{"id":254146,"date":"2026-05-01T16:22:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254146\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T16:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T16:22:06","slug":"top-miami-stories-drone-delivery-hot-jobs-south-beach-nightlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/254146\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Miami stories: Drone delivery, hot jobs, South Beach nightlife"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drone deliveries coming to South Florida and a celebrity-magnet restaurant landing in Miami Beach are among today\u2019s top business stories across the local retail, hospitality, entertainment and job markets.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a quick digest of what\u2019s making headlines:<\/p>\n

\"Kendal Kendal Prosak and Jessie Poole-Strang demonstrate the Walmart and Wing drone delivery system during CoMOTION Miami, at Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. Walmart and Wing expect to launch the new drone delivery service in Miami in 2027 as part of its coast to coast expansion plans. PHOTO BY AL DIAZ adiaz@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n

\u2022 Walmart drone delivery eyes Miami: Walmart<\/a> and Alphabet\u2019s Wing demonstrated drone delivery at CoMOTION Miami and plan to launch the service in Miami in 2027. The 11-pound drones cruise up to 60 mph and can deliver last-minute groceries and over-the-counter medicine.<\/p>\n

\"Actor, Actor and producer Issa Rae shares business tips with the audience at the Possible Conference at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, in Miami Beach, Florida. Carl Juste cjuste@miamiherald.com <\/p>\n

\u2022 Issa Rae shares creative tips in Miami Beach: Actor and producer Issa Rae<\/a> spoke to 350 attendees at the Possible Conference at the Fontainebleau, offering advice on vertical video, taking risks and partnering with brands whose missions align. She emphasized meeting audiences on their phones and creating free, accessible content.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Workers train for $40-an-hour jobs: Miami Dade College\u2019s School of Continuing Education is training students for high-demand trades<\/a> like HVAC\/R technician, where skilled workers can earn $18 to $40 per hour. A broadband and fiber optic technician program with MasTec can lead to jobs paying $50,000 and up.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Gaia opens first U.S. location in Miami Beach: The Greek-Mediterranean restaurant famous in Dubai has opened in the South of Fifth neighborhood<\/a>, marking its first U.S. expansion. Founded in 2018, Gaia has drawn celebrities like the Beckhams, Drake and Will Smith to its overseas locations.<\/p>\n

\u2022 South Beach nightlife icon Gerry Kelly dies at 63: Tributes are pouring in for the impresario behind hotspots<\/a> like Bash, Shadow Lounge, Liquid and Level, who died April 23. Kelly was widely credited with helping turn 1990s South Beach into a world-class party destination.<\/p>\n

This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Drone deliveries coming to South Florida and a celebrity-magnet restaurant landing in Miami Beach are among today\u2019s top…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254147,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-254146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=254146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254146\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}