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

• 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 >>

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  Unlicensed Drivers Three Times As Likely To Be Involved In Fatal Crash In Calif.

  published Jan 16, 2013

  Unlicensed drivers and those rolling on revoked or suspended documents are nearly three times more likely to be involved in a fatal accident, according to a recent DMV look at 23 years of crash data i... More >>

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  Raymond Sherman Jr. Raped Twice During Nordstrom Rack Robbery, D.A. Says

  published Jan 16, 2013

  Prosecutors started to roll out their case this week against Raymond Sherman, Jr., the reported ringleader of a crew of five that they say robbed a Westside Nordstrom Rack Thursday night, holding empl... More >>

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  Donald Vincent: Ice Skating Coach Suspected Of Molestation Worked Throughout SoCal

  published Jan 15, 2013

  This post was changed at 12 p.m. to correct an error. See editor's note at bottom. An ice-skating coach who has worked at rinks in Harbor City, Anaheim, Riverside and more, was charged this week with... More >>

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  Highland Park America's Hottest Neighborhood For Real Estate

  published Jan 15, 2013

  Bet you wish you were in on the pre-recession Flip This House phenomenon now. That's because it turns out that Highland Park, a star of the show, is getting its post-recession due. No, it's not the ... More >>

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  Nordstrom Rack Robbery: 5 Arrested In Westchester Hostage Crime

  published Jan 14, 2013

  Updated at the bottom with five suspects arrested, their IDs and more info. First posted at 8:01 a.m. Headline has changed. The arrests of three alleged gang members in connection with the horrific r... More >>

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  Hollywood Empire Club Shooting Video Shows Man's Last Moments

  published Jan 14, 2013

  Video of a deadly shooting outside Hollywood's Empire Club was posted yesterday (possibly disturbing clip after the jump) as police continued to search for the shooter. The attack outside the venue a... More >>

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  Marijuana Advocates Elated After Bob Filner Tells San Diego Officials To End Crackdown

  published Jan 14, 2013

  While L.A.'s own liberal City Hall often ends up being a lot more conservative than it advertises -- some of our leaders turned on the Occupy movement and Mayor Antonio Villaraiogsa pot shops should b... More >>

• Marijuana Dispensary Bans On Trial In Calif. Supreme Court Case To Be Heard Feb. 5

  published Jan 11, 2013

  The case medical marijuana proponents have been watching will head to the California Supreme Court for oral arguments Feb. 5 and could be decided by spring. City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patient... More >>

• Porn Industry, Steven Hirsch, Kayden Kross, File Suit Against Mandatory Condoms In L.A.

  published Jan 11, 2013

  As we predicted, freedom of speech is shaping up to be a key issue in the porn industry's fight against mandatory condom use on-set in Los Angeles County. Smut business titans including Steven Hirsch... More >>

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  Hostage Situation Reported At Nordstrom Rack At Howard Hughes Center In Westchester

  published Jan 11, 2013

  Latest info is at the bottom: Police confirm a sexual assault and stabbing. 14 victims were led to safety. Headline has changed. First posted at 11:55 p.m. Thursday A hostage situation was underway a... More >>

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  DUI Patrol In Hollywood Tonight, Silver Lake Tomorrow: Hipsters Beware

  published Jan 11, 2013

  If you thought you could skate after buzzing through New Year's Eve without getting busted for DUI, think again. The LAPD isn't letting up and has a flurry of anti-drunk-driving activities planned fo... More >>

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  Valerie Okun: SoCal Medical Marijuana Patient To Get Weed Back From Ariz. Cops

  published Jan 11, 2013

  Valerie Ann Okun, a Southern California woman, is getting her pot back from the Arizona cops who seized it. Yay! But now the weed is nearly two years old. Bummer. Okun seems to be the winner in a c... More >>

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  Isaac Guillen: Real-Life Breaking Bad For Attorney Who Helped Mexican Mafia

  published Jan 11, 2013

  He was a boy from the hood who gave up gang life for the UCLA School of Law and a legal career going up against prosecutors in the big leagues of federal court. But some of those very prosecutors now... More >>

• Venice Stabbing: Son Attacks Parents, Mother Seriously Injured, Cops Say

  published Jan 10, 2013

  A 25-year-old stabbed both of his parents in Venice today, sending his mother to the hospital in serious condition, cops say. The father's injuries were "minor," LAPD Officer Sara Faden tells the Wee... More >>

• Taft School Shooting NOT In L.A.'s San Fernando Valley

  published Jan 10, 2013

  Following another school shooting, this one at Taft High School near Bakersfield, the LAPD has had to clarify that this DIDN'T happen at the Taft campus in the San Fernando Valley. Really. The media... More >>

• Patrick Leach: Malibu Shooting Puts Suspect Behind Bars, Victim In Hospital

  published Jan 10, 2013

  Malibu is known for its mad views, movie stars and mansions more than anything, but a rare shooting took place in the city by the sea this week. A 49-year-old man was shot in the chest yesterday morn... More >>

• Kim Kardashian & Kanye's New Bel Air Home Has A Real Housewives Connection

  published Jan 10, 2013

  As if the prospect of Kim Kardashian wooing East Coast rapper Kanye West to L.A. for an explosive super-coupling not seen since Beyonce and Jay-Z first hid their love wasn't enough celebrity news for ... More >>

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  Earthquake: Big One Involving Los Angeles And San Francisco Possible, Says Caltech

  published Jan 10, 2013

  Something about "stable" zones of earth that sound so, well, stable. In fact, earthquake experts once believed that stable segments acted "as barriers to fast-slipping, shake-producing earthquake rup... More >>

• High Surf For Los Angeles Coast With 15 Foot Waves Possible

  published Jan 10, 2013

  Whomever said surfers were boys (and girls) of summer was dead wrong. This isn't the Gidget era (and even then people were getting a lot of their kicks in the cold months). Southern California waters... More >>

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  Marijuana In Vaporized Form Is Proven Painkiller, Says UC Research

  published Jan 10, 2013

  The federal government has yet to recognize marijuana as anything but an outlaw street drug. But we told you about a recent study in which MRI analysis indicated that cannabis could work on pain. Tha... More >>

• Hilda Solis Resigns As Obama's Secretary Of Labor, Could Be Returning To L.A. Politics

  published Jan 09, 2013

  Hilda Solis, a San Gabriel Valley native who went from being a hotel housekeeper to the White House's Secretary of Labor, announced her resignation from the Obama administration cabinet position today... More >>

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  Amanda Sorensen's 2-Year-Old Died After Eating Chili Powder: Accident Or Abuser

  published Jan 09, 2013

  Updated at the bottom with a murder charge for the mother. First posted at 8:04 a.m. Amanda Sorensen, a young Southern California mother, awaits her fate in jail today after her 2-year-old girl died ... More >>

• Flu Season Comes To Los Angeles, Blindsides Rest Of America

  published Jan 09, 2013

  We survived the end of the world, the worst economy since the Great Depression, and the fiscal cliff. And you thought we were out of the woodsr Nope. Flu season is your next big obsession if you're ... More >>

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  Obama Marijuana Policy Shiftr Gil Kerlikowske Notes 'Serious National Conversation' On Pot

  published Jan 09, 2013

  If you were to ask the marijuana nation if President Obama is friend or foe, the answer would probably be the latter. The Obama administration has cracked down on medical marijuana dispensaries in st... More >>