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Alligator Alcatraz controversy continues brewing in Florida Everglades | Miami Life

In this week’s Miami Life: CBS News Miami’s Jim Berry explores the brewing backlash against Alligator Alcatraz – Florida’s controversial migrant detention center inside the Everglades. Joining him on the program is Florida State Sen. Shevrin Jones, who was one of several lawmakers who were turned away from going inside the facility, to discuss the building concerns and conditions. Meanwhile, there’s a reprieve for a South Florida job training program that feared it was being shut down. But now, Berry explains how a judge ruled that Job Corps must remain open. Also, Berry talks with the husband-and-wife team behind the Miami Stingrays – the city’s softball club that has spent two decades transforming the lives of young female athletes. And finally, Berry shares with us the warning signs of a disease that is also the leading cause of non-genetic hearing loss in children, and what steps are being taken to protect newborns. Catch Miami Life at 6:30 p.m. ET Thursdays on the CBS Miami app, CBSMiami.com.

Job Corps, once an employment lifeline for South Florida, to shut down. What's next? | Miami Life

In this week’s Miami Life: CBS News Miami’s Jim Berry explores how the Job Corps’ shutdown impacts South Florida. Meanwhile, Berry shows how students at Florida International University as pushing back against the school’s partnership with ICE. He sits down with FIU senior Dariel Gomez, who is also the Miami-Dade organizer for the ACLU of Florida, to discuss the campus protests. Ahead of the “Women Are Veterans Too” summit in Homestead, Berry speaks with South Dade Women Veterans Alliance’s Julie Robinson about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s order to reexamine the standards for how women have gained combat roles in the U.S. military. Finally, in this week’s “Side Hustle,” Berry introduces us to a South Florida accountant whose passion for numbers and music keeps him in the groove. Catch Miami Life at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursdays on the CBS Miami app and CBSMiami.com.

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava addresses various issues facing Miami-Dade County | Miami Life

In this week’s Miami Life: CBS News Miami’s Jim Berry sits down with Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava for a wide-ranging interview, where she addresses issues like the county commission’s plan to remove fluoride from the water supply and her attempts to get inside the Krome Detention Center to see for herself if the allegations of inhumane conditions are true. Also, in this week’s “Person of Interest,” Berry introduces us to a Coral Gables pastor with an ear for music that stirs the soul. This Sunday, she will present “The Gospel according to Taylor Swift" and explain how using the world’s biggest music star helps her spread the good word. Catch Miami Life at 6:30 p.m. ET on Thursdays on CBSMiami.com, the CBS News Miami app and YouTube.

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