The Iron Cow Sushi Lounge. (7 p.m.)
• Orlando Predators Vs. San Antonio Gunslingers at Amway Center. (7:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Corrine Brown, a former congresswoman for the Orlando area, is running for U.S. House District 10. The seat is currently held by Rep. Val Demings, who is running for the U.S. Senate against Sen. Marco Rubio. (Click Orlando)
• Orlando International Airport plans to spend an additional $40 million to ensure the new $2.8 billion south terminal project, also known as Terminal C, will meet traveler demand this fall. (Subscription: Orlando Business Journal)
• An Orange County transgender woman has launched a new program with the help of an Apopka nonprofit to help immigrants in the LGBTQ+ community with things like hormone therapy. (Spectrum News 13)

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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.

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