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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2011 Stories by Dennis Romero

• Bunny Ranch Brothel Owner Dennis Hof Aims at Comic-Con Nerds With Alien Cathouse: L.A. Madam Heidi Fleiss Enlisted to Help

  published Dec 30, 2011

  If Dennis Hof operated in any other state he'd be a pimp. (Well, if he worked in L.A.'s Porn Valley, he might be a "producer.") The man behind the subject of HBO's Cathouse, the Moonlight Bunny Ran... More >>

• Los Angeles Fails to Rank as Drinking Hot Spot: What Gives?

  published Dec 30, 2011

  We sometimes relish the salty sting of L.A.'s poor-performing ways when it comes to city rankings that range from traffic to penis size. We can take it. But we have to call b.s. on this particular ... More >>

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  Hollywood Roosevelt Gay Bashing Attack Reported: Four Said to Have Been Injured by Gangsters

  published Dec 29, 2011

  The website WeHo Confidential says that as many as four people were injured in a gay bashing attack at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel this month. The victims were returning to rooms at the hotel about... More >>

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  NJ Weedman's Marijuana Dispensary Liberty Bell Temple II Raided by DEA, He Says

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Updated at the bottom with confirmation from the DEA. First posted at 7:03 a.m. Wednesday. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration played The Grinch when it raided a Hollywood dispensary popular wit... More >>

• Hollywood Fires Sparked Along Sunset Boulevard at Least Four Times: Suspect Samuel Arrington Arrested

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Cops say a man went on an arson spree along and around Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood early today. He allegedly set at least four fires before he was nabbed by a good Samaritan and held for police, au... More >>

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  Marijuana, 23 Pounds of it, Transported Via Bicycle, Police in South Pasadena Say

  published Dec 29, 2011

  In the annals of narcotics distribution, people have come up with some pretty clever methods of transporting the goods, from cocaine surfboards to Tijuana drug tunnels, from anal cavities to loaded hi... More >>

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  Marijuana Stories That Burned The Hottest in 2011: LA Weekly's Top 5

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Smokin' hot, right off the digital presses, here are our Top 5 marijuana stories of 2011. You've got an L.A. City Council that's probably going to consider putting all of our pot shops out of busines... More >>

• Mark Asper's 'Beef Bowl' Heimlich Maneuver Saves The Day in Beverly Hills

  published Dec 29, 2011

  The Beef Bowl is a 56-year-old tradition that has Rose Bowl college football rivals face off over a plate or two of Lawry's prime ribs in Beverly Hills. But usually the heroism is left for the game.... More >>

• Officer Shoots Self in Foot While Riding in Patrol Car: LAPD Investigates

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Updated at the bottom with an explanation. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Wednesday. Officer, you got some 'splaineen to do. An LAPD cop en route to an "assist" call in South L.A. this morning accidenta... More >>

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  Nixon Was Gay?!

  published Dec 28, 2011

  Richard Nixon might have been the LAest of American presidents, with a political career launched by late Los Angeles Times publisher Norman Chandler, a Western White House in San Clemente, and a presi... More >>

• When it Comes to Pro Sports Championships, L.A. is Not #WINNING

  published Dec 28, 2011

  We're beginning to think L.A. is the Rodney Dangerfield of cities -- you know, no respect. Despite our celebrity, natural beauty, and second-only-to-New York size, we suck in so many ways. Our traffic... More >>

• Sex Action Peaks During Winter Holidays, One Writer Says (And September Babies Aren't Arguing With That)

  published Dec 28, 2011

  We know, it's icky to think about. But us late summer/early fall babies -- our parents were doing it for the holidays. Yeah, we just unwrapped that mental package of repressed imagery. (You're welco... More >>

• Honda Civic Hybrid Only Gets 30 Miles Per Gallon? L.A.'s Heather Peters Sues ... The Right Way

  published Dec 28, 2011

  So you bought an ugly, slab-sided Honda Civic hybrid thinking it would, despite its Danny DeVito looks, become the next "it" car for the eco hipsters. Wrong again, ethanol breath. Turns out earlier ... More >>

• Stephen Glass, Disgraced Journalist, Wants to be a Lawyer in L.A.

  published Dec 27, 2011

  His journalistic misdeeds were the subject of the 2003 movie Shattered Glass. In the 1990s he pretty much faked us all out with made-up stories in publications including New Republic, Harper's, and ... More >>

• Joe Bodolai: SNL, 'Wayne's World' Writer Found Dead in Hollywood Hotel; Suicide Likely

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Ah, the sad life of the writer. And just think, this guy was successful: What does that say about the rest of us? Joe Bodolai, an onetime member of Saturday Night Live's famed writers' table and the ... More >>

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  Porn Condoms Initiative Approved by L.A. City Clerk Even as City Attorney Wants to Keep it From Voters

  published Dec 27, 2011

  The war over condoms in porn continues this week as the AIDS Healthcare Foundation announced Tuesday that the L.A. City Clerk has "officially certified" the signatures it submitted in order to get a m... More >>

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  iPad Saves Christmas For 2 Families After it Reveals Location of Burglary Suspect, Stolen Presents, L.A. Sheriff's Officials Say

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Tracking software on a stolen iPad saved Christmas for two Southern California families this weekend, L.A. County Sheriff's officials said. In the tony community of Westlake Village a man was awaken ... More >>

• Michael Vincent Pree: Suspect Pimped, Sexually Assaulted Girl Under 12, LAPD Says

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Cops over the weekend said they arrested a 23-year-old who put a young girl under the age of 12 into prostitution and sexually assaulted her. The suspect was ID'd as Michael Vincent Pree, who was arr... More >>

• Ninja Murder? Teen Dressed in Black Fatally Stabs Saskia Burke, Murrieta Valley High School Student, Cops Say

  published Dec 26, 2011

  Updated at the bottom: Simpson was arrested over the weekend. First posted at 12:32 p.m. on Dec. 21. They're calling this teen an alleged ninja murderer. Police say 19-year-old William Gary Simpson ... More >>

• Marijuana Dispensary Robbery Goes Sideways: Bad Guy is Shot Dead, Alleged Accomplice Arian Prescod-Dancy Takes The Heat

  published Dec 23, 2011

  Man goes into a marijuana dispensary, comes out with a homicide case hanging over his head? And he didn't pull the trigger? That's what L.A. County prosecutors say today after charging Arian Prescod-... More >>

• Jack Frost Nipping at L.A.'s Nose: Freezing Low Temps For Christmas Weekend

  published Dec 23, 2011

  Okay, you freakin' out-of-town whiners complaining about how un-Christmasy this sunny weather has been can stop now. Because Jack Frost will be nipping at your nose. The National Weather Service thi... More >>

• Naked Man Jumps From Back of Ambulance on O.C. Freeway, is Struck, Killed by Truck

  published Dec 23, 2011

  A naked man who jumped out of the back of an ambulance that was traveling on the 5 freeway was hit by a truck and killed, authorities said. It happened this morning about 7:30 a.m. today on the north... More >>

• Drunk Driving Holiday Arrests Number 1,028 in L.A: Checkpoint Cheat Sheet For This 'Maximum Enforcement' Weekend

  published Dec 23, 2011

  The L.A. County Sheriff's Department today boasted that cops have taken down 1,028 alleged drunk drivers since Dec. 16, when a massive drunk-driving crackdown for the holidays launched throughout the ... More >>

• PETA Wants in on Santa Monica Religious Display Controversy

  published Dec 23, 2011

  The circus that has become the religious (and areligious) display at a Santa Monica park just got more clowny. PETA wants in on the action. Organization president Ingrid E. Newkirk sent a letter to... More >>

• Air Jordans Inspire Crowd Crush at South Bay Galleria Mall

  published Dec 23, 2011

  Only in contemporary America would people tussle over a mass-produced, made-in-China product that has no intrinsic value without a billion-dollar marketing history behind it. We're talking, of course... More >>