Noticias 813
en Acción
Local police and public safety news for Tampa Bay's Spanish-speaking community.
Tampa Bay has a large Spanish-speaking community (26.4% of its population is Latino/Hispanic) and a shortage of local news in Spanish. Most Spanish-language media in the area don't take this news topic seriously.
Noticias 813 en Acción is a Facebook Page that fills that gap: police reports, law enforcement operations, public safety alerts, and crime news for the Tampa Bay area, in Spanish, sourced directly from official channels.
Why it existsThe Spanish-speaking community deserves to know what's happening around them. Not to live in fear but to take precautions, understand local laws, and stay informed about the work of law enforcement agencies operating in their area.
General media focus only the big headlines and the law firms money. Noticias 813 covers the press release that didn't make the evening news, the DUI operation, the arrest warrant, the missing person alert, translated and formatted for a community that needs to know it, in their language.
The pipelineOfficial press releases and public information from County Sheriff Offices, Police Departments, State Attorney's Office, Florida Highway Patrol, and federal agencies (DOJ, DEA, FBI) are collected manually.
Each release is processed through Gemini to produce a formatted news brief in Spanish. The output is reviewed, edited, and approved by a human editor before publication.
No automated posting, every story is evaluated by a human before it goes live on Facebook. We are talking about real issues here.
- Oswaldo Olivas
Journalist · Tampa Bay · Est. 2025