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

• Death Of Actress Brittany Murphy Under Investigation

  published Dec 21, 2009

  As Los Angeles police and county coroner's officials investigated the death of actress Brittany Murphy, reports indicate it has been a bad month or so for the star whose home was found to contain seve... More >>

• Commenter Denies USC Player Was Provided SUV

  published Dec 19, 2009

  A commenter who says he's the Santa Monica businessman who registered an SUV that the Los Angeles Times reports has been driven by USC star tailback Joe McKnight denied providing the vehicle the playe... More >>

• USC Football Player Spotted Driving Businessman's SUV

  published Dec 19, 2009

  Joe McKnight, a star tailback at USC, has been driving an SUV owned by a Santa Monica businessman, an arrangement that would be against NCAA rules, the Los Angeles Times reports. The paper states tha... More >>

• Another Bank Bites It: First Federal Of Santa Monica To Be Taken Over

  published Dec 18, 2009

  The UCLA Anderson Forecast, the president and the stock market (on some days) say the recession is over, but banks keep going bust. The latest victim was Santa Monica-based First Federal Bank, which w... More >>

• Housekeeper Suspected In Brazen Home Invasion In Laurel Canyon

  published Dec 18, 2009

  The Los Angeles District Attorney's office says that brazen home-invasion in Laurel Canyon this week in which a resident and his dog were shot was carried out in part by a 24-year-old who had been a h... More >>

• L.A. Country Club Pays Ultra Low Property Tax Rate; Faces Possible Review

  published Dec 18, 2009

  The Los Angeles Country Club, protected under Prop. 13 limits and loopholes, pays an ultra-low rate of about $200,000 a year in property taxes based on 313 acres of prime Westside property that could ... More >>

• Fear And Toking: Pot Convention To Tap Into Growing Industry

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Gentleman, start your bongs: Cannapalooza, "the international marketplace for all things cannabis," will make L.A.'s vibrant marijuana shops a virtual ghost town for three days in March as the the smo... More >>

• Paint Caused Delay Of Metro Gold Line Extension Debut

  published Dec 18, 2009

  In one of the more bizarre explanations for a public project postponement, a news organization discovered that paint caused the months-long delay of the Metro Gold Line light rail's Eastside Extension... More >>

• Cost Of Mayor's Vacation, Er, Trip To Europe: $120,000

  published Dec 18, 2009

  A mayoral spokeswoman confirmed to LA Weekly Friday that the mayor's trip to Europe this week to attend a climate conference and meet with world leaders and European dignitaries in Copenhagen, Berlin ... More >>

• iPhone Users Plan Protest To Choke AT&T Network Today

  published Dec 18, 2009

  If your iPhone is a little slow you can probably blame fellow users are staging a protest Friday to send a message to AT&T that they're not going to be happy if the company start charging usage fees f... More >>

• Pothole Artists Find A Massive Canvas In L.A.

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Montreal artists Claudia Ficca and Davide Luciano, known for their eponymous series of works on potholes in their hometown and in New York are in Los Angeles this month to continue their good work. [... More >>

• City Workers Flood Early Retirement Program With Requests

  published Dec 18, 2009

  The city's early retirement program received hundreds more applications than it can accommodate, according to former Los Angeles Daily News editor Ron Kaye. The program's deadline came and went this... More >>

• Charges Come For Graffiti Artist Arrested At Own Exhibit

  published Dec 17, 2009

  The graffiti artist known as Revok was charged today after he was arrested last month at a show of his work in Mid-City. The 32-year-old whose real name is Jason Williams was charged with one misdeme... More >>

• Paparazzo On Bike Slams Into Car Carrying Anne Hathaway

  published Dec 17, 2009

  The paparazzi that call L.A. home are as bold as ever. In between scuffling with Kanye and chasing down Lindsay, they're coming up with ever more clover ways to get that money shot. One shooter appear... More >>

• Suspect In Venice Rape-Murder Pleads Not Guilty

  published Dec 17, 2009

  The suspect in a triple murder in Venice in which a woman was raped and killed along with her unborn twins pleaded not guilty to capital murder with special circumstances. The special circumstances i... More >>

• Los Angeles Has The Worst Roads In The Nation (Tell Us Something We Don't Already Know)

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Have we told you how many rims we've cracked as a result of local potholesr TRIP, a national transportation research organization, feels our pain, calling L.A.'s roads the worst in the nation and repo... More >>

• Last Call Comes For Traditional Party Day At Police Bar

  published Dec 17, 2009

  Following the DUI death earlier this month of a police veteran who had been drinking on payday at a bar at the Los Angeles Police Academy in Elysian Park, officials announced that the watering hole wo... More >>

• Home Invaders Flee In Porsche

  published Dec 17, 2009

  For nearly 45 years the Porsche 911 has been everyman's object of desire in the U.S., an exotic and sometimes super car for a fraction of the cost of a Ferrari. Despite its quirky, rear-engined config... More >>

• Twitter Could Be Used To Quickly Measure Earthquakes; Other Warnings Possible

  published Dec 17, 2009

  The U.S. Geological Survey is studying using Twitter to get fast data about the latest earthquakes, the USGS announced this week. In a separate announcement, the Survey said that separate technology c... More >>

• Venice Boardwalk Circus Could See More Rules

  published Dec 17, 2009

  The circus that is the Venice boardwalk, especially in warm summer months, is one of Los Angeles' more endearing displays, a drama that showcases a beach-side slice of the city's broad diversity and l... More >>

• Alleged White Supremacist Gets Three Years For Lying To Obtain Passport In L.A.

  published Dec 17, 2009

  An alleged white supremacist practiced his anti-minority skills mostly in Nevada, but it was a little trip to one of the most diverse cities in the world that got him in hot water with federal authori... More >>

• Fire Department Cuts Could Have Contributed To Two Deaths, Union Official Says

  published Dec 16, 2009

  City fire union president Pat McOsker called on the City Council on Wednesday to reinstate full staffing at the Los Angeles Fire Department, the lack of which, he argues, could have contributed to two... More >>

• Roy Disney Was Last In Family To Work At The Company That Bears Its Name

  published Dec 16, 2009

  The death of Roy E. Disney Wednesday marked the end of the line for members of his family working at the Burbank-based entertainment giant created in 1923 by his father Roy O. Disney and by his uncle ... More >>

• International Media Camped Out At Cedars-Sinai (Outside Beverly Hills)

  published Dec 16, 2009

  Media crews from around the world were camped outside Cedars-Sinai Medical Center this week as they kept tabs on the man we call the "French Elvis," 66-year-old Johnny Hallyday. We're not sure what's... More >>

• Man Who Uploaded Blockbuster Movie Before Its Release Arrested

  published Dec 16, 2009

  A man indicted by a Los Angeles grand jury this month for uploading a pre-debut copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was arrested in New York Wednesday morning, federal authorities said. The indictment a... More >>