Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

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

  "Death, Money and Megaraves"

More

2009 Stories by Dennis Romero

• City Pension Funds Sitting On $11.5 Billion In Red Ink, City Hall Oblivious -- Report

  published Dec 16, 2009

  The city of Los Angeles might be facing a $400 million deficit, but a tide of red ink much larger than that confronts its pension funds, according to CityWatch LA. Combined deficits at the city's two ... More >>

• Home-Invasion Shooting Leads To Car Chase

  published Dec 16, 2009

  A man and his dog were shot in a Laurel Canyon home-invasion robbery that led to a car chase, with officers ultimately arresting four suspects in the Mid-City area, Los Angeles police said. Police re... More >>

• Some Billboards Will Go From Blight To Alright

  published Dec 16, 2009

  The city of Los Angeles might be famous for bungling its regulation of out-of-control billboards and supergraphics, but for the latter part of winter some of those outdoor advertisements around town w... More >>

• Police To Fight Lax Spending Oversight With Words

  published Dec 16, 2009

  From the word-is-mightier-than-the-sword department: The Los Angeles Police Department this week vowed to clean up lax oversight of spending by developing a "manual" that will provide guidelines for p... More >>

• Steal A Hollywood Scene -- For A Price

  published Dec 15, 2009

  This has got to be the ultimate film-lover's souvenir, and you can't buy one on Hollywood Boulevard. Rather, Paramount Pictures is rolling out a website where everyday movie fans will be able to edit ... More >>

• Court: City Controller Can't Audit Elected Officials

  published Dec 15, 2009

  A Los Angeles Superior Court judge on Tuesday ruled that the City Controller cannot audit elected officials, including the City Attorney, whose office had sued the controller over the matter. The rul... More >>

• Same-Sex Marriage Advocates Have Uphill Battle For 2010 Ballot Initiative

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Backers of a state proposition that would overturn the Prop. 8 same-sex-marriage ban are facing some serious obstacles, not the least of which is collecting about a million signatures in support of pu... More >>

• At Global Climate Summit, Mayor Touts City Program That Barely Exists

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Leave it to Mayor V: If there is hyperbole to be had, it shall be his. And so it was at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen Tuesday: Instead of staying home to take care of potholes, budget... More >>

• Car Plows Into Fashion Photog On Shoot Downtown, Killing Him

  published Dec 15, 2009

  A car plowed into a photographer and a model on a fashion shoot in downtown Los Angeles, killing the shooter and injuring the model, police said. The collision happened at East Sixth and Mateo street... More >>

• State Citizen Redistricting Commission Opens To Applicants

  published Dec 15, 2009

  A state commission empowered with redrawing California senate and assembly district boundaries opened up to applications from everyday citizens Tuesday. Under Prop. 11, passed last year, power for red... More >>

• State Prison Doctors 'Working In A Third World Environment;' Preventable Deaths Rise 50 Percent

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Looking into a federal receiver's numbers on California's prison health-care system, KPCC (89.3 FM) found that while inmate deaths have declined for the second year in a row, the number of preventable... More >>

• Car Wash's Alleged Underpayment To Workers Brings Suit By Jerry Brown

  published Dec 15, 2009

  An Echo Park car wash that's been in the news repeatedly for alleged violations of workplace-safety rules and employee compensation standards is being sued by state Attorney General Jerry Brown for $2... More >>

• Search For Woman Who Went Missing From Sheriff's Station Upshifts

  published Dec 15, 2009

  The strange saga of Mitrice Richardson is now a murder investigation, according to sheriff's officials. The woman went missing from the sheriff's Lost Hills station early on the morning of Sept. 24 af... More >>

• Here Are The Real Top 10 Reasons Dating In L.A. Sucks

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Huffington Post has gotten a lot of play out of its item about why L.A. is "the toughest town for singles." Author Alex Benzer states that the ratio of women to men is low, the city's distant expanses... More >>

• City Councilman Herb Wesson's Deputy To Go For Open Assembly Seat

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Andrew Westall, a 36-year-old senior deputy to Los Angeles City Councilman Herb Wesson, announced Monday that he would run for the state assembly seat left vacant by Paul Krekorian, who was elected as... More >>

• Tweet Rewards: Huffington Post Attempts To Sell Twitter Feed To Advertisers

  published Dec 14, 2009

  The Huffington Post's Twitter feed contains a steady stream of news and opinion, but the site founded by Los Angeles resident Arianna Huffington wants to add advertisements and marketing messages to t... More >>

• 

  FEATURED STORY

  Company To Conduct Marijuana 'Research' In SoCal

  published Dec 14, 2009

  A company called Medical Marijuana Inc. announced that it has purchased 20 acres of "prime mountain valley property" somewhere in Southern California in order to conduct research on which strains of m... More >>

• Full Marijuana Legalization Headed For 2010 Ballot, Group Says

  published Dec 14, 2009

  A pro-marijuana group funded in part by Oakland coffee shop entrepreneur Richard Lee says it has more than enough signatures to put a full-legalization initiative on the November, 2010 ballot. Associ... More >>

• Councilman To Take Down Taggers In The Valley

  published Dec 14, 2009

  Councilman Dennis Zine will put on his Los Angeles Police Department reservist's uniform and participate in a task force targeting graffiti taggers in his own district in the West Valley Tuesday morni... More >>

• LAPD Chief Lobbies For Gang Intervention

  published Dec 14, 2009

  New Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck appeared before a City Council committee Monday to lobby for cash to fund gang intervention, which he has painted as a key element in dealing with a flood of ... More >>

• Credit Union Near LAPD Headquarters, Times Building Held Up

  published Dec 14, 2009

  A credit union about a block away from the new Los Angeles Police Department headquarters downtown was robbed Monday, police said. The holdup was reported at 10:30 a.m. at the Southland Credit Union a... More >>

• Audit Finds LAPD Hasn't Been Policing Own Spending Very Well

  published Dec 14, 2009

  An report by the Los Angeles Police Department's Internal Audits and Inspections Division (PDF) found that the department has been looser with spending than a sailor on payday. Among the audit's findi... More >>

• Google Gets Marketing Mileage Out Of L.A. City's Move To Its Email System

  published Dec 14, 2009

  The city might be spending more of your money to switch to what is essentially a free email system, but multi-billion-dollar corporate giant Google is getting plenty from the deal: The company on Mond... More >>

• Police Union: Venice Murder-Rape Is What Can Happen If State Releases Inmates

  published Dec 14, 2009

  The union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles police officers says the rape and murder of Venice resident Eun Kang last week is the kind of crime that we could see more of if the state releases 40,... More >>

• Stolen Library Book Returned By Beverly Hills Reader After 60 Years

  published Dec 14, 2009

  An eponymous biography of Napoleon first published in 1926 survived world war, television, and the rise and fall of most socialist states, but you could say at least one copy has been a victim of stic... More >>