Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010

  "Death, Money and Megaraves"

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2013 Stories by Dennis Romero

• LAPD Officer Arrested For Lewd Conduct With Minors, Cops Say

  published May 20, 2013

  An LAPD officer was arrested today on suspicion of lewd conduct in a case involving underage victims, authorities told the Weekly. The officer was arrested in the Santa Clarita area, a sheriff's offi... More >>

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  Ray Manzarek, Doors Co-Founder, Dead at 74

  published May 20, 2013

  Ray Manzarek, who founded The Doors with Jim Morrison in Venice in 1965 after their time at UCLA, died today at the age of 74, the band's official Facebook page announced. The keyboard player, who ga... More >>

• 3 Charged in East L.A. Fake-Bomb Bank Robbery; Half Mil Missing

  published May 20, 2013

  It was pretty clear from the get-go that the wild robbery last summer of an East L.A. Bank of America involving an assistant branch manager outfitted with a fake bomb might have been an inside job. S... More >>

• Elephant Meat, Dead Monkey Seized at LAX (PHOTOS)

  published May 20, 2013

  People must think L.A. is a crazy place, because they're trying to send us (or smuggle in) some strange and, authorities say, illicit things. And we're not just talking about Octomom's fan mail, eith... More >>

• L.A. College Student Wanted For Allegedly Threatening to Kill Kids

  published May 20, 2013

  Cops are on the lookout for a man who has threatened to kill schoolchildren and commit "suicide by cop." Frank Edward Edmonds is said to have made "disturbing" threats during recent mental confinemen... More >>

• Cops Stumbled Upon Marijuana House in Rancho Palos Verdes

  published May 20, 2013

  An alleged marijuana grower in upscale Ranchos Palos Verdes has to have the worst luck ever. Cops searching for a burglar from a case several blocks to the north came across a suspicious man in a car... More >>

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  5 Los Angeles Rental Neighborhoods Under The Radar

  published May 20, 2013

  With average rent in Venice reaching more than $2,800 according to one report, it's getting hard to find affordable housing in L.A. that hasn't lost its soul. Lucky for us there's nearly 500 square m... More >>

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  Voters Favor Strict Limits on Marijuana Dispensaries

  published May 19, 2013

  Most of you want to limit the number of marijuana dispensaries in town to 135 or less. So says a USC Sol Price School of Public Policy/Los Angeles Times poll of 500 likely voters conducted last week ... More >>

• DUI Checkpoints Tonight in Lincoln Heights, Van Nuys

  published May 17, 2013

  After a flurry of anti-drunk-driving operations this spring, culminating with a massive Cinco de Mayo crackdown, the cops around here seem to be mellowing out. Maybe just a little. Our weekend DUI... More >>

• Los Angeles Times Could Be Yours: Crowdfunding Campaign Launches

  published May 17, 2013

  Some folks are really scared that billionaire conservatives are going to run the "free press." News flash: Billionaire conservatives already run the free press. Anyway, there's a crowdfunding campaig... More >>

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  Upskirt Perv Victimized More Than 100 Women in Antelope Valley, Cops Say

  published May 17, 2013

  It's upskirt season is Southern California. The sun comes out, and so do the pervs. Our latest suspect is Mylyn Corniche Johnson (yes, he shares his middle name with a Rolls- Royce model), a 29-year-... More >>

• Ex-Clipper Nick Young Says West Hollywood GHB Rape Allegation Bogus

  published May 17, 2013

  Former NBA Clipper Nick Young is accused in a lawsuit of drugging and raping a woman after a 2011 encounter at Crown Bar in West Hollywood. Young, now a Philadelphia 76er, says it wasn't me. He took ... More >>

• Man Who Allegedly Took Upskirt Photos of Model Brittanie Weaver Charged

  published May 17, 2013

  Model Brittanie Weaver says a perv "picked the wrong girl" when he used an iPad to take upskirt photos of her at a Sherman Oaks pet store in March. The L.A. City Attorney's office this week might jus... More >>

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  Robert Colt Wilson Had Bombs, Meth & Gun In Westside Case, Prosecutors Say

  published May 17, 2013

  You know what we really need more than a man with 16 or so pipe bombs in his Westside apartmentr A man with 16 bombs, an explosive device in his car, a gun and meth. Because we want people with destr... More >>

• Man Gives Abercrombie Clothes to Skid Row Homeless to Defy Douchey Brand (VIDEO)

  published May 16, 2013

  We've been hating on Abercrombie & Fitch for more than a decade now, ever since T-shirts depicting stereotypical Asian characters hit the shelves in 2002. The company appeared to reprise that misstep... More >>

• LAPD's Rampart-Era Consent Decree Finally Over

  published May 16, 2013

  The final black cloud over the Los Angeles Police Department has lifted. A 2001 consent decree that put LAPD under federal oversight following allegations of false arrests, excessive force and unrea... More >>

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  Latino Vote Crucial for L.A. City Hall Candidates

  published May 16, 2013

  With nearly one in three people in the L.A. electorate claiming Latino heritage, the city election Tuesday could be decided by the brown vote. So says the National Association of Latino Elected and A... More >>

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  Smog, Freeway Emissions Can Be Stroke, Heart Attack Risks

  published May 16, 2013

  You've heard of good and bad cholesterol before, rightr Fish oil good, Big breakfast with hotcakes bad. Simple enough. Maybe not. UCLA researchers this week announced that merely breathing some of th... More >>

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  Party People, Prepare for a .05 DUI Alcohol Limit

  published May 16, 2013

  If you thought .08 was a tough blood alcohol limit for driving under the influence, just wait. There's a movement afoot to lower the threshold to .05, which some of the lighter weights among us could... More >>

• Overland Avenue Explosives Stash Prompts Evacuations, Westside Traffic Tie-Ups

  published May 16, 2013

  Updated at the bottom with the suspect's ID and the end of evacuations. First posted at 1:45 p.m. A traffic stop in Marina del Rey led police to a stash of explosive devices at a suspect's apartment ... More >>

• L.A. Is Dog-Bite Capital for Postal Workers

  published May 15, 2013

  Among our many fine distinctions -- smog capital, traffic capital, douche capital -- is a new one: The U.S. Postal Service this week ranked Los Angeles No. 1 among big cities where carriers are attac... More >>

• Breaking: White People Tend to Live Closer to The Beach

  published May 15, 2013

  No big surprise here. As we bid adieu to our May heat wave, new research has "discovered" that minorities tend to live in hotter communities throughout the nation. Why is this no big surprise to usrI... More >>

• Cross-Dresser Secretly Videotaped Women In SoCal Macy's Restroom, Cops Say

  published May 15, 2013

  In the annals of bizarre and desperate attempts to videotape women in the most private of moments, this one is a winner. A man dressed as a woman went into a Macy's restroom with a camera concealed i... More >>

• 5 Hottest Rental Neighborhoods in Los Angeles

  published May 15, 2013

  Competition for apartments and rental homes in this town is fierce. At least according to the online rental marketplace Lovely, which crunched the numbers for L.A. recently. It found that a mix of up... More >>

• Dr. Dre, Jimmy Iovine Donate $70 Million To USC For Arts Academy

  published May 15, 2013

  See also: Dr. Dre speaks to LA Weekly about the contribution. Must be nice to have so much cash that you can pair up with a buddy and donate $70 million to a private, rich kids' school like USC. Of ... More >>