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

• Jimmy Kimmel Roasts Eric Garcetti at City Hall: Gay Jokes Abound

  published Dec 16, 2011

  Gotta love the L.A. City Council. Not only does it not get anything done, pass silly laws like a cat declawing ban as our streets fester with potholes, and take years to get a grip on issues like mari... More >>

• Geo-Tag Technology Used to Track Down Drugs Tossed by Suspect, L.A. Sheriff's Officials Say

  published Dec 16, 2011

  Remember the good old days when you'd watch Cops and the bad guys would be leading officers on a chase and dumping bags of white powder out the window and at some point you'd be at the edge of your se... More >>

• Food Vendor Crackdown in MacArthur Park Area Just in Time For Tamale Season: Immigrants' Rights Activists to Stage Protest

  published Dec 16, 2011

  It's tamale season in L.A. And if you haven't put your holiday order in to your friendly, neighborhood, cart-pushing vendor yet, you better get moving. Except if you live in the MacArthur Park / West... More >>

• Two Million Rape Victims Living in California

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Buried beneath the stunning announcement this week by the Centers for Disease Control that nearly one in five American women has been raped in her lifetime is the data that California, by far the nati... More >>

• Porn Condom Battle Erupts in City Hall as Councilman Rosendahl Attempts to Block City Attorney From Stopping Voters From Deciding

  published Dec 15, 2011

  When you mix porn, City Hall, and a City Council and City Attorney's office that don't seem to like each other, let alone work together, you have the makings of a juicy story. This week L.A. City Cou... More >>

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  NFL Team NOT Coming to L.A. Next Season: That Conflicts With Plans, Demands of Would-be Downtown Stadium Developer AEG

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Looks like the NFL threw a monkey wrench into plans to build a stadium in downtown L.A. League commissioner Roger Goodell pretty much said no yesterday to the idea of a franchise coming to town for n... More >>

• Melinda Star Guido: Third Smallest Baby Ever Born Thrives at L.A. County-USC Medical Center (Video)

  published Dec 15, 2011

  The fate of summer baby Melinda Star Guido was so tenuous that the world, outside her family, wasn't really aware of the premature infant's existence until this week. That's when officials at L.A. Co... More >>

• Sexy Club Girls Need Not Suffer in High Heels All Night: Rollasole Vending Machine Flats Coming to The Colony Club in Hollywood

  published Dec 15, 2011

  You're clubbing it hardcore and having a pretty good time, but your sky-high Louboutin heels are are pain in the ass or, at least, the feet. Your options are to take that wedding-cake image of a prin... More >>

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  Occupy LA Plans to 'Occupy ICE' at Downtown Federal Building: Immigrant Crackdowns to be Protested

  published Dec 15, 2011

  Occupy L.A.'s City Hall encampment might be a thing of the past, but the occupiers continue to return to their Civic Center home for "general assembly" meetings and protests. Today, demonstrators war... More >>

• Girls Gone Wild Party House Visited by LAPD

  published Dec 14, 2011

  Updated with more details at the bottom. First posted at 3:56 p.m. Cops today responded to a disturbance at a Hollywood Hills home being used by the producers of Girls Gone Wild, possibly for a photo... More >>

• 'Geminids' Meteor-Shower-Chasing Driver Crashes Mustang 100 Feet Down Angeles Mountain Road

  published Dec 14, 2011

  Legendary radio DJ Casey Kasem's trademark sign-off is, "Keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars." Maybe, for safety's sake, he should change it to, "Keep your car on the road and... More >>

• Newspapers Dead Within Five Years, USC Predicts

  published Dec 14, 2011

  As if the ink-stained wretches of the newspaper world need anymore bad news, the USC Annenberg Center for the Digital Future says the print product some of you like to pick up of your driveway every m... More >>

• Playboy Officially Moving Editorial Operations Where They Belong: L.A., Land of Hef's Girls

  published Dec 14, 2011

  It's official. Following rumors about the transfer, Playboy magazine says it's official: It is moving its editorial operations from its Chicago birthplace to Los Angeles, the company confirmed to LA W... More >>

• Jeffrey Tidus' Rolling Hills Estates Murder Mystery Sees $100,000 Reward

  published Dec 14, 2011

  The mysterious case of Jeffrey Tidus, a well-respected attorney gunned down in his Prius outside his Rolling Hills Estates home on Dec. 7, 2009, is surely headed for the fame of a film or even an epis... More >>

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  Los Angeles, LAX Rank Among Top Places American Business Travelers Hate

  published Dec 14, 2011

  Among our not-so-dubious distinctions -- worst city in America for traffic, some of the worst roads in the nation -- come a few new ones today: L.A. is a Top 2 city business travelers don't want to g... More >>

• Russ Stanton Out as Top Dog at Los Angeles Times: Davan Maharaj Takes Over Editor's Job

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Updated at the bottom with a report stating that Stanton left amid threats of new cuts and the possible institution of a new pay wall at the paper. First posted at 11:49 a.m. Los Angeles Times editor... More >>

• Venice Boardwalk Sees Ban on Selling of Cheap Sunglasses, Other Trinkets

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Those cheesy sunglasses sold on the Venice Boardwalk? No more. At least not on the actual walkway and adjacent green spaces. (At least not if the LAPD is on the case). After years of seeing the famed... More >>

• Jerry Brown Says $1 Billion in Emergency State Cuts Required: Universities, Colleges Targeted

  published Dec 13, 2011

  All those Occupy and ReFund California protesters pissed off over the rising cost of college in California could find a new reason to be mad today. Gov. Jerry Brown announced that the state budget wo... More >>

• Texting While Driving? Nationwide Ban on All Cellphone Use in Cars Proposed

  published Dec 13, 2011

  The National Transportation Safety Board wants to treat your car like an airplane. Basically, once you buckle up, it's time to shut off all electronic devices. That's the recommendation of the board ... More >>

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  Gene Simmons Hacker Suspect Kevin George Poe Arrested (Bummer): FBI Says He's a Member of 'Anonymous'

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Gene Simmons is such a grand a-hole that we almost (almost?) relished his online take-down at the hands of the hacker group Anonymous. You see, the L.A.-based rocker and reality show "star" uttered a... More >>

• Sex And Alcohol Not Good For HIV Prevention, Study Says

  published Dec 13, 2011

  You probably already learned this in college. Then promptly forgot it following your next bender. Research unveiled this week concludes that drinking and sex don't mix -- at least not if you want to ... More >>

• Teflon Sheriff Lee Baca's Inmates Should go Home Instead of Building $1 Billion Replacement For Men's Central Jail, ACLU Says

  published Dec 13, 2011

  Lee Baca's L.A. County Jail system, the largest in the nation, has been a large shop of horrors according to those inmates and even visitors who accuse deputies of beating them unnecessarily. Now Bac... More >>

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  John Atterberry, Music Exec, Died Today Following Friday's Sunset & Vine Shooting Spree Caught on Video

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Updated at the bottom with victim John Atterberry dying today. First posted at 11:12 a.m. Friday. A suspect was dead this morning after at least one LAPD officer responding to a "man-with-a-gun" call... More >>

• Charlie Sheen's Phone Number is 310-954-7277 (or at Least it Used to be) ...

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Charlie Sheen's phone number is 310-954-7277. At least it used to be. You see, if the actor is "winning," it sure doesn't seem like it, at least when it comes to using social media. It appears that ... More >>

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  Occupy LA: LAPD Investigates Caught-on-Video Arrest of Journalist Calvin Milam

  published Dec 12, 2011

  Updated at the bottom: The LAPD has opened an investigation into this case, but a commander disputes Mark Geragos' take on what happened to his client that night. The arrest of a journalist for alleg... More >>