While city leaders claim victory, many local business owners see a different reality: empty streets, vacant restaurant tables and dwindling profits.

Spring break marched on in Miami Beach Saturday, but with little of the historical fanfare residents and tourists expect. What is considered the city’s second “peak weekend” of the holiday felt far from deserving of the “peak” tag — small crowds, sparing music and more locals.

Florida police on Friday dispersed a "large, non-permitted spring break gathering" on Sunny Isles Beach, a vacation destination north of Miami and south of Fort Lauderdale.