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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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 >>
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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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FEATURED STORY
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 >>
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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 >>
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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 Abuse?
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 >>
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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 woods? Nope. Flu season is your next big obsession if you're ... More >>
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Obama Marijuana Policy Shift? 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 >>
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In California, The Children Aren't Our Future, Apparently
published Jan 09, 2013
California, perhaps more than any other American state, used to epitomize the leading edge of global youth culture, from surfing to skateboarding, mixed-martial-arts fighting to lowriding. If kids wer... More >>
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Katherine Webb: Meet The L.A. Model Who Made Brent Musburger Drool On-Air (PHOTOS)
published Jan 09, 2013
Meet Katherine Webb, a Miss USA contestant who became America's sweetheart almost overnight. Besides being the target of Brent Musburger's on-air drool during ESPN's broadcast of the BCS championshi... More >>
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Charlie Sheen Says Villaraigosa Partied For 2 Hours With 'Hot Women,' Porn Star In Cabos
published Jan 08, 2013
Updated at the bottom with Sheen taking it all back, sort of. First posted at 12:09 p.m. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa blamed us evil-doers in the media for our interest in a photo in which he posed wit... More >>
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Los Angeles Has America's Most Congested Traffic -- Again
published Jan 08, 2013
No big surprise here. Every quarter, it seems, new data supports the fact that Los Angeles is the absolute worst place in the nation for traffic. This time around TomTom's annual Congestion Index gi... More >>
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Broken Meter Tickets In Los Angeles Could Be Banned Under Proposed Calif. Law
published Jan 08, 2013
In some ways Los Angeles is becoming New York in the 1970s, a city of crumbling streets with a bully of a City Hall that could care less about constituents or justice. Pot holes crack your wheels and... More >>
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Rape Protection Only For Married? Blame Stupid Sacramento Policy, Says Ted Lieu
published Jan 08, 2013
South Bay state Sen. Ted Lieu is blaming Sacramento and its drive to cut prison overcrowding for legislators' failure to plug a glaring and embarrassing loophole in California rape law. This all goes... More >>
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Hit-And-Run Loophole Lets You Walk After 3 Years; Mike Gatto Wants That Fixed
published Jan 08, 2013
In the wake of Simone Wilson's excellent LA Weekly coverage of the city's hit-and-run crisis, including the revelation that nearly half of all vehicle collisions in town involve people who flee the sc... More >>
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UCLA Sees Attempted Sexual Assault, Separate Robbery In Same Day
published Jan 08, 2013
Bad start to the new year for L.A.'s big universities. While USC announced it will close off its campus to outsiders overnight, UCLA is grappling with a pair of scary crime reports. Early Monday some... More >>
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Samuel Little: 3 Cold Case Murder Charges For Suspect Who Could Be Serial Killer -- LAPD
published Jan 07, 2013
The LAPD announced that Samuel Little, a 72-year-old from Louisville, Kentucky, has been charged with three cold-case murders from the 1980s. Cops said in a statement that they're investigating the ... More >>
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Giovanni Ramirez Lawsuit Over False Brian Stow Beating Arrest Dismissed
published Jan 07, 2013
Giovanni Ramirez had some of the superficial signs: Recent neck tattoos, a thuggish demeanor and an alleged gang background. But he wasn't the guy, a fact the LAPD had to admit after it had arrested ... More >>
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Huell Howser Dies At 67
published Jan 07, 2013
Updated at the bottom with confirmation from the Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner. KCET will honor him on-air tonight. First posted around 12:17 p.m. See also: Huell Howser Videos: A Top 5. See also... More >>
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Huell Howser Videos: A Top 5
published Jan 07, 2013
See also: *Top 5 Huell Howser Food Episodes: In Memoriam. Who knew that Hot Dog On A Stick started right on the beach in Santa Monica? Or that some real dogs, at least, like avocados? Huell Howser d... More >>
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Trillion-Dollar Currency Already Subject Of Simpsons Episode (Sorry, Paul Krugman)
published Jan 07, 2013
We all know that The Simpsons is genius. But who knew that the show that gestated on the comic-strip pages of L.A. alternative media could one day help save America? If New York Times columnist Paul ... More >>
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Aaron Sandusky's Marijuana Dispensary Sales Get Him 10-Year Federal Sentence
published Jan 07, 2013
The operator of three Inland Empire medical marijuana shops was sentenced to 10 years behind bars for selling pot through his dispensaries. While cannabis is legal in California for patients, federal... More >>
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Thomas Gibson's DUI Downtown Included Drive Through Half-Marathon Area, Cops Say
published Jan 07, 2013
Oops. A surefire way to alert police to the possibility that maybe -- allegedly -- you're drunk behind the wheel is to drive through a barricade designed to protect half-marathon runners in downtown ... More >>
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Marijuana Honey Oil Process Sparks Explosion, With 3 Burned In Monrovia, Authorities Say
published Jan 07, 2013
When experts warn, don't try this at home, they really mean it. The latest example: Three men were badly burned in Monrovia over the weekend after, cops say, they tried and failed to convert marijuan... More >>
