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

• Food Truck Flash Mob Quashed In Santa Monica

  published Jan 06, 2010

  A virtual flash mob of food trucks that successfully gathered at a Santa Monica parking lot (and raked in the dough) Monday was quashed Tuesday after the city announced that the mobile food court was ... More >>

• LAX Security Workers Fired For Drug Use, According To Report

  published Jan 06, 2010

  A number of LAX security workers were fired in December after they were allegedly discovered to have been using drugs, CBS 2's David Goldstein reported Tuesday night. On a day when Mayor Antonio Vill... More >>

• In Case Of Murdered Theater Director, Police Say His Lover Did It

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of 25-year-old Jose Fructoso on suspicion of murdering Fountain Theater director Bennett Bradley, who was found stabbed to death in his Koreatown apartment Satur... More >>

• Toxicology Tests Ordered In Autopsy Of Casey Johnson

  published Jan 05, 2010

  The Los Angeles Coroner's office completed its autopsy of Casey Johnson, who died in Los Angeles at the age of 30 Monday morning, but it deferred any conclusions until toxicology tests, which usually ... More >>

• Autism In L.A. Clustered Around Affluent Areas, Study Finds

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Researchers at UC Davis have been studying geographic patterns that correlate to autism perhaps in hopes of coming up with an environmental link. On that front, they came up blank. But the school's re... More >>

• Parts Of South L.A. Are Flood-Prone?

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Quick, when's the last time you remember flooding in South Los Angeles? Stumped? So are we. Which is why it's so strange that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has forged ahead with new flood-zo... More >>

• Mayor V. Gets Body Scanned; Oversized Ego Detected

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa toured LAX's security systems Tuesday and he even reportedly went through a full-body scanner designed to detect concealed bombs, weapons or contraband. A U.S. Transportatio... More >>

• LAPD Eschews 'Made In America' For German Driving Machines

  published Jan 05, 2010

  For its latest order of motorcycles, the Los Angeles Police Department eschewed longtime supplier Harley-Davidson and instead chose lighter, more lithe BMW bikes, ordering more than 60 of the German m... More >>

• Census Kick Starts In Los Angeles; New York Gets Bigger Census Rig

  published Jan 05, 2010

  As the 2010 U.S. Census head count kicked off in Los Angeles this week, we were disappointed to learn that New York hosted a bigger traveling rig than what L.A. is getting. First New York claims it se... More >>

• Deputy LAPD Chief Acknowledges Rival Gangs Now Might Be Collaborators

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Deputy Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore told La Opinion newspaper that the department is aware of possible collaboration among gangs in Los Angeles. LA Weekly was the first to report a certain qu... More >>

• Sportscaster, TV Reporter Rory Markas Dead

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announcer Rory Markas has died at the age of 54, the team announced today. The sportscaster and television reporter died at his home in Palmdale Monday night, Angels vi... More >>

• Johnson & Johnson Heir Dead, LAPD Is Investigating

  published Jan 05, 2010

  Thirty-year-old Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson was found dead in her home near West Hollywood, and police have reportedly opened a death investigation. After a maid reportedly came out of th... More >>

• Warren Beatty Made It With More Than 12,775 Women, Book Claims

  published Jan 05, 2010

  A biography of Warren Beatty that's due in stores next week claims the actor slept with more than 12,775 women. If you're keeping score, that's way more than Gene Simmons (4,600), but less than Wilt C... More >>

• Neighborhood Councils Coaltion Calls Emergency Meeting On City Budget

  published Jan 04, 2010

  The Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Coalition, which represents about 40 neighborhood councils in the city, called an emergency meeting of its membership to discuss the city's dire budget. The pow-... More >>

• Octomom Doc Should Have Referred Her To Mental Health Specialist, Says Medical Board

  published Jan 04, 2010

  The fertility doctor who facilitated all of Nadya "Octomom" Suleman's 14 births is accused of "gross negligence" in his treatment of the woman, who should have been referred to a mental health special... More >>

• Some Neighborhood Council Websites Are 'Fails'

  published Jan 04, 2010

  Los Angeles' 90 or so neighborhood councils were created in 1999 as part of an effort to give neighborhoods more say in what happens in City Hall. Good on paper. Not so good online. One might think ... More >>

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  Cars Are Being Torched In Santa Monica

  published Jan 04, 2010

  The Santa Monica Arson Task Force is investigating a series of arson-related car and trashcan fires, including six in December, police said. Three fires happened on Dec. 20th alone. The series of fi... More >>

• Some LAPD Patrol Cars Don't Exactly Protect And Serve (But They Look The Part)

  published Jan 04, 2010

  Will Campbell at Los Angeles Metblogs Monday writes an ode to his friendly, neighborhood patrol car, a two-ton paperweight that sits and never seems to move. His particular black-and-white scarecrow s... More >>

• Big Apple Takes A Bite Out Of L.A. Tourism

  published Jan 04, 2010

  New York City beat out Los Angeles for international visitors nearly two-to-one to take the top spot as America's destination for foreign tourists, the office of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced ... More >>

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  Everything You Wanted To Know About Getting Medical Marijuana (But Were Afraid To Ask)

  published Jan 04, 2010

  If you weren't aware about how easy it is to buy pot legally in Los Angeles, a website has a how-to guide for you that takes all the, er, stress out of the process. According this handy-dandy guide f... More >>

• LAPD, Sheriff's Unions, Longtime Foes, Join Forces On State Politics

  published Jan 04, 2010

  The unions representing Los Angeles Police Department cops and Sheriff's deputies have been foes since 1923, but they're now joining forces to weigh in on the state governor's race. Rick Orlov report... More >>

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  Airport Police Group Wants Quick Deployment Of LAX Body Scanners

  published Jan 04, 2010

  The Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association is urging "large-scale deployment" of full-body scanners at LAX because wide-spread metal detectors will not catch the kind of high-tech explosives u... More >>

• City Of Denver Claims Pot-Shop Superiority Over L.A.

  published Jan 04, 2010

  We thought L.A.'s 545 up-and-running pot dispensaries was, well, high. Then we read that Denver has more pot shops than Starbucks, public schools or liquor stores. And get this L.A. pot-heads: The Den... More >>

• USC Basketball Team Declares 'My Bad,' Slaps Own Wrist

  published Jan 04, 2010

  In one of the more bizarre attempts at putting a lid on bad news, USC announced over a sleepy holiday weekend that a booster gave under-the-table gifts to a basketball player and, as a result, the sch... More >>

• Fox, Time-Warner Cable Deal

  published Jan 01, 2010

  It was a happy new year for football fans and other viewers as Fox broadcasting and Time-Warner cable came to a deal after Fox threatened to pull its content from the broadband provider. The announce... More >>