Email Author Dennis Romero
Awards
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2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010
"Death, Money and Megaraves"
2012 Stories by Dennis Romero
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Global Warming in Californiar Not According to Snowpack Records Analyzed by Controversial Professor John Christy
published Feb 14, 2012
If global warming is a serious problem making our summers hotter and our water sources drier, we'd certainly have felt it in California in the last 130 years, rightr But a new study that looks at the... More >>
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Alain Salas, Fremont High School Girls' Volleyball Coach, Arrested by FBI for Alleged Sex Crime
published Feb 14, 2012
Updated at the bottom with a few more details from the FBI and a possible Facebook connection to the case. First posted at 6:40 a.m. It seemed like a week or so could go by without another sex abuse ... More >>
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Valentine's Day Is Actually May 3, Says UCLA Researcher
published Feb 14, 2012
If you ever wondered why we celebrate love and romance in the middle of winter, with fresh spring-like flowers, no less, a UCLA professor has the answer: We're wrong. The director of UCLA's Center f... More >>
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Valentine's Day Creep Alert: One-Third of Your Exes Will Check Facebook to See What You're Up To Tonight
published Feb 14, 2012
Hide your status today, Facebook fans. A survey by the Facebook dating app AreYouInterested finds that a third of respondents admit to checking the Facebook status of their exes determine if they hav... More >>
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Whitney Houston: Regrettable Punditry and 'Too Soon' Reactions on Video
published Feb 14, 2012
When a celebrity dies in L.A., it's a somber moment. But it's also an opportunity for competition among journalists and pundits. Members of the media can make mistakes, over-reach, and downright go t... More >>
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Zina Bethune, Famed Dancer, Theater Founder, Killed in Possible Hit-and-Run After Stopping to Help Injured Animal
published Feb 14, 2012
Cops today were looking for the driver of a white car who might have fled after hitting Hollywood dance legend Zina Bethune near Griffith Park, leaving her for dead. Bethune, who was born Zina Feeley... More >>
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President Obama Returns to Southern California Wednesday (You've Been Warned)
published Feb 13, 2012
Oh, come on, you know you've been awaiting the return of President Obama. The east-west traffic. The Secret Service. The roar of the helicopters. L.A. loves us some Obama ... when he's not here. Oh ... More >>
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Marston Hefner Is No Hef: He Was Jailed for Allegedly Striking Playmate of the Year Claire Sinclair
published Feb 13, 2012
Like father not like son, allegedly. While the Hef-meister is a womanizer, he's also no brute. He's the guy who puts his ladies on pedestals -- monthly allowances, cars, and room-and-board reported... More >>
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Dave Grohl: His Grammys Speech About Electronic Music Was Bullshit
published Feb 13, 2012
See also: Dave Grohl "Clarifies" Grammy Speech After We Call Him Out For Sounding Like an Anti-EDM Geezer We like Foo Fighters. They're the Samuel Adams beer of pop -- solid, familiar, a good call in... More >>
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Free Condoms in Venice Just in Time for Valentine's Day
published Feb 13, 2012
L.A.'s AIDS Healthcare Foundation is trying to transform the porn industry by having the government require condoms for adult actors. Now it wants inside your bedroom for Valentine's Day. Ah, so roma... More >>
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Whitney Houston Found 'Underwater and Apparently Unconscious:' No Comment From Police on Prescription Drugs
published Feb 13, 2012
L.A. Weekly was the first news organization to report that it appeared Whitney Houston was discovered in a hotel room bathtub. That was confirmed today by the Beverly Hills Police Department. The dep... More >>
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Marijuana, Hash House With $1 Million Worth of Drugs Found After Suspect Driving on Suspended License Stopped by Cops
published Feb 13, 2012
If you've got a $1 million marijuana farm and hash-making operation back at the old casa, you might want to take to the streets with the lowest of profiles. But sheriff's officials allege that Harry ... More >>
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Get Your Valentine's Marriage on for Only $25 (License Extra)
published Feb 13, 2012
Want to get married on Valentine's Dayr And you're a cheap bastardr Boy, have we got a deal for you: L.A. County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan announced over the weekend that people can ... More >>
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Whitney Houston Found Dead in Beverly Hills: Police Investigating, but No Foul Play Suspected So Far
published Feb 12, 2012
Updated at the bottom: Reports indicate Houston might have been found underwater in a tub. First posted at 6:02 p.m. Saturday. Pop music icon Whitney Houston was found dead in a room at the Beverly H... More >>
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Drive Stonedr New Research Says You're Twice as Likely to Crash
published Feb 10, 2012
We've received mixed signals from the academic world when it comes to the effects of toking and driving. One study even argued that those under the influence of cannabis were better drivers because, ... More >>
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Skateboard 'Bombing' to Be Outlawed Under City Leader Joe Buscaino's Proposal: Kid Skaters Would Also Have to Wear Helmets
published Feb 10, 2012
Bomb a hill, go to jailr New L.A. city Councilman Joe Buscaino is proposing to outlaw high-speed skateboarding down steep hills following the tragic deaths of a couple teen skaters in his Harbor-area... More >>
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On the Heels of Water Rate Increase for L.A., Report Says Average Water and Power Worker Makes Nearly $100,000 a Year
published Feb 10, 2012
You think times are hardr Try being an average-salaried Department of Water and Power worker, who takes home $96,805 a year of public money, according to a recent analysis by Bloomberg. Can you even,... More >>
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Robert Dewey Hoskins, Madonna Stalker, Caught in Long Beach After Escaping From Mental Hospital
published Feb 10, 2012
Updated at the bottom with where they found him. First posted at 11:56 a.m. The crazy man who inspired Halle Barry to consider moving to France and who once threatened to "slice my throat from ear to... More >>
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Life Sucks if You're a Young Adult: Nearly Half Are Unemployed
published Feb 10, 2012
Kids these days. We love to razz them for their iPhone-toting, Beats By Dre-overpriced-headphones-wearing, snarkier-and-smarter-than-you ways. They all just want to be your boss someday. No, make tha... More >>
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Lady Victoria Hervey Stole Our Jewels, Says Beverly Hills Store: Interestingly, She's a Friend of Lindsay Lohan
published Feb 10, 2012
She calls herself Lady Victoria Hervey. And she's a model with high-end English heritage to back up her blonde, tanned self. In 2010 she admitted to a British newspaper that she had come to L.A. to ... More >>
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Miramonte's Berndt Got $40,000 From L.A. School Board to Quietly Walk Away Despite Alleged Sex-Abuse Atrocities
published Feb 09, 2012
Corrected after the jump; headline has been changed. If it weren't for his eventual arrest, we might have never found out about the atrocities alleged to have happened in Mark Berndt's Miramonte Elem... More >>
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Kamala Harris' $12 Billion Deal With Big Banks: Cop-out or Solid Settlement for California Homeownersr
published Feb 09, 2012
So did she cave in to the Big Banks, or secure a good deal for the people of Californiar After holding out for a year, Attorney General Kamala Harris today announced that the Golden State is singing ... More >>
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Man on Westwood Rooftop in Standoff With Cops After Short Car Chase
published Feb 09, 2012
Updated at the bottom: It's over. First posted at 11:46 a.m. Another day, another crazy guy perched high in the sky. Following yesterday's fun with a naked man who climbed atop a radio tower behind ... More >>
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Miramonte Staff Will Never Return to Scandal-Plagued Campus, Teachers' Union Says
published Feb 09, 2012
As was sure to happen, the sex-abuse scandal at Miramonte Elementary is turning into a battle between the powerful teacher's union and the bureaucratically stifling L.A. Unified School District. Who'... More >>
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Oscars Shmoskers: You'll Pick the Winners Thanks to Twitter Analysis
published Feb 09, 2012
If you're a Monday morning quarterback who talks back to the television during the Oscars telecast (What were they thinking!r), then researchers at USC might just have a relief valve for you. USC's C... More >>
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