Email Author Dennis Romero
Awards
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"Shelley Lubben, Pom Reformer or Self-Promoter?"
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2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club
"Los Angeles' War on Street Artists"
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2012 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 29, 2011
"Porn Defends the Money Shot"
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2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010
"Death, Money and Megaraves"
2013 Stories by Dennis Romero
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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 >>
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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 >>
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AK-47 Bandit Is One Scary Bank Robber
published Jan 17, 2013
The scariest bank robber ever? 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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
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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 >>
