Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Shelley Lubben, Pom Reformer or Self-Promoter?"

• 2013 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Los Angeles' War on Street Artists"

• 2012 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published September 29, 2011

  "Porn Defends the Money Shot"

• 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

• Jerry Sharell, Music Biz Veteran, Wounded in Valley Machete Attack

  published Sep 16, 2013

  A music industry veteran who hosts a weekend Frank Sinatra show for KJazz (88.1 FM) radio was attacked by a man with a machete and held for three hours at his home in Woodland Hills yesterday, accordi... More >>

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  Marijuana: Doggy Pot Emergencies on The Rise

  published Sep 13, 2013

  Dear Californians: We understand that you love your legal weed, what with all the back pain and cataracts going around these days. But your easy access to cannabis retailers and subsequent water-pi... More >>

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  Drug Use is Up, Especially For Mom & Dad

  published Sep 13, 2013

  Forget those rosy headlines you've seen about drug use being down among young Americans. If you actually read the latest National Survey on Drug Use and Health, it says illicit toking, snorting and in... More >>

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  DUI Checkpoints in Hollywood, Koreatown, Silver Lake TONIGHT

  published Sep 13, 2013

  It's Friday the 13th. And if you're superstitious, you should hear the one about the chupacabra with a badge. He hunts down idiot drunk drivers in places like Hollywood, Koreatown and Silver Lake onl... More >>

• Circus Animal Ban Considered by West Hollywood

  published Sep 12, 2013

  West Hollywood is a bastion of liberal privilege, a place where fur retailing and most pet sales have been banned. See also: West Hollywood Bans Most Retail Dog And Cat Sales. The city is also skil... More >>

• Sexual Predator in Your Neighborhood? There's an App For That

  published Sep 12, 2013

  If you want to know what's happening in the world of child sexual predators, there's now an app for that. And it was developed by the federal government with your tax dollars. U.S. Immigration and Cu... More >>

• Gangsters Skimmed Millions From 99 Cents Only Shoppers

  published Sep 12, 2013

  Robin Hood robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. A group of people who worked as part of an Armenian Power gang enterprise took millions from 99 Cents Only store customers and their banks. Eigh... More >>

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  E-Cigarette Ban Would Target Teens in L.A.

  published Sep 12, 2013

  You electronic cigarette smokers think you're all down-low and stuff, puffing in bars and clubs and just plain doing it in cases where a regular cig in the hand would get you busted. See also: E-Ciga... More >>

• Californians Are More Liberal With Dating & Sex

  published Sep 12, 2013

  If you think our liberal, weed-loving state is correspondingly looser in the sack, you're probably right. A recent survey of 1,600 singles by Business Insider found that Californians are indeed more ... More >>

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  Alpha Onuoha, Ex-TSA Screener, Makes 9/11 Threats, Targets LAX, FBI Says

  published Sep 11, 2013

  Updated at the bottom with Onuoha hit with federal charges. He's also been fingered as a TSA agent who allegedly told a teenager to cover herself in a well-publicized incident in June. First posted at... More >>

• Bill That Would Open Carpool Lanes to All at Night Passes Legislature

  published Sep 11, 2013

  The idea of opening up L.A. freeway carpool lanes to everyone seemed like a pipe dream to us. After, the laws in California -- texting while behind the wheel, stoned while driving -- only seem to get ... More >>

• Legalize Hemp, Says California Lawmaker Mark Leno

  published Sep 11, 2013

  Medical marijuana, and in a few cases even recreational pot, is now legal in about 20 states across the land. California went medical in 1996. So what's the problem with using low- or even no-THC hemp... More >>

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  How Pasquale Rotella Built His Rave Empire

  published September 12, 2013

  A June super-moon hangs over the Las Vegas Strip as the futuristic ECO-Star helicopter cruises above the world's greatest neon canyon. On board... More >>

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  Marijuana: Law Would Create California Pot Police

  published Sep 11, 2013

  A state law proposed this week would protect marijuana dispensaries "already operating legally under city or county laws" from local cops while creating a statewide police and regulatory agency that w... More >>

• Rape Survey Finds 1 in 4 Men From Select Asian Countries Have Done It

  published Sep 11, 2013

  Phew. It looks like parts of Asia might have a rape problem. A new study published in the journal Lancet Global Health found that, on average, more than 1 in 10 men (11 percent) from China, Cambodia,... More >>

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  'Bad Ecstasy' Rumors Are B.S.; Even Pure Molly Kills

  published Sep 11, 2013

  Information from two rave-death coroner's reports we received today has been added to the bottom. Four suspected ecstasy overdose deaths on the East Coast in the last few weeks have put the drug, lon... More >>

• Strict Hit-&-Run Law Approved by California Legislature

  published Sep 10, 2013

  Following LA Weekly's coverage of Los Angeles' "hit-and-run epidemic," which showed that motorists involved in these collisions simply need to flee and run out the three-year statute of limitations to... More >>

• Min Kyu Kim: Suspect Who Threw Boiling Water on Girlfriend Arrested

  published Sep 10, 2013

  A man who cops say threw a pot of boiling water on his girlfriend, causing severe burns to her arms and back, has been returned to L.A. to face justice after fleeing to South Korea, the FBI announced ... More >>

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  USC, UCLA Tied in Academic Ranking

  published Sep 10, 2013

  As if USC and UCLA needed any more fuel for their decades-long crosstown rivalry, the latest US News Best Colleges ranking has the schools neck-and-neck. Yep. This year USC and UCLA will not only bat... More >>

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  5 Types of L.A. Dog People We Love to Hate

  published Sep 10, 2013

  Southern California is the capital of many things -- earthquakes, surf and skate culture, yoga. You can add to that list crazy dog people. The weather is ideal for pet-walking. And we have the space ... More >>

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  Porn's 4th HIV+ Doubted by Adult Biz Group

  published Sep 10, 2013

  The adult video industry's lobbying group last night cast doubt on reports that a fourth performer has come up HIV-positive following an outbreak affecting at least three porn stars. See also: Porn B... More >>

• Mayor Garcetti Reports For Jury Duty

  published Sep 09, 2013

  Updated at the bottom: Garcetti came, he saw, he conquered. First posted at 11:59 a.m. Last month Mayor Eric Garcetti said he'd be quitting his active service in the U.S. Naval Reserve by the end of ... More >>

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  Porn Biz Sees Fourth Case of HIV

  published Sep 09, 2013

  Yet another case of HIV in the adult video industry has been reported, Michael Weinstein of the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation told LA Weekly today. The patient, said to be male, would be the f... More >>

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  Beverly Park Golf Cart Crash Kills Boy

  published Sep 09, 2013

  Updated with the boy's death and ID. First posted at 9:07 a.m. Beverly Park is a gated community along the ridge line above Beverly Hills. It has been home to many a celebrity (Barry Bonds, Camille G... More >>

• Porn's HIV Shut-Down is Bad For L.A. Economy?

  published Sep 09, 2013

  A 6 percent drop in the number of folks working in the entertainment industry (motion pictures and sound recording) had business journalists wondering if the porn industry's HIV-related shut-down in A... More >>