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Lionfish, the James Beard Foundation-blessed, sustainability-themed seafood spot on Delray Beach’s buzzy Atlantic Avenue, permanently closed on Saturday night after 3 1/2 years in business. In its place will rise a restaurant that needs no sugarcoating: Sugar Factory, an American brasserie chain and celebrity magnet best known for crafting cocktails and couture lollipops endorsed by The Rock, Kendall Jenner, Pitbull, Snoop Dogg, Kevin Hart and Bruno Mars.

The 28th annual Las Olas Wine and Food Festival will return to Las Olas Boulevard in downtown Fort Lauderdale 7:30-10:30 p.m. April 19, bringing culinary offerings from some of South Florida’s best-known restaurants as well as sips and samples curated by Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, back for its second year as the exclusive festival wine and spirits provider. The festival is hosted by the American Lung Association, with proceeds going to support the organization’s lifesaving mission in Florida and beyond. “The Las Olas Wine and Food Festival combines the best of Broward’s food scene with an unmatched wine and spirit line-up,” says Hernan Millan, chair-elect of the American Lung Association’s South Florida Local Leadership Board.

By ANITA SNOW (Associated Press) The one thing 9-year-old Cal Clifford wanted more than anything since he was a toddler was a pet octopus. The boy’s family in rural Edmond, Oklahoma, humored him with toy versions of an eight-legged mollusk, but as Cal got older it became clear that only the real thing would do. The child’s father, 36-year-old dentist Cameron Clifford, researched the possibility with a local aquarium store and before long Terrance the California two-spot octopus, also known as a bimac, was living in a watery enclosure at the family home southwest of Oklahoma City. “We really like to encourage our children’s interests,” said the older Clifford.

The spring transfer portal opened on April 16. Coach Gus Malzahn is tasked with replacing key losses at quarterback, receiver and linebacker depth on a team that finished 6-7 last season: QB Timmy McClain Vitals: 6-1, 196-pounds Resume: McClain, a three-star product from Seminole High School, strongly started his collegiate career when he signed with USF as part of their 2020 recruiting class.

8212; The Supreme Court is allowing Idaho to enforce its ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth while lawsuits over the law proceed, reversing lower courts. The justices’ order Monday allows the state to put in a place a 2023 law that subjects physicians to up to 10 years in prison if they provide hormones, puberty blockers or other gender-affirming care to people under age 18.