Luis-Alfredo Garcia
Reporter & Emerging Journalist FellowLuis-Alfredo Garcia is Central Florida Public Media’s inaugural Emerging Journalist Fellow. Originally from Miami, he moved to Gainesville and earned a degree in Journalism from the University of Florida. During his time there, he worked with WUFT News to report on topics like school board races, gender-affirming care and Florida manatees. Now in Orlando, Luis-Alfredo hopes to serve his new community well.
He loves to keep up with the NBA, add movies to his Letterboxd watchlist and make dinner after a night run. You can find him writing music anytime he has a break in writing stories.
Feel free to email him at lgarcia@cfpublic.org.
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In a 6-1 vote, commissioners pushed the sports incentive funding, paid from taxes on tourists, through to groups like the Greater Orlando Sports Commission and Florida Citrus Sports. -
88-year-old Pope Francis died from a cerebral stroke that led to a coma and heart failure. -
The City of Orlando is organizing three days for the visits, which start nine years after the mass shooting on June 12. -
The governor proposed his plan after Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez proposed a sales tax cut March 26. -
The county estimates about $3.2 million will be collected per year from the fee to help finance the project. -
A National Weather Service spokesperson said winds peaked at around 115 mph, or the equivalent of winds seen during a category 3 hurricane. -
The block party is scheduled for Saturday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and Philadelphia Eagles Pro Bowler Jalen Carter is expected to attend. -
Emergency managers are seeking to lessen language barriers for the thousands of county residents who don’t speak English well or cannot speak it at all. -
The Orlando Police Department released a statement saying it would reach out to the family following the group’s press conference. -
I-4 Express joins South Florida’s 95 Express in adjusting toll prices based on traffic conditions. -
U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost, who represents parts of Orange County, hosted a town hall and resource fair where he discussed immigration, LGBTQ+ rights and the Department of Government Efficiency. -
Residents in developed single-family homes can keep up to five female chickens if their homeowners association allows.
