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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FEATURED STORY
Letha Mae Montemayor: Child Porn Produced In San Fernando Valley; Suspect Arrested
published Jan 04, 2013
Updated at the bottom with a suspect's ID. Headline has changed. First posted at 6:03 a.m. Thursday The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles says federal authorities are looking for a man and woman ... More >>
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Bill Nichols & Luis Valenzuela, LAPD Cops, Accused Of Forcing Women To Have Sex
published Jan 04, 2013
Corrected at 12:20 p.m: Valenzuela's name is Luis and not, as the lawsuit states, Gus. Headline has changed. Two cops were off the street this week after a woman filed a lawsuit claiming that they "f... More >>
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Teen Girls Flashed By Nude Man On The Loose In Valley; LAPD Calls Him 'Red Car Flasher'
published Jan 04, 2013
A motorist who stops and jumps out of a red car completely nude to flash teenage girls has done it again in the San Fernando Valley, cops say. The LAPD this week released a new sketch (after the jump... More >>
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Baker Thermometer, World's Tallest, For Sale For $1.75 Mil Of Your Vegas Jackpot
published Jan 04, 2013
That thermometer you pass on the way to Las Vegas is an icon for every real-life Hangover and Fear And Loathing adventure ever. And now you can put it in the trunk of your road-trip convertible and t... More >>
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Julio Morales' Sex With Sleeping Woman Not Rape Because She Wasn't Married
published Jan 03, 2013
See also: *Law That Allows Unmarried Women To Be Raped Will Be Fixed, Says Jimmy Gomez. So you slip into a bed occupied by an 18-year-old sleeping woman and have sex with her, admitting that, as she ... More >>
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Los Angeles Fails When It Comes To New Year's Eve Partying
published Jan 03, 2013
You claim you can party like a pro, but can you really? Like a lot of other things in Los Angeles, our booze-and-drug-fueled nightlife is perhaps more fantasy than reality. A new analysis of mobile ... More >>
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Marijuana Dispensaries Could Be Indirectly Feeding Teens' Pot Habits, Says Study
published Jan 03, 2013
We know, at least according to the latest study, that American teens' weed smoking has been on the rise. And given the increasing legality of marijuana in places like L.A., the pot shop capital of t... More >>
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Larry Darnell Bishop Charged In Shocking Pasadena Murder Of Victor McClinton
published Jan 03, 2013
When authorities in Pasadena tried to stop an SUV on Christmas day -- a fleeing vehicle that ultimately collided with a minivan, killing two family members -- the suspicion was that it might have been... More >>
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Atwater Village Is L.A.'s Hippest Neighborhood (Sorry, Silver Lake)
published Jan 03, 2013
Sorry, Silver Lake. You've been replaced as L.A.'s top hipster neighborhood, as far as we're concerned. The in-the-know readers of Curbed LA have declared this week that Atwater Village, and not the ... More >>
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Illegal Immigrants Could Become Legal Under New Obama Administration Rule
published Jan 03, 2013
It took long enough. But it looks like President Obama is continuing to follow through on promises to make it easier for illegal immigrants to stay in-country. Reform it is not. But it could be a th... More >>
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Marijuana Initiative That Would Close Most L.A. Pot Shops Heads For City Council
published Jan 02, 2013
Two initiatives that would regulate medical marijuana dispensaries in the city of Los Angeles are headed for the City Council and, possibly, the ballot. The L.A. City Clerk's office today said both t... More >>
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Chris Guerra: Justin Bieber Ferrari Tragedy On Sepulveda As Photographer Killed
published Jan 02, 2013
Updated at the bottom more details from cops. Headline has changed. First posted at 10:19 p.m. Tuesday. A young photographer reportedly shooting Justin Bieber's Ferrari during a traffic stop was kill... More >>
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Juan Manuel Ramirez Shot Man, Buried Him In Concrete In Santa Fe Springs, Authorities Say
published Jan 02, 2013
A 45-year-old Santa Fe Springs man who authorities say fatally shot an adversary and then buried him in concrete will face the the music in court today. Juan Manuel Ramirez, a.k.a. Juan Alberto Galvi... More >>
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Scott Sterling Overdose Death In Malibu Prompts Coroner's Autopsy This Week
published Jan 02, 2013
Scott Sterling, the 32-year-old son of controversial Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling, was found dead of an apparent overdose in Malibu last night, sheriff's officials said. Someone called and asked... More >>
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Instagram's Most-Popular Photo Locations? Los Angeles Dominates
published Jan 02, 2013
Last month we told you about how Southern California locations dominated the year-end list of top Facebook location check-ins. Along comes Instragram with its own year-end list of "most popular locat... More >>
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NFL Dreams For Downtown Los Angeles Fading In Face Of Team Transfer Deadline
published Jan 02, 2013
Time might be running out for L.A.'s NFL dreams. A deadline for team owners to express interest in moving to Los Angeles is looming, but few if any have expressed serious interest in coming here. Th... More >>
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UCLA Ranked Top 10 Best Public College Value In America By Kiplinger's
published Jan 02, 2013
In fall UCLA was named one of the best universities in the world by Times Higher Education in the UK. Next month's Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine gives the Westwood school an even more importa... More >>
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Ice Lake Rescue In Wrightwood Caught On Video
published Jan 02, 2013
It was a comedy of errors that could have been tragic. Some folks thought it was a good idea to walk around and go inner-tubing on thin ice formed after recent snowfall in one of the otherwise warmer... More >>
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Stupid California Traffic Laws For 2013
published Jan 01, 2013
The problem with having a full-time legislature in a high-stakes political state like California is that these people sometimes feel the need to make laws. Unnecessary laws. You see, members of the s... More >>
