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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2013 Stories by Dennis Romero

• Angel Serna Mancilla: Man Fatally Shot Outside Eastside Taco Truck

  published Jan 21, 2013

  Cops were searching for the suspect who shot 27-year-old Angel Serna Mancilla outside an Eastside taco truck over the weekend. The attack near Monterey Hills, in the 5100 block of Huntington Drive, w... More >>

• Successful People Cope With Rejection Better, Says California Study

  published Jan 21, 2013

  Successful people didn't get where they are by sittin' on ass. A new study suggests that folks in positions of power are far less fazed by rejection. In fact, UC Berkeley researchers found, these kin... More >>

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  Santa Monica Beach Sex Attack Suspect Described

  published Jan 21, 2013

  It happened again: A man recently grabbed a woman on the beach in Santa Monica and attempted to sexually assault her. In fall a jogger was chased down by a man and raped, police said, but in that cas... More >>

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  Alpine Village Shooting Takes Life Outside Aggression, Circle One Punk Show

  published Jan 21, 2013

  A Torrance-area punk rock show featuring regional bands Aggression, Circle One, Dirty Rebels and others ended in violence, with one man fatally shot and another injured from a stabbing, authorities sa... More >>

• Andre Lowe: Vigil For Teen Shot Outside Empire Club In Hollywood

  published Jan 18, 2013

  A vigil for 19-year-old Andre Lowe, fatally shot outside Hollywood's Empire Club last weekend, was scheduled for 5:30 tonight. Organizers state that he was not a gang member and had just passed a sta... More >>

• Watch Downtown Los Angeles Building Disappear (VIDEO)

  published Jan 18, 2013

  The commercial real estate listing service Loopnet made a downtown Los Angeles building disappear live in front of a wowed audience. And we have the video (after the jump) to prove it. Okay, so it w... More >>

• Andrea Alarcon Resigns From Public Works Following DUI, Child Endangerment Allegations

  published Jan 18, 2013

  See also: *Andrea Alarcon's Rise and Fall. After she was accused of drunk driving with her child in the car and then had to be tracked down after allegedly letting her child roam the City Hall while ... More >>

• West Los Angeles Shooting Claims Life Of One, Injures Another On Playboy Crip Turf

  published Jan 18, 2013

  One person was killed and another was injured in a shooting in West Los Angeles a couple miles south of Beverly Hills today. The attack in an alley near South Garth and Cadillac avenues was reported ... More >>

• UCLA Gets More Applications Than Any Other U.S. School; Latino Hopefuls Outnumber Whites

  published Jan 18, 2013

  Last year UCLA made the top 20 on a prestigious list of the world's best universities. Today the school announced that it has received nearly 100,000 applications for freshman spots and undergraduat... More >>

• Philly The Dog Rescued By LAPD Cops; Funds Needed For Vet Bill

  published Jan 18, 2013

  It always makes our eyes roll when a Beverly Hills debutante mentions her side career in dog rescuing, which is usually a much more self-congratulatory way of saying you paid too much for a used dog (... More >>

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  Bosses Are Jerks, USC Study Confirms

  published Jan 18, 2013

  If you ever had a boss that gave you a virtual backhanding, you can take solace in new research from USC's Marshall School of Business. Scott Wiltermuth, assistant professor of management and organiz... More >>

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  Eric Ronald Sargeant, Jr: Suspect Francisco Zavala, 2 More Nabbed In Cellphone Murder

  published Jan 18, 2013

  Three people, including two teenagers, have been arrested in the stabbing death of SoCal 16-year-old Eric Ronald Sargeant, Jr., who was reportedly attacked for his cellphone. The Riverside County She... More >>

• UCLA Student's Attempted Murder In Hollywood Could Be Linked To Campus Attack

  published Jan 17, 2013

  The Jan. 2 attempted murder of a student who had taken a bus home from UCLA to East Hollywood might be connected to an attempted sexual assault on campus five days later, according to a report tonight... More >>

• Ka Pasasouk, Suspect In Northridge Quadruple Murder, Charged In Capital Case

  published Jan 17, 2013

  The man cops say gunned down four people in a shocking quadruple murder in Northridge last month was formally charged in connection with the crime today. The L.A. County District Attorney's office an... More >>

• Robert Earl Thomas: Empire Club Murder In Hollywood Sees Arrest

  published Jan 17, 2013

  Updated at the bottom with the name of the suspect, victim. Headline has changed. First posted at 11:21 a.m. On a weekend of massive DUI patrols in Hollywood and Silver Lake, there wasn't a cop to be... More >>

• Teoing Photos Hit Twitterverse

  published Jan 17, 2013

  The story of Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o's fake girlfriend Lennay Kekua spread across the globe like wildfire today, and already it has a meme. In honor of Tebowing, the Tim Tebow-inspired kneel... More >>

• Bicycle Parking To Replace Some Car Spaces Under New L.A. Law

  published Jan 17, 2013

  In a city with the worst traffic in the nation, cops are known sit on street corners and collect money via b.s. ticket traps. In a town with some of the most torn-up roads in the nation, the City Coun... More >>

• AK-47 Bandit Is One Scary Bank Robber

  published Jan 17, 2013

  The scariest bank robber everr The FBI is turning up the heat on the so-called AK-47 Bandit, who has targeted, among other banks in the Western United States, a SoCal California Bank & Trust. Not on... More >>

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  Porn's Condom Problem Just Got Worse In City Of Los Angeles

  published Jan 17, 2013

  Porn producers in the city of L.A. might now have to get a county health permit to do their thing. The L.A. City Council voted unanimously yesterday to draft an amendment to the city's mandatory cond... More >>

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  Manti Te'o's Girlfriend Was a Hoax Straight Out of SoCal

  published Jan 17, 2013

  See also: *Teoing Photos Hit Twitterverse. Of course the most bizarre story in sports in the new year has to run through Southern California ... more than once. The website Deadspin blew the lid off... More >>

• Ira Isaacs: Porn Producer Gets 48 Months For Federal Obscenity

  published Jan 16, 2013

  The man who made such classics as Mako's First Time Scat, Hollywood Scat Amateurs 7 and 10, and Japanese Doggie 3 Way has finally been brought to justice not for bad titles or just bad taste but for i... More >>

• Eric Ronald Sargeant: Hemet Teen Murdered Over Cellphone

  published Jan 16, 2013

  High school friends and family members held a vigil last night in honor of 16-year-old Eric Ronald Sargeant, who was jumped and fatally stabbed in a reported robbery targeting his cellphone. Sargeant... More >>

• 3 Marijuana Ballot Initiatives Likely For L.A. In May

  published Jan 16, 2013

  You might have three different medical marijuana initiatives to vote on during next May's city election. The L.A. City Council threw its own hat into the ring, seeing how much the people have loved i... More >>

• Stacie Halas' Porn Career Was Discovered By Two Other Districts, State Panel Says

  published Jan 16, 2013

  A state-and-local professional standards board ruled this week that porn-star-turned-teacher Stacie Halas was rightly fired by the Oxnard School District after it discovered that she had performed in ... More >>

• UCLA Sexual Attacker Described In New Police Sketch

  published Jan 16, 2013

  UCLA police today released a sketch of a suspect wanted for a Jan. 7 attempted sexual assault on campus. The attempt happened early the same morning as a robbery near school but the crimes did not ap... More >>