ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
Gladys and Antonio Lozano who would have celebrated their 59th anniversary in July. (Courtesy of Sergio Lozano) After Sergio Lozano, 56, had dinner at his parents’ condo Wednesday night, they said their goodbyes and and he returned home to his own unit in the nearby Champlain Towers East in Surfside. His mom, Gladys Lozano, 79, had made his favorite dessert. His dad, Antonio Lozano, 83, was excited because his doctor said he could have his first drink in months after recovering from a surgery. This was the last time Lozano would see his parents. Living by the beach had always been Antonio’s dream, and they had it at Champlain Towers South. When he started having health problems, Sergio, the youngest of two siblings, said he’d purchased an apartment upstairs from his parents to keep an eye on them and make sure he could be there in the event of a medical emergency. Last year, he sold it and moved to the neighboring building. Once in a while he’d find comfort in sitting on his balcony and watching his mom cook dinner while his father watched the news on television. “It was very endearing having them so close,” he told CBS News. Around 1:20 in the morning, Sergio Lozano was startled by a loud boom which he thought was a tornado, and he stepped out onto his balcony to bring the patio furniture inside. Instead of rain, he was hit by a staggering sight: billowing smoke and an expanse of night sky where his parents’ condo building once stood. He remembered turning to his wife: “‘The building isn’t there!’ And she’s yelling, ‘What do you mean?’ ‘My parents’ apartment is not there, it’s gone!,’ and I just ran downstairs to Collins [Avenue],” Lozano said. In the days since, family members of residents of the collapsed 12-story tower have staggered in and out of a family reunification center near the site trying to make sense of the tragedy. Family members gave DNA samples to help officials identify their relatives’ remains and gleaned scraps of information on rescue efforts. Late Saturday night, Miami-Dade Police announced that the bodies of Gladys and Antonio Lozano had been recovered and identified. The couple would have celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary in July. “This is a nightmare I can’t wake up from. I just had my last dinner with them. Then just opening that door, and their building isn’t there,” Lozano told CBS News, breaking into tears. Emergency crews continue searching for another 150 people who were still unaccounted for as of Tuesday morning. Eleven deaths have been confirmed so far. More than 60 years ago, Antonio Lozano fled Fidel Castro’s communist regime in Cuba “with nothing but clothes on his back,” his son said, and moved to South Florida where he requested political asylum. Antonio, whose background in Cuba was in banking, worked three busboy jobs until he had enough money saved up to get his then-girlfriend Gladys into the United States — and marry her. For years, the couple worked multiple jobs, seven days a week, from loading trucks to restaurant work, in order to provide for their American-born children, Sergio and Tony, while sharing a three-bedroom home with eight other people. “My dad would take my mom to work at 3 o’clock in the morning, come back home, continue sleeping, take my brother to school at 8 a.m. and then go to work,” Lozano said. “They did it all for us.” After Antonio was hired to become a bank clerk, he quickly climbed the ranks. Years later, through hard work and perseverance, he would become executive vice president at First National Bank of Miami, his son said. During more than 20 years of condo living, the couple watched their two sons have children of their own, and they even got the chance to meet their first great-grandchild. “Family and love are the greatest: Those are the most important values my parents left me with. And if you work hard, this country will provide you with everything you need,” Sergio Lozano said. Sergio Lozano said that his parents, Gladys and Antonio Lozano, feared that one of them would pass away before the other because they didn’t want to be without each other.Courtesy of Sergio Lozano Sergio Lozano II, the couple’s grandson, described his abuela (grandmother) as a “mom to all of us.” “You taught us that love meant accepting everything about a person. To care and forgive when others wouldn’t. To always fight for family and never hold a grudge because it was not worth it,” he wrote in a eulogy to his grandparents posted on Facebook. “What you left behind is a foundation strong enough to hold us all up in moments like these.” The son said that his parents’ biggest fear was that one of them would pass away before the other because they didn’t want to be without each other. “My parents were yin and yang. ‘I can’t be without you,’ they would say,” Lozano recalls. “They always wanted to go together — and they did. That’s the only peace I have from this.” Saturday, the Lozano family is laying Antonio and Gladys to rest together — something that they know dozens of other families still don’t have the ability to do. “I’m grateful. It’s a love story. They couldn’t be without each other. Thank you, God, for letting them go together,” Lozano said. “I have their last memory and everything they taught me. I have closure.”