Sarasota's midcentury atomic-style round house is up for rent

A home fit for George Jetson is ready for renters on the Gulf Coast. Located at 3201 Peachtree St, in Sarasota, this…

By CL Staff

Image: Sarasota's midcentury atomic-style round house is back on the market
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Tampa will erase infamous pro-police 'Bock The Blub' mural with help from FDOT

As part of the Florida Department of Transportation's mandate to erase all street murals—aimed mostly at rainbow crosswalks—Tampa's pro-cop "Bock the Blub"…

By Selene San Felice

Tampa's 'Bock the Blub' mural outside police headquarters in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 7. 2021.
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Former home of Tampa Bay Bucs star Lavonte David just got a price cut

A sprawling estate that not too long ago was the home of Tampa Bay Bucs linebacker Lavonte David is still for sale.…

By Colin Wolf

Image: Former home of Tampa Bay Bucs star Lavonte David hits the market
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After $1 million price cut, Tampa Bay's most expensive home is still on the market for $37.5 million

In 2022, baseball legend Derek Jeter sold his Davis Islands compound for $22.5 million, setting a record for the most expensive home…

By Colin Wolf

Image: Tampa Bay's most expensive home hits the market for a record $38.5 million
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At Tampa Tiger Bay, city council candidates attempt to cut through the noise of a crowded field [PHOTOS]

“We thought only having qualified candidates would limit the field. Boy, were we wrong,” said Missy Martin, Tampa Tiger Bay Club’s secretary,…

By Valerie Smith, Dave Decker

Image: Tampa Tiger Bay city council district 5 candidate forum results
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Here are the 13 candidates officially on the ballot for Tampa’s City Council District 5 special election

Over the last two months, Tampeños have heard from about a dozen candidates hoping to fill the seat vacated after the unexpected…

By Ray Roa

Photos by Dave Decker, and via campaign websites. Design by Chat GPT, Apple Keynote and Ray Roa
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This restored midcentury modern 'Bird Cage' home in St. Petersburg just got a price cut

There's a been a few exceptionally well-done midcentury modern restorations hitting the market as of late, and now another one is up…

By Colin Wolf

Image: A restored midcentury modern 'Bird Cage' home is now for sale in St. Petersburg
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Legendary skier Lindsey Vonn relists midcentury Florida home, with another nearly million dollar price cut

Alpine ski race champion Lindsey Vonn is again offering up her waterfront Florida home, and it's now even cheaper with a summer…

By Colin Wolf

Image: Legendary skier Lindsey Vonn is selling her midcentury Florida home for $6 million
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In St. Pete, Florida DOGE leader Blaise Ingoglia is met with demonstrators

When Blaise Ingoglia began his Aug. 14 press conference, there were already over a couple dozen people in the heat at St.…

By S.G. de León y León, San Pedro Gazette

Blaise Ingoglia at St. Petersburg City Hall in St. Petersburg, Florida on Aug. 14, 2025.
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'One erasure leads to the next': St. Petersburg residents urge city council to save street murals [PHOTOS]

St. Petersburg residents on Thursday urged City Council to stop the FDOT-mandated erasure of street art—including LGBTQ+ Pride and Black Lives Matter…

By Selene San Felice

Sloan McCann telling St. Pete City Council that she helped paint a public art piece in Child’s Park, and she wants to grow up to see her art in the city.
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Tampa’s historic Jackson House clears hurdle for restoration, then sees part of building collapse [PHOTOS]

Restoration of Tampa’s Jackson House’s is ready to move forward after Tampa City Council’s agreement with Accardi Properties—but the historic building will…

By Ray Roa, Jani Burden, Dave Decker

Jackson House in Tampa, Florida on Aug. 9, 2025.
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15 of the dumbest things Florida legislators have done so far this year

This year so far—and we're just over halfway through—Florida has been thrust into the national spotlight over a governor-fueled welfare program scandal,…

By Orlando Weekly staff

Sen. Jay Collins and Rep. Michelle Salzman: Moving to allow teens to buy rifles Collins, R-Tampa, and Salzman, R-Pensacola, filed similar bills to allow teens to buy rifles: set the minimum age at 18 for purchasing rifles and other long guns. Federal law bars people under 21 from buying handguns. For the third year in a row, the Florida House voted to repeal the provision of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Public High School Act that raised the age to purchase a long gun in Florida from 18 to 21.
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A rare spring cabin along 'Florida's best tubing river' is still on the market

A rural cabin that sits along one of the best tubing rivers in Florida is currently on the market. Located at 28262…

By Colin Wolf

Image: A rare spring cabin along 'Florida's best tubing river' is now on the market
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St. Pete City Council hears residents' frustrations over high utility costs

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – During the July 24 City Council meeting, residents talked about utility costs and the Clean and Safe program.…

By S.G. de León y León, San Pedro Gazette, Dave Decker

St. Petersburg City Council on July 2, 2025.
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Outside St. Pete City Hall, activists advocate for help in Child's Park

While St. Petersburg City Council members were addressing Tropicana Field and Tampa Bay Rays issues, activists from the Bay Area Dream Defenders,…

By S.G. de León y León, Dave Decker, San Pedro Gazette

Bay Area Dream Defenders hold a press conference outside St. Petersburg City Hall in St. Petersburg, Florida on July 24, 2025.
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Photos: Protesters in Tampa rally to 'Stop Starving Gaza Now'

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Temple Terrace last Saturday, bringing to light the starvation of Palestinians who, according to multiple reports, are…

By Selene San Felice, Dave Decker

Image: Tampa Bay protesters rally to "Stop Starving Gaza Now"
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Tampa home designed by Stovall House architect Harry 'Bo’ MacEwen is still for sale with a reduced price

A lakefront home designed by prominent Tampa Bay architect Harry "Bo" MacEwen is still on the market in North Tampa and recently…

By Colin Wolf

Image: Tampa home designed by Stovall House architect Harry “Bo’ MacEwen is now for sale
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Florida house designed to look exactly like a medieval castle is still for sale and just got a price cut

Hear ye! Hear ye! A near prefect castle home that hit the market in Orlando with plenty of land and medieval design…

By Chloe Greenberg

Image: A house designed to look exactly like a medieval castle is now for sale in Florida
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Photos: Repairs on Tropicana Field continue, even as St. Pete City Council officially ends Rays stadium deal

The City of Tampa is once again daydreaming about landing a stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays, while the City of St.…

By Ray Roa

Image: Photos: Repairs on Tropicana Field continue, even as St. Pete City Council officially ends Rays stadium deal
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A St. Pete mid-century gem with ties to Frank Lloyd Wright is still on the market and just took $50K off the asking price

A mid-century home designed by a student of Frank Lloyd Wright is back on the market on Snell Isle, and just got…

By Colin Wolf

Image: A St. Pete mid-century gem with ties to Frank Lloyd Wright is back on market with a $850K price cut
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A nearly 500-square-foot Tampa Bay beach cottage just sold for over $810,000

One of the smallest homes on the market in Tampa Bay finally sold, with a big price tag. Located in Indian Rocks…

By Colin Wolf

Image: This 480-square-foot Tampa Bay beach cottage is selling for over $1 million
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Cringe-a-mania: Eight controversies that marked Hulk Hogan's life in Tampa Bay

Hulk Hogan—the man, the meme, the local legend—died on Thursday. He made America love wrestling, made a lot of money, and made…

By Selene San Felice

Hall of Fame (and infamy)Another sex tape leak led to WWE revoking his Hall of Fame status in 2015. In the 2007 tape, Hogan used racial slurs to refer to a Black man dating his daughter. After Hogan apologized, WWE reinstated his status in 2018.
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Florida sees surge in ICE arrests of immigrants without criminal convictions or charges

Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests of people without criminal charges or convictions in Florida rose by more than 450% this June compared…

By Jackie Llanos, Florida Phoenix

Protestors outside the ICE detention center in the Florida Everglades on July 22, 2025.
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Photos: WWE superstar Titus O’Neil and friends prep backpacks for Tampa’s Back to School Bash

WWE legend Titus O’Neil—born Thaddeus Bullard—is tag-teaming with his Bullard Family Foundation to deliver school supplies and health services for the 8th…

By Jani Burden, Dave Decker

Image: Photos: WWE superstar Titus O’Neil and friends prep backpacks for Tampa’s Back to School Bash
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Photos: Tampeños file into Ybor City’s Centro Asturiano for ‘Latina Legacies’ brunch and history talk

Dr. Sarah McNamara hates the cliche about history repeating itself, but hundreds of Tampeños packed into Ybor City’s Centro Asturiano de Tampa…

By Ray Roa

Image: Photos: Tampeños file into Ybor City’s Centro Asturiano for ‘Latina Legacies’ brunch and history talk
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Photos: Tampa activists get into ‘Good Trouble’ at John Lewis-inspired protest

Five years after his death at the age of 80, protesters across the country remembered the late Rep. John Lewis, a Freedom…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

Protestors at Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park in Tampa, Florida on July 17, 2025.
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Photos: Epstein truthers, Trump-obsessed youth, converge in Tampa for TPUSA Student Action Summit

The future of the Republican Party took over downtown Tampa last weekend as Turning Point USA’s Student Action Summit brought Trump-loyalists like…

By Ray Roa, Dave Decker

An attendee at the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit at Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida on July 11, 2025.
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Tampa Bay's iconic private island home, 'Moontide Isle,' finally sold over the spring

Situated on its own tiny island in the Pithlachascotee River, Tampa Bay's famous "Moontide Isle" is no stranger to hurricanes. But after…

By Colin Wolf

Image: Tampa Bay's iconic private island home, 'Moontide Isle,' is back on the market
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After slashing $5 million from asking price last year, the most expensive home in Tampa Bay is now off the market

The only home in Tampa Bay to share a property line with Caladesi Island State Park recently slashed $5 million from the…

By Colin Wolf

Image: The most expensive home in Tampa Bay slashes $5 million from asking price
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12 ways to celebrate Tampa's 138th birthday during Archives Awareness Week

The National Archives marks its archives awareness month in the fall, but in 1992, the City of Tampa Archives Advisory Committee moved…

By Ray Roa

A crop from the July 10, 2025 cover of Creative Loafing Tampa Bay
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