Email Author Dennis Romero
Awards
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"Shelley Lubben, Pom Reformer or Self-Promoter?"
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"Los Angeles' War on Street Artists"
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2012 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 29, 2011
"Porn Defends the Money Shot"
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2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010
"Death, Money and Megaraves"
2010 Stories by Dennis Romero
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Megaraves in the News
published December 30, 2010
Oct. 27-28, 2007: Michelle Yuenshan Lee, 21, is found passed out and convulsing at the Monster Massive megarave at the... More >>
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COVER STORY
Death, Money and Megaraves
published December 30, 2010
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Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 1, (Young) Meg Whitman (For Real)
published Dec 24, 2010
Ha! You thought it was going to be Lohan. No, too easy. We know "Fire Crotch" is a hottie, but we're all a little Lohan'd out. So we thought we'd surprise you for the holidays. So unwrap this: Behol... More >>
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Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 2, Kamala Harris
published Dec 23, 2010
Kamala, please don't prosecute us, but we think you're kind of hot. (So, apparently, did Willie Brown). California's new Attorney General -- and remember, we called it -- is a babe, and she's single,... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Ravers Take To Facebook To Protest Proposed Law That Would Ban Raves On Public Land In California
published Dec 23, 2010
Updated after the jump with responses from the lawmaker herself. First posted at 8:38 a.m. Ravers got on their feet this week to "protect your right to dance" after a state lawmaker proposed a ban on... More >>
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Grass Reindeer Figures Seized At LAX (No, They're Not Made Of That Kind Of Grass)
published Dec 23, 2010
You know it wouldn't be the holidaze without some seriously grinchy stories coming at ya. Yesterday we told you how L.A. city officials and police cracked down on fake designer crap (and DVDs) your mo... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 3, TSA 'Bikini Girl' Corrine Theile
published Dec 23, 2010
Bikini girl alert! Theile tells us she's flying out of LAX today -- with bikini on. Assignment editors, gas up those news vans and send your people to the airport ASAP. First posted at 6 p.m. Wednesda... More >>
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LAPD Releasing Photos Of Suspects In Violent Northridge Pot Shop Robbery
published Dec 23, 2010
Update: We got wrong information on this: Two people were critically wounded. We changed the headline to reflect the mistake. We regret the error. Photos added. A pot-shop robbery and shooting we tol... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
The Jerk: Steve Martin Tweets From Jury Duty, Possibly In L.A. (But Is That A No-No? ... Well Excuuuuse Him)
published Dec 23, 2010
Steve Martin has been tweeting funny observations from jury duty -- possibly in Los Angeles -- this week. Tweeted The Jerk: "Defendant running for exit. Not to escape, but out of disgust. Judge weari... More >>
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Why Is L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Mourning The Deaths Of Two Chicago Firefighters?
published Dec 23, 2010
Two Chicago firefighters died Wednesday as they battled a Warehouse blaze and became trapped. Sad, tragic story, to be sure, and our heart goes out to their families. But why is L.A. Mayor Antonio Vi... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Korean 'Vaginal Steam Bath' Tradition Comes To L.A.
published Dec 23, 2010
We've said it before and we'll say it again. It's the gift that keeps on giving -- a steam-cleaned, sauna-prepped vijayjay. And step right up, ladies, because it's coming to town. Tikkun Holistic S... More >>
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Should Authorities Donate Seized Fake Goods To L.A.'s Poor?
published Dec 23, 2010
We reported this week how L.A. city officials boasted of a big bust of counterfeit goods right in the heart of last-minute shopping season. More than $4 million worth of fake crap was seized and 10 s... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
Happy Shopping, L.A: City Controller Wendy Greuel Helps Take Fake Designer Crap Off Streets
published Dec 22, 2010
Updated with locations of the busts after the jump. First posted at 12:14 p.m. Ah, it wouldn't be the holidays in L.A. without the man cracking down on two-bit peddlers of exquisite, Chinese-made "Lo... More >>
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Death Of L.A. Teen Raver Sasha Rodriguez Inspires Assemblywoman Fiona Ma To Propose Statewide Rave Ban
published Dec 22, 2010
The L.A. Coliseum Commission voted earlier this month to let the raves go on at the publicly run Coliseum and Sports Arena. A San Francisco assemblywoman begs to differ when it comes to the safety of... More >>
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L.A.'s Charles David Berlinghoff Charged With Taking 15-Year-Old Niece, Having Sex With Her
published Dec 22, 2010
In a horrible tale straight from the dark side of the trailer park, authorities allege that a Los Angeles man essentially kidnapped his 15-year-old niece, had sex with her several times, and provided ... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
California's Shira Monet Garfinkel Fights For Her Right To Drive High, Takes Case To Nevada Supreme Court
published Dec 22, 2010
Updated with response from the defendant. First posted at 9:02 a.m. Leave it to a medical-marijuana-impaired -inspired driver to challenge this: But a Nevada Supreme Court had to actually rule on a C... More >>
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L.A. Porn-Maker Releasing Brittney Jones Sex Tape Despite Threats From Ashton Kutcher's Attorney
published Dec 22, 2010
Porn maker Vivid Entertainment is being more careful about marketing a video featuring a woman who claims to have been Aston Kutcher's f-buddy. But it's still releasing the tape. In a statement this ... More >>
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Mayor Villaraigosa, City To Roll Out 'Rock Star' Parking App To Help You Find Empty Spaces
published Dec 22, 2010
The can-do train that is City Hall can't keep libraries open on Mondays, give cops enough overtime to help solve murders, or get a grip on hundreds of out-of-compliance pot shops. But if you need to ... More >>
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How Does L.A. Councilman Dennis Zine Attract So Many Women?
published Dec 22, 2010
LA Weekly received some really thoughtful comments after staff writer Gene Maddaus confirmed that a lobbyist for a firm that's protesting its loss of a $271-million contract with city-controlled LAX i... More >>
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Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 4, TSA Victim Donna D'Errico
published Dec 21, 2010
What "Hot Chicks In The News 2010" list would be complete without a washed-up gorgeous Playboy Bunny? For No. 4 we bring you the irresistible Donna D'Errico. So irresistible, in fact, that she got an... More >>
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Storm Evacuations Ordered For Some La Canada Flintridge, La Crescenta Residents
published Dec 21, 2010
This rain, rain won't go away. And how authorities are ordering 147 homes in La Canada Flintridge and 85 homes in La Crescenta evacuated.They're afraid the heavy rains in the Angeles National Forest a... More >>
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California's $43 Billion Bullet Train Will Go To ... Bakersfield?
published Dec 21, 2010
The Weekly's Jill Stewart noted this week that California's planned high-speed rail line's "route to nowhere" now has a route to ... somewhere -- but not here, or San Francisco, or San Diego, or prett... More >>
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FEATURED STORY
California Authorities Make Pot Bust At Hollywood Bar Called 'Prime Time' (Yeah, Prime Time)
published Dec 20, 2010
The woman called back again to wish us the worst of luck, after the jump. The ABC, meanwhile, confirmed the arrests to the Weekly. First posted at 7:01 a.m. on Dec. 16. We've been to many a legit ni... More >>
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Hey, L.A: Do You Have The Right To Be An Anti-Semite?
published Dec 20, 2010
After we recently published some of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's "Top 10 Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010," readers weighed in -- some with disdain for those who couldn't contain their prejudice and others... More >>
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Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 5, Rachel Uchitel
published Dec 20, 2010
What "Hot Chicks In The News 2010" list would be complete without the inclusion of at least one Tiger Woods girl? We know, that was so last year. But this hot-chick story has legs. In this case, we h... More >>
