Caitie Switalski Muñoz
WLRN
Florida, United States
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'Zero Empty Spaces' Keeps Opening Artist Studio Spaces During Pandemic — And Artists Keep Coming
A little more than two years since the initiative set out to open more affordable studio space for artists in empty retail storefronts the pandemic hasn't slowed the program down. Zero Empty Spaces opened its 21st location in Flagler Village last weekend. → Read More
California And Florida Took Diverging Pandemic Paths. Who Did It Better?
A year ago, WLRN and NPR member station KQED worked on a project to document decisions made at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in both Democratic-led California and Republican-led Florida. Now, a year later, we wanted to understand how the pandemic progressed in our respective regions. → Read More
Community Foundation Of Broward Tries To Spark Solution To Unemployment
Applications are open for the foundation's 'Be Bold' $1 million grant. It aims to fund an idea that will get "as many people as possible" in the county back to work starting in the next two years. → Read More
A Condom For COVID-19: Why Talking About Pandemic Safety Is A Lot Like Talking About Safe Sex
The public health similarities between asking someone to wear a condom and wearing a mask. And how to reach different communities with more effective messaging around public health issues. → Read More
Meet Emily Wood: Broward County's New Director Of Animal Care And Adoption
After conducting a national search, Broward County has named an experienced California animal welfare enthusiast to head its animal care and adoption division. → Read More
Eta Leaves Behind A Drenched South Florida With Water, Water Everywhere
While the rain and wind have gradually wound down, there's still a threat of rain and flooding. → Read More
A South Florida Poll Worker Reflects On His Experience, This National Moment
A poll worker in Doral was initially nervous to work the election and now he's watching and waiting with the rest of the country in Tuesday's aftermath. → Read More
Election Officials In Broward Looking Forward To Short Night Of Counting
Close to 936,000 people in total had cast ballots in Broward County by 4:20 p.m. Tuesday, beating turnout from the 2016 Presidential election. → Read More
Broward County Leaders Vote To Create Police And Criminal Justice Review Board
Commissioners in Broward voted unanimously to create a countywide police and criminal justice review board. → Read More
Broward Elections Office Gives Inside Look At Vote-By-Mail Signature Matching Ahead Of Election Day
On a rainy Friday in Lauderhill, political parties, candidates and the press got a rare inside look at how signatures get matched on vote-by-mail ballot envelopes. → Read More
Florida's Chaotic 2018 Midterms Could Portend What's to Come in November
Result delays in Florida left room for conspiracy theories to fester. The same could happen in November. → Read More
Affording Housing In Broward Was Already Difficult For Many. Then The Pandemic Hit
Broward County has already been in need of more affordable housing well before the coronavirus pandemic began to impact most areas of life. Renters that → Read More
'Stand With Parkland' Stands Behind Gregory Tony In Broward Sheriff's Race
A school safety-focused advocacy group has declared its support of Sheriff Gregory Tony in the contentious, and fast-approaching, race for Broward County → Read More
Fort Lauderdale Police Capture Kangaroo Hopping Around Neighborhood
This story has been updated at 3:55 p.m., Thursday, July 16. In a viral social media moment, Fort Lauderdale police officers safely captured a kangaroo → Read More
Holding 'Uncomfortable' Conversations: Broward Commissioners Receive Racial Equity Training
Broward County Commissioners spent most of Tuesday in their meeting chambers, but unlike other weeks, this one wasn't spent going over a normal agenda. → Read More
Trial For Confessed Parkland Shooter Delayed By Pandemic
The trial for the confessed Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz, has been pushed back again, this time with no new date in sight, due to the ongoing → Read More
How Seniors Living Alone During COVID-19 Are Trying To Stay Connected To Resources, Counselors
As most of the state — minus Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm-Beach Counties — starts to reopen Monday, visiting senior living centers and longterm care → Read More
Stoneman Douglas Students Put Out A Yearbook After Tragedy. They're Doing It Again In A Pandemic
Two years ago, a group of students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and their teacher worked together to finish making a yearbook after tragedy. → Read More
Sea Turtles Able To Nest In Peace As COVID-19 Empties Broward Beaches
On Hillsboro Beach before sunrise Wednesday morning, the program manager for the Broward County Sea Turtle Conservation Program made his rounds to survey → Read More
Struggling Families Get Seder Help For Passover During The Coronavirus Outbreak
The holiday of Passover begins at sundown on Wednesday. It is a time to be with family and friends, and to tell the Biblical story of the Jewish people& → Read More