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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2009 Stories by Dennis Romero

• Marilyn Monroe-Adjacent Crypt A Dead End

  published Nov 02, 2009

  The saga of the crypt above Marilyn Monroe's resting place in Westwood added a new chapter over the weekend when it was revealed that zero bidders weighed in on the auction for the spot, which was val... More >>

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  Free Email To Cost City $1.5 Million Extra

  published Nov 02, 2009

  That city deal to take on Google's free email services as a cost-cutting measure will actually cost the taxpayers $1.5 million more next year than if City Hall would have stayed with its old email sys... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Villaraigosa Rail Car Deal A 'Fail'

  published Nov 02, 2009

  A rail-car-manufacturing deal that was touted by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as a major job-maker for recession-ravaged L.A. fell through over the weekend, sending his go-go transportation agenda a lit... More >>

• Cops Felonious In May Day Meleer D.A. Says No Way

  published Oct 30, 2009

  Police who roughed-up and injured people in the so called "May Day Melee" in MacArthur Park in 2007 might have caused the city to pay out nearly $13 million in settlements but they didn't commit any c... More >>

• Newsom Hands Democrats' Gubernatorial Nod To Brown

  published Oct 30, 2009

  What promised to be a race filled with Democratic powerhouses has been handed to just one man who hasn't even announced he's running. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom today announced he's dropping out... More >>

• Glow Sticks Not Just Cheesy, They Could Be Dangerous

  published Oct 30, 2009

  News of a glow stick explosion in Texas has rocked the nightlife world. No, not really. A glow stick bracelet malfunction did injure a 13-year-old girl, who said she was playing with the accessory whe... More >>

• Homelessness Down, Eyebrows Up

  published Oct 30, 2009

  We're not the only ones who did a double take when the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority reported this week that homelessness was down 38 percent in the county compared to 2007. Let's get this... More >>

• Billionaire Hopes To Revive Hospital Of Horrors

  published Oct 30, 2009

  A doctor who says he was moved by the story of a woman who died without proper care in the emergency room waiting area at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital is putting a $100 million in loan guara... More >>

• Synagogue Violence Likely Personal

  published Oct 29, 2009

  The shooting that shook L.A.'s Jewish community Thursday and provided flashbacks to the hate-fueled North Valley Jewish Community Center shooting a decade ago was likely a personal attack, according t... More >>

• Boy Released In Synagogue Shooting

  published Oct 29, 2009

  Police seemed dumbfounded by Thursday morning's shooting of two men at a North Hollywood synagogue. Officers at the scene of the shooting at the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue in the 12400 b... More >>

• Bomb Squad At Wilshire Temple; Synagogues On Alert

  published Oct 29, 2009

  Police today were questioning a 17-year-old boy in the shooting of two men at the Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic synagogue in North Hollywood early this morning, police told LA Weekly. The attack, whi... More >>

• Bratton Almost Exited With Badge In-Pocket

  published Oct 29, 2009

  Outgoing Los Angeles police Chief William Bratton exited the department's new headquarters downtown Wednesday with hundreds of officers bidding him adieu. The "end of watch" farewell ceremony had the ... More >>

• Arnold Issues Virtual Finger To Opponent

  published Oct 28, 2009

  A gubernatorial veto of a state bill that would have helped to fund projects along the San Francisco waterfront contained a not-so-hidden message of "f--- you," according to several reports.The printe... More >>

• Teens Charged In Celeb Break-Ins: Take Estimated at $3 Mil

  published Oct 28, 2009

  Three of four teenage women arrested in a series of burglaries that targeted celebrities' homes were charged in connection with the break-and-take crimes, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's of... More >>

• Romero, Fellow Politicians Support Polanski Extradition

  published Oct 28, 2009

  Los Angeles state Sen. Gloria Romero and several Sacramento colleagues signed a letter supporting county District Attorney Steve Cooley's efforts to extradite Roman Polanski, who admitted to having un... More >>

• L.A. Blows: Some Lose Power

  published Oct 28, 2009

  Whomever says Los Angeles doesn't have seasons is obtuse. Sure, our complaints about the latest weather bringing "cold" temperatures would make any Midwesterner laugh. But still, Monday's high was 91... More >>

• Santa Monica Police Tear Into Local Gangs

  published Oct 28, 2009

  Some find it hard to believe that Santa Monica, with a median housing price of $1.6 million, is home to two entrenched gangs. The residents of the Pico Neighborhood, near Santa Monica College, know th... More >>

• City To Spend $7.2 Million On Free Email

  published Oct 27, 2009

  The Los Angeles City Council today approved a $7.2 million deal to transition its internal-server-based email system to Google's free email services. The move was designed to save the city money, and ... More >>

• Dear Mayor: Last Year Called; It Wants Its Issue Back

  published Oct 27, 2009

  Some of us are rooting for the mayor. He's struggled under a crumbling economy, a weak-mayor city council structure and a school district that, despite his promises, is clearly out of his hands. In 20... More >>

• Eastside Rail Line Set To Open: It's Not In Silver Lake

  published Oct 27, 2009

  Attention Silver Lake and Echo Park hipsters: The Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension is set to open Nov. 15. It goes from Little Tokyo, through Boyle Heights, to East Los Angeles. If you don't live al... More >>

• Teen Suspect In Celeb Burglaries A Would-Be Reality Star

  published Oct 27, 2009

  One of four teenagers arrested in connection with a string of burglaries that breached the homes of local celebrities was working on a pilot for the E! network, according to the channel's news site. ... More >>

• Loan-Mod Agents Get Faces Modified

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Not to blame the victims, but this was bound to happen. The home-loan modification business has been filled with so many sharks that state Attorney General Jerry Brown has called the entire statewide ... More >>

• Good or Evil, Corporate Biofuel Gets $5 Mil of Your Money

  published Oct 26, 2009

  The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that 37 research projects, including one launched locally, are in line for $151 million in federal funding that aims to "develop nimble, creative and inve... More >>

• Teenage Women Arrested in Celebrity Burglaries

  published Oct 26, 2009

  Los Angeles police announced that five people, four of them female teenagers, have been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries targeting "well-known celebrities" and other well-heeled citi... More >>

• Time Magazine Says Viva California

  published Oct 23, 2009

  Dubai might have its man-made islands and Shaghai residents might squint under the glare of all the new skyscrapers there, but California is still where the economic action is. That's according to the... More >>