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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(Video) Bellagio Hotel In Vegas Robbed Of $1.5 Million ... In Chips
published Dec 14, 2010
Talk about ninja. Authorities say a helmet-clad robber took $1.5 million worth of chips from the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas and got away on a sport-bike motorcycle. Did the douche gunman make it bac... More >>
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Alleged Texting-While-Driving Death Brings 20-Year-Old Ani Voskanian To Court To Face Manslaughter Charge In Glendale
published Dec 14, 2010
If the dangers of texting while driving have been undersold to a callous public, here's a case that could change your mind: Ani Voskanian faces a felony count of vehicular manslaughter in Glendale Su... More >>
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Anti-Porn-Industry Crusader Michael Weinstein Contributed Cash To L.A. Councilman Bill Rosendahl (Who Then Took A Step Toward Mandating Condom-Only Porn In The City)
published Dec 14, 2010
Updated after the jump with city Councilman Bill Rosendahl's response. First posted at 12:12 p.m. It looks like the porn industry is fighting back against L.A. city Councilman Bill Rosendahl after he... More >>
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Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010 (Bad Girls Edition): Murder Suspect Kelly Soo Park, No. 9
published Dec 14, 2010
It's a tale straight out of a James Bond movie. Kelly Soo Park, 45, is being tried for the murder of 21-year-old model-actress Juliana Redding at her Santa Monica apartment March, 2008. Park was repo... More >>
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Three Architectural Visions For Proposed Downtown Los Angeles Stadium To Be Unveiled Wednesday
published Dec 14, 2010
L.A. will have a look at what could be its next football stadium when the folks who own Staples Center unveil the venue's three architectural finalists Wednesday. Tim Leiweke, the chief of Staples pa... More >>
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SoCal Jail Inmate Malcolm Alarmo King Claims 'Festivus' Observation In Order To Get Better Meals
published Dec 14, 2010
It was billed as a "Festivus for the rest of us," a tradition without the commercial pressures of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and other December holidays. It was an invention of a writer and a man-m... More >>
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(Video) 'Toy Story 3' Anti-Oscar Campaign Waged By Disney Resort Workers
published Dec 14, 2010
Update: Our friends over at OC Weekly have photos of Monday night's protest here. First posted at 7:05 a.m.. Disney's Toy Story 3 ended up on some critics' year-end Top 10 lists, but now a labor unio... More >>
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Why Can't L.A. Seem To Be Able To Regulate Its Pot Shops? And If Pot Is Such Legit Medicine, Why Don't They Sell It At CVS?
published Dec 14, 2010
The city of L.A. has had worse luck trying to pass rules that govern pot shops than the Obama administration has had in trying to make health-care reform a reality. In fact City Hall's efforts at regu... More >>
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Three Victims, Possibly Taggers, Dead After Amtrak Train Hits Them In Commerce
published Dec 14, 2010
Updated throughout. Third man confirmed dead. First posted at 11:02 p.m. Monday. Three males were dead after an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train struck them in Commerce Monday night, according to repor... More >>
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Trish Ploehn, Head Of L.A. County's Embattled Child Welfare Department, Being Replaced
published Dec 13, 2010
Trish Ploehn, the head of L.A. County's embattled child welfare department, is being replaced and will be offered a transfer to another position, county officials said. We reported recently about how... More >>
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A Peek Inside A Suspected California Pimp's Real 'Business Plan'
published Dec 13, 2010
Is it really hard out here for a pimp? According to the handwritten business plan of an allegedly real California pimp obtained by Youth Radio and published this week, yes. The two-page note from the... More >>
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Top 10 Hot Chicks In The News 2010: The Los Angeles Charger Girls? No. 10
published Dec 13, 2010
It wouldn't be the holidays without a recap of the year's news. And what better way to celebrate a mediocre year than to look on the bright side and celebrate hot chicks in the news -- the 2010 editio... More >>
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Is L.A. Mayor Villaraigosa Lobbying For A Job In The Obama Administration?
published Dec 13, 2010
City Hall watchers have long wondered what would befall L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. When he became mayor word was it would be a stepping stone (like his cut-short term on the City Council) to som... More >>
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TV Chef Juan Carlos Cruz Sentenced To 9 Years In Prison For Attempting To Hire Homeless To Kill Wife
published Dec 13, 2010
Despite his earlier claims of innocence, it looks like onetime Food Network chef Juan Carlos Cruz did in fact attempt to whip-up a major course of death for his wife. He was known on Food as the Calo... More >>
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San Bernardino Officials Want To Shut Down Venue That Hosted Displaced L.A. Rave 'Winterfresh'
published Dec 13, 2010
Last week we told you how an L.A. venue pulled the plug on a weekend rave called Winterfresh last-minute after we made some calls asking if we could come by. That event ended up in San Bernardino, wi... More >>
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Happy Holidays: L.A. Sees Record Warmth Over Weekend; More Temps In The 80s Expected Today
published Dec 13, 2010
Don't worry. It's not the salvia talking. It really is 80-plus degrees in December. After a summer that saw some record low temps in late July, the heat has arrived during the holiday shopping season... More >>
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(Video) Metrodome Roof Collapse In Minneapolis Could Raise Hopes For NFL's Vikings Los Angeles
published Dec 13, 2010
That blast of snow that brought down parts of the Metrodome's roof in Minneapolis could bring some new rays of hope to sunny L.A.'s chances of getting a new NFL team. Turns out it's not the first tim... More >>
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Porn Star Justin Long Vows Boycott Of AIDS Healthcare Foundation Over Its Attempt To Force Condoms On Porn
published Dec 13, 2010
The battle over condoms in porn seemed to turn into a full-on war last week after the AIDS Healthcare Foundation paraded an HIV-positive performer in front of reporters and then gloated when news drop... More >>
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Pot Shops Rejoice: Much Of L.A. City's Dispensary Rules Knocked Down
published Dec 10, 2010
Updated after the jump with emergency rules being considered by the City Council. First posted at 5:15 p.m. Speak of the devil. Much of the pot shop ordinance that the Los Angeles City Council took s... More >>
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Body Of Herbert Tracy White Found In Five Pieces In L.A. Skid Row Hotel: Couple Sought For His Murder
published Dec 10, 2010
Updated after the jump with couple arrested. First posted at 10:58 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 8. This murder mystery started when a hotel maid found a backpack in a room with part of a body in it. And ... More >>
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Designs For NFL Stadium In Downtown L.A. Are On Staples Center Chief Tim Leiweke's Desk
published Dec 10, 2010
It took the city of Los Angeles several years to get its final medical marijuana dispensary law on the books. When the City Council doesn't like the taste of something, like telling its friends in the... More >>
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LAPD Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon Just Says No To Raves, Ecstasy
published Dec 10, 2010
Raves, those late-night parties fueled by ecstasy and electronic dance music, have found some unlikely allies in L.A., including L.A. city Councilman Bernard Parks and city Recreation & Parks board pr... More >>
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'XXX' Domain Names For Online Porn Delayed But -- Breaking News -- You Can Still Find Smut Online (Somewhere)
published Dec 10, 2010
Implementation of the ".xxx" domain name suffix was delayed by the international organization responsible for such things. Darn. We need this. Because a name like YouPorn (.com) isn't quite clear enou... More >>
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Ecstasy Conference Comes To Downtown Los Angeles
published Dec 10, 2010
Just in time for the controversy over raves and ecstasy, the folks from the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies are in town for a weekend conference on the "The Impact of Psychedelic... More >>
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DUI Checkpoints Scheduled This Weekend In Los Angeles
published Dec 10, 2010
Tis the season for good tidings, joy and DUIs. The LAPD has been on a mission to catch drunk drivers and illegals motorists without drivers licenses (whose cars can be taken and sold for the benefit ... More >>
