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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2010 Stories by Dennis Romero

• Cisneros Siblings Plead Not Guilty In Connection With USC-UCLA Brawl, Stabbings

  published Dec 10, 2010

  That outbreak of ugly violence before last weekend's big USC-UCLA game was a family affair, at least partly, authorities allege. While the father of the Cisneros clan was arrested and released in con... More >>

• Will Crackdown On Porn Clinic Force Industry Out Of Los Angeles And Californiar

  published Dec 10, 2010

  Fear. It's going around the porn industry, whether producers admit it or not. The battle over condoms in adult video is getting serious. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been triumphant in getting ... More >>

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  Sherman Oaks-Based Porn Industry Health Clinic Shut Down By State And L.A. County Officials

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Updated after the jump with information about another porn industry STD testing operation. First posted at 11:51 a.m. The porn industry's health-care clinic was shut down Thursday morning by state an... More >>

• Alexis Neiers, 'Bling Drug' Convict, Gets One Year Of Live-In Drug Rehab After Authorities Found Heroin In Her House

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Ironyr Yeah, the kid who cried loudest about her innocence when she was fingered as part of the "bling ring" string of robberies turned out to be the Lindsay Lohan of the bunch. Reality TV star Alexi... More >>

• AIDS Activists Call On Porn Industry Health Clinic To Shut Down After California Denies Its License

  published Dec 09, 2010

  The L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation on Thursday called on the porn industry's health-care clinic to shut down after the state of California denied its community clinic license this week. All th... More >>

• Many Questions Remain In Murder Of Ronni Chasen: Harold Martin Smith Is An Unusual Suspect

  published Dec 09, 2010

  The sensational murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen took a bizarre twist this week when police announced that a Hollywood transient was the likely shooter, that he had been on bicycle when the ... More >>

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  Eastside L.A. City Council Candidate Rudy Martinez Had An LAPD Badge, But He Was Never A Police Officer

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Rudy Martinez has come into the race for a powerful L.A. City Council seat like a breath of fresh air. Not only is he an outsider in a decidedly insider game, but he's a reality TV star (Flip This Hou... More >>

• Porn Industry Fights Claims By Performer Derrick Burts, Who Was No Angel (And Who Might Have Freelanced As A Male Escort)

  published Dec 09, 2010

  The porn business is fighting back against claims by the actor who sparked its last HIV scare that he was met with indifference at the adult-industry-backed clinic where he sought treatment. We even... More >>

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  Decision On NFL Team For L.A. By Marchr That's What Staples Center Honcho Tim Leiweke Wants To See

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Angelenos could find out if we're getting an NFL team within three months. That's the goal Staples Center boss Tim Leiweke set for the NFL to give us the green light (and a team), he told downtown bu... More >>

• Would Legalizing It Bring Weed Down To Near Tabacco-Price Levelsr

  published Dec 09, 2010

  Pot prices are getting lower and lower, sort of like LCD TVs. But should you buy now, or hope for even better discountsr It's a strange situation: California's medical marijuana law was designed to ... More >>

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  1,440 Bodies Of Indigent, Poor To Be Buried In Boyle Heights Mass Grave

  published Dec 08, 2010

  Updated with photos by Ted Soqui. First posted at 7:05 a.m. Contemporary L.A. County is home to Rodeo Drive, more than its share of billionaires, and some of the priciest real estate in the world. B... More >>

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  Gun Of Suicidal Hollywood Man Matches Ronni Chasen Murder Weapon: Police Believe Harold Martin Smith Was On A Bike And Wanted To Rob Chasen

  published Dec 08, 2010

  Updates throughout with comments from Beverly Hills police. First posted at 1:32 p.m. A gun used by a Hollywood man to kill himself as police approached him last week matches the weapon used to kill ... More >>

• Porn-Maker Vivid Entertainment Vows To Keep Offering 'Octomom' Nadia Suleman Work

  published Dec 08, 2010

  We haven't seen a pursuit this hot since the tabloid press set out to prove that Tom Cruise is gay. (He's not, Tom Cruise's lawyers, we swear he's not). Porn production house Vivid Entertainment has ... More >>

• Marijuana Prices In Medical-Pot States Like California At Low, Low Prices (Thanks To Drug Gangs And Mexican Cartels)

  published Dec 08, 2010

  The legalization of medical pot in 14 states including, of course, California, has driven the price of weed down to new lows. This, of course, makes no economic since, since legalization = more deman... More >>

• Former 'Baywatch' Beauty Donna D'Errico Says TSA Agents Singled Her Out For Body Scan At LAX (You Know, Because Her Body Is So Friggin' Scannable)

  published Dec 08, 2010

  You're an underpaid TSA security guard. Nobody likes you. Not even your own mother. How do you fill those eight hours a dayr Picking out hot chicks MILFs for the notorious full-body x-ray scan, of cou... More >>

• Prepared For Retirementr Not L.A. It Ranks Last In Look At American Cities' Readiness For Golden Years

  published Dec 08, 2010

  The little old lady from Pasadena, she was an icon. And Beverly Hills, Palos Verdes, Westchester and beyond all had their days as paradise for the blue-haired masses. But those masses might be living... More >>

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  Derrick Burts, Porn Actor Who Sparked Latest HIV Scare In San Fernando Valley Industry, Speaks Up For Condom Use (But Offers Strange Story Of How He Came Up Positive)

  published Dec 08, 2010

  A performer who set off the latest HIV scare in adult film has turned against his employers and is speaking out against the adult video industry and its resistance to mandatory condom use. Derrick Bu... More >>

• Could L.A. Hooligans Ruin The City's NFL Hopes And Dreamsr

  published Dec 08, 2010

  Like many a European city, L.A. is no stranger to hooliganism, from the Lakers championship unrest downtown last June to the weekend's violence between USC and UCLA fans at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. ... More >>

• Two Stabbed In UCLA-USC Melee In Pasadena Rose Bowl Parking Lot Ahead Of Football Game

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Updates after the jump with names of three additional suspect-siblings arrested (not four) and one suspect being released. See a post with video of the brawl here. First posted at 8:31 p.m. Saturday. ... More >>

• Students Called Out For Flipping Tickets To Rose Bowl Football Game

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Kids these days. Guess we can't blame you for being entrepreneurs in the age of the Great Recession and tuition and fees that have risen faster than the price of gas in the last decade. But have you ... More >>

• L.A. County Urges 18-And-Older Policy For Area Raves

  published Dec 07, 2010

  The people who run the county of Los Angeles want raves to be a safer. They want them to have an 18-and-older policy. And they want them to warn about the dangers of ecstasy. All these wants, however... More >>

• 16-Year-Old Allegedly Behind Wheel Of Big Rig That Crashed Into Lake View Terrance Trailer Park

  published Dec 07, 2010

  It was a scene out of The Dukes of Hazzard. We can almost hear the narration: Bo and Luke thought it would be a good idear to take the old 18-wheeler for a spin 'round yonder. Little did they know th... More >>

• Los Angeles County Finalizes Its Ban On Pot Shops

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Pro-pot protesters made their stand, but in the end the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors had its way and outlawed pot shops in the areas of L.A. it controls. That means no medical weed dispens... More >>

• Peace-Loving Smart Car Driver Targeted By Shooter In Downey

  published Dec 07, 2010

  Someone in Downey decided not to give peace a chance. The question is, was the shooting of an eco-conscious Smart Car on the 605 freeway this week an act of anti-environmentalist defiance, or simply t... More >>

• Judge Voids Marital Agreement That Would Have Cut Jamie McCourt Out Of Dodgers Ownership

  published Dec 07, 2010

  By Gene Maddaus and Dennis Romero Judge Scott Gordon dealt a major blow to Dodgers owner Frank McCourt on Tuesday, voiding a 2004 marital agreement that would have deprived his ex-wife Jamie of a sta... More >>