Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 30, 2010

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2013 Stories by Dennis Romero

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  Gen. David Petraeus Is Now a USC Professor

  published May 02, 2013

  Retired four-star Gen. David Petraeus, who resigned in disgrace as director of the CIA following revelations that he carried on an affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, has landed in Southern C... More >>

• Los Angeles Times Nixes Use of Term 'Illegal Immigrant'

  published May 01, 2013

  The Los Angeles Times today followed Associated Press and nixed use of the term "illegal immigrant" in its stories. This followed a long campaign by some immigrants rights activists, including the L.... More >>

• 'Family Guy' Ring in L.A. Area Smuggled Cocaine to Italy, Feds Say

  published May 01, 2013

  If you thought the Southern California economy was still wobbly following the Great Recession, rejoice. People are actually exporting goods from L.A. to the rest of the world, including Europe. The U... More >>

• Billboard Wants UCLA Girls to Hook Sugar Daddies for 'Summer Jobs'

  published May 01, 2013

  Women have come a long way since the skirt-chasing days depicted in Mad Men, rightr Yes. And to celebrate, the sugar-daddy dating site ArrangementFinders.com has put up a billboard not far from UCLA... More >>

• Santa Monica Club Sucker Punch Puts Marine in Hospital; Cops Seek Loser

  published May 01, 2013

  If you've been around L.A. clubland you know that Zanzibar in Santa Monica is one of the more mellow, musically inclined venues around. You can leave aggro at the door. One guy apparently missed that... More >>

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  Lawsuit Over LAPD's Videotaped Killing Of Teen Abdul Arian Tossed

  published May 01, 2013

  It was a crazy police chase. The last breaths of 19-year-old Abdul Arian were caught on tape on April 11, 2012. He exited his unmarked, ex-police car in the middle of the 101 freeway in Woodland Hil... More >>

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  May Day March In Downtown L.A. Today

  published May 01, 2013

  It's May Day, people. And if you don't know what time it is, it means that it's a worker's holiday for marching, fist-pumping and screwing up traffic. While the May Day marches of yesteryear were mas... More >>

• Fiery 9 Car Crash That Killed 1 In South L.A. Might Have Involved Shooting

  published May 01, 2013

  One person was killed in a 9 car crash that might have involved both street racing and a shooting. Yep. As many as four others, possibly including a bicyclist, appeared to have been injured in the ... More >>

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  Motorcycle Plows Into Bike Riders In Malibu (VIDEO)

  published May 01, 2013

  It's been a bad year for bicyclists getting hit by motor vehicles in Los Angeles. Often the collisions are of the hit-and-run variety. Sometimes they're fatal. More and more, they're caught on video. ... More >>

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  X Games Leave Los Angeles

  published Apr 30, 2013

  When the summer X Games started out in cities other than L.A., we were frustrated:WTFr This is where half those sports began. This is the action sports capital of America. This is the biggest media ma... More >>

• David Granados' Bike Hit-And-Run Fatality Sees $50,000 Reward Offered

  published Apr 30, 2013

  See also: Luxury Car Hit-And-Run Drivers Running Rampant in L.A. Cops are looking for the driver in the latest in a string of hit-and-runs involving luxury vehicles in Los Angeles. This one was fata... More >>

• L.A. Daters Are Massively Superficial, Poll Says

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Prepare for shocking news from a dating site that looked at different American cities' online courtship rituals: Los Angeles is superficial. So says WhatsYourPrice.com, which checked Google Analytics... More >>

• Body Image Obsession Can Be Serious Brain Issue, UCLA Says

  published Apr 30, 2013

  People who can't pass a mirror without checking themselves out and then obsess over any little blemish or out-of-place hair have a name: Angelenos! No, really, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is what ... More >>

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  Porn Doesn't Influence Teen Sex ... That Much

  published Apr 30, 2013

  It's widely believed, at least by female comedians and men's magazines throughout the land, that porn has led to a new generation of male swine that thinks sex should be done with lights on and a stac... More >>

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  Eastside vs. Westside: 5 Ways of Looking At It

  published Apr 30, 2013

  What you think of as the Eastside or the Westside of Los Angeles might not necessarily be the same as others: Latinos, African Americans, gangs, history and the actual map all have different perspecti... More >>

• Farrah Abraham's Sex Tape Hits The Internet May 6

  published Apr 29, 2013

  See also: Farrah Abraham Sex Tape Hits TV. The onetime star of MTV's Teen Mom is now the headliner of Backdoor Teen Mom, a sex tape coming to a laptop near you May 6. Farrah Abraham, set to turn 22 ... More >>

• Jason Collins, L.A. Native, Becomes First Active NBA Player To Come Out

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Los Angeles-bred NBA player Jason Collins today became the first active major-league athlete to come out as gay. He's 34 and a 12th-season player who's now a free agent: He certainly took his time. C... More >>

• CHP Officer Charged For Alleged Child Porn

  published Apr 29, 2013

  A retired CHP officer was arrested this morning after authorities said he posed as a teenage girl in order to strike up sexually charged online relationships with underage kids. John Hofer, 53, was c... More >>

• Shooting At Hollywood Strip Club Theme Night Leaves Man Critically Injured

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Gunfire broke out at a Hollywood club early today, critically injuring a man in his 20s, police said. It happened about 1 a.m. inside My Studio, 6623 Hollywood Blvd., an LAPD sergeant told the Weekly... More >>

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  Las Vegas Strip Shooting Captured On Amazing Dash-Cam Video

  published Apr 29, 2013

  Recently broadcast dash-cam video (after the jump) of an explosive clash between drivers on the Las Vegas Strip that ended with three dead could shed new light on a case that reached all the way to Lo... More >>

• Snake In A Car Scares The Hell Out Of A SoCal Freeway Driver

  published Apr 29, 2013

  If you were driving down the freeway and a snake unexpectedly joined you for the ride, what would happenr You'd probably be lucky to keep it on the road, rightr That was the case for Angie Guerrero, ... More >>

• Top Sheriff's Officials Allied With White Gang In L.A. Jails, Suit Says

  published Apr 26, 2013

  A white-power gang operating inside the L.A. County jails had ties to sheriff's officials charged with running the lockups -- ties that led up as far as Undersheriff Paul Tanaka. That, at least, is o... More >>

• Jury Duty Is So Low We Need Immigrants To Do The Job

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Perhaps the greatest deterrent for criminals these days is the prospect of facing that group of geniuses on the jury who couldn't figure out a decent excuse to avoid the duty. Angry cops, omnipresent... More >>

• Tijuana Wants The Olympicsr

  published Apr 26, 2013

  In America's collective imagination, Tijuana is the perpetual stand-in for the dusty border town. It's the home of the donkey show, buckets of beer and velvet Elvis paintings. But a funny thing happe... More >>

• Patrick Harran, UCLA Professor, Faces Possible 4-Plus Years For Fatal Lab Fire

  published Apr 26, 2013

  You're a UCLA chemistry professor and a fire breaks out in your lab. A 23-year-old staff research assistant who's handling highly flammable liquid is burned and ultimately dies. Are you responsible f... More >>