Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Shelley Lubben, Pom Reformer or Self-Promoter?"

• 2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Los Angeles' War on Street Artists"

• 2012 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 29, 2011

  "Porn Defends the Money Shot"

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

  "Death, Money and Megaraves"

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2010 Stories by Dennis Romero

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  LAPD Brings You The Gift Of 10 -- Count 'Em, 10 -- DUI Checkpoints This Weekend

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Updated after the jump with new location. First posted at 12:05 p.m. Thursday. This weekend the LAPD is going to be on you like orange on Snooki. Seriously. And the DUI is a gift that keeps on givin... More >>

• Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 6, Rachel Lee

  published Dec 17, 2010

  The alleged "bling ring" of mostly rich, young punks that prosecutors say targeted the homes of the even richer and more famous is an endless source of talent for our "Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 20... More >>

• L.A. Porn Magnate Larry Flynt Gets Behind WikiLeaks And Julian Assange With $50,000 Donation

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Ah Larry Flynt, that maligned champion of First Amendment rights. In case you didn't see the biopic, he's the guy who made America safe for free speech by fighting for his right to to get deeply gyne... More >>

• Ryan Gosling Says 'Nobody Works' In Hollywood, 'So They Do Drugs' (Word)

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Nobody walks in L.A? Nobody works in L.A. Kudos to actor Ryan Gosling for confirming what we suspected all along: Well-paid actors in this city have way too much time on their hands (and thus, the Li... More >>

• L.A. Anti-Billboard Activist Dennis Hathaway Named In Billboard Company Suits Against City

  published Dec 17, 2010

  One of L.A.'s most-outspoken activists against "billboard blight" was named in lawsuits brought against the city by some of the largest billboard companies, Clear Channel Outdoor and CBS Outdoor. But... More >>

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  L.A. Warns Prospective New Pot Shops Not To Open In The City

  published Dec 17, 2010

  The city of L.A.'s top attorney on Friday warned new pot shops not to open their doors despite a judge's recent order telling City Hall not to enforce much of its new medical marijuana dispensary law.... More >>

• Lovely Couple Robs Downtown L.A. Jewelry Store (With Photos)

  published Dec 17, 2010

  Ah, the holidays. They bring people together. Like this couple, who police say robbed a downtown jewelry store this week of $,8,000 cash. So sweet. Hey honey, let's go out and rob shit. Maybe we'll g... More >>

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  L.A.'s Simon Wiesenthal Center: 'Top 10 Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010'

  published Dec 17, 2010

  TMZ called it (as usual): Mel Gibson didn't make the "Top 10 Anti-Semitic Slurs of 2010'' list? Surprising, innit? It's a whole new era in unenlightened Jew hating. And the L.A.-based Simon Wiesentha... More >>

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  Series Of Storms Set To Pound L.A: See, We Really Do Get 'Weather'

  published Dec 17, 2010

  It was only Monday that we were boasting about L.A.'s unseasonable, record-high temperatures in the 80s. Records fell at UCLA, Long Beach, Burbank Airport and San Gabriel. And this weekend? Rain. So... More >>

• If The Grim Sleeper's Victims Were Mostly White, Would It Have Taken Nearly Three Decades To Find A Suspect?

  published Dec 17, 2010

  The LAPD this week unleashed 180 eerie boudoir photos they say were kept by "Grim Sleeper" serial murder suspect Lonnie Franklin, Jr. Detectives are concerned that some of the creepy pictures could ... More >>

• Sorry, Jenny McCarthy: USC Study Finds Children Raised Near Freeways Twice As Likely To Be Autistic

  published Dec 16, 2010

  More fodder for wacko autism conspiracy theorists (we're looking at you, Jenny McCarthy), or useful science? Dunno. But the findings, unleashed by USC Thursday, will surely set off more debate about ... More >>

• Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: No. 7, Alexis Neiers

  published Dec 16, 2010

  We like 'em innocent on the outside, bad on the inside. And thus, we bring you No. 7 on our list of Hot Chicks In The News 2010: Alexis Neiers, convicted member of the "bling ring" of burglars that t... More >>

• Downtown L.A. Stadium Design Expected In January

  published Dec 16, 2010

  As the people behind Staples Center unleashed three visions for a proposed new NFL stadium downtown, they said that the design for the venue would be chosen in January. Anschutz Entertainment Group's... More >>

• Two Shot, Wounded In Northridge Pot Shop Robbery

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Two people were wounded when robbers shot them at a Northridge pot shop Wednesday night. Because this kind of medicine-dispensing business is so safe and legit. The robbery at a cannabis store at Ros... More >>

• Kobe Bryant, Drop This Turkish Airlines Deal Already

  published Dec 16, 2010

  Not since a guy named Joseph Coors opposed Chicano studies classes at the University of Colorado, thus denying Coors beer a very thirsty Latino market for decades, has someone shot himself in the foot... More >>

• L.A. County Sheriff's Deputies Brawl At Eastside Club During Holiday Party

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Ain't no party like a sheriff's party. Indeed, seven L.A. County deputies were taken off duty as authorities investigate a raucous holiday party last week that ended in a brawl between lawmen (and ma... More >>

• Megan Miko Wachi Due In Court Today: Authorities Claim She And Her Toy-Gun Toting Boyfriend Tried To Rob Man Who Wanted To Hire Her For Sex (An Alleged Plan That Seemed To Backfire)

  published Dec 15, 2010

  We love it when the teacher becomes the student or, in this case, the would-be robber becomes the bitch (allegedly). In this case 21-year-old Michael Alexander Diaz and his 22-year-old girl Megan Mik... More >>

• Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010 (Scary Edition): Layla Rosette Trawick, No. 8

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Coming in at No. 8 in our Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010 countdown is Layla Rosette Trawick, the woman accused of going bonkers at a West Hollywood Target in May and stabbing four random shoppers.... More >>

• Hollywood Actor Rip Torn Rips Shit Up, Pleads Guilty To Drunken Bank Break-In

  published Dec 15, 2010

  You gotta give it to longtime Hollywood actor Rip Torn. He's still wreaking havoc like a rock star on a bender, and he's 79. Charlie Sheen's own chaos probably deserves some therapy, but at his age w... More >>

• Former San Gabriel Mayor Albert Huang Won't Face Charges In 'Great Dumpling Incident Of 2010'

  published Dec 15, 2010

  Unless the purported victim turns up dead or on vacation on a Caribbean isle, it looks like the Great Dumpling Incident of 2010 is officially over. The Los Angeles County District Attorney will not f... More >>

• Operation 'Lost Boy:' Feds Bring Down Child Porn Ring That Had L.A. Ties

  published Dec 15, 2010

  The alleged pervs apparently thought they had outwitted the long arm of the law. Federal authorities say they set up an almost mob-like system of membership where each new man who wanted to partake ha... More >>

• Facebook Visualizes L.A.'s Friends, But It Looks Like The East Coast And Europe Have Way More Buddies

  published Dec 15, 2010

  So an enterprising young data infrastructure engineering intern at Facebook has mapped out the site's friendships across the world. The cool thing about his map is that continents, islands and landmas... More >>

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  Need A Crack Pipe? Arco Gas Station Near Watts Middle School Reportedly Has Them

  published Dec 15, 2010

  You would think our British friends over at BP had enough bad press over that whole Gulf oil spill thing to get a handle on its image, particularly in the U.S. Nothing a few mil thrown at a good P.R. ... More >>

• Today In WTF: If You Paid That $446 Red-Light Camera Ticket In L.A. You're Probably A Sucker, Because It Could Have Been Blown Off

  published Dec 15, 2010

  A doozy for the department of WTF this week: You know those annoying red-light cameras that flash of when you're taking a left through an intersection behind a grandma who's waiting to make sure every... More >>

• Should The 'Raider Nation' Return To L.A. If We Get A New Stadium?

  published Dec 15, 2010

  All this talk of the NFL returning to Los Angeles -- with two apparently viable bids for new area stadiums on the table -- has some fans giddy about the prospect of possibly bringing the San Diego Cha... More >>