Will St. Pete commemorate its most significant historical event?

When Spanish conquistador Pánfilo de Narváez made landfall on April 15, 1528 at present-day Boca Ciega Bay, he lit the fuse on one of the most significant explorations in American history.

An expedition of 300 men set out, on foot, to explore Florida, which had been discovered by the Spanish in 1513, and the vast continent’s inland areas. This was a half-century before the settlement of St. Augustine.

Kahwa Coffee opens Palm Harbor location

Places This Week: 1941 Belleair estate lists for $6.5 million

My Mayor 2026 – Episode 2

SPAF: Leaked report: City studying municipal ownership of the sun

St. Pete balks at warehouse tree removal request

St. Petersburg commissioners hit pause on a proposed warehouse development last week after questioning whether a developer had done enough to justify removing all of the site's largest protected trees, sending the project back for redesign rather than granting a sweeping variance from the city's tree preservation rules.

The Development Review Commission unanimously voted July 1 to continue review of plans for two warehouse-light industrial buildings totaling nearly 296,000 square feet at 1201 102nd Ave. N. 

Arts Alive! podcast: LAB Theater’s Owen Robertson

Playwright Wendy Graf’s The Cross and the Saber is a sobering drama set in the not-too-distant future. The play, now through July 19 at LAB Theater Project in Ybor City, gives us an America ruled by a totalitarian government that does not tolerate dissent of any kind.

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