Email Author Dennis Romero

Awards

• 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

• Hooters Bomb Joke Shuts Down Hollywood Boulevard

  published Apr 18, 2013

  The guy said it was a joke. But the LAPD's bomb squad doesn't play around. And so, after a man entered Hooters in Hollywood today and said he had bomb in his lunchbox, the area was evacuated and Holl... More >>

• Cat With Taped Up Snout, Paws Abandoned At L.A. Animal Shelter (PHOTOS)

  published Apr 18, 2013

  A cat that had its snout and paws covered in red tape was having trouble breathing when it was abandoned at an L.A. area animal shelter today. (See a disturbing photo of the cat bound up after the jum... More >>

• 20,000 Illegal Gun Owners In California Are Known To Authorities ... But Roam Free

  published Apr 18, 2013

  About 20,000 Californians illegally possess as many as 40,000 handguns and assault weapons. And authorities know who most of them are. Wait, whatr Read it again: About 20,000 Californians illegally p... More >>

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  One in 4 Angelenos Breathes Toxic Freeway Air Every Morning

  published Apr 18, 2013

  See also: Black Lung Lofts: Children in hip new housing within 500 feet of L.A. freeways get permanent lung damage. On some crisp, spring mornings you can almost taste the ocean, even as far inland a... More >>

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  Porn Industry Issues 'Call To Action' Against State Condom Law

  published Apr 18, 2013

  As the porn industry flees Los Angeles in search of a better life, one free of condoms, it's also simultaneously battling a proposal that would make prophylactics the law on adult video sets across Ca... More >>

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  Most Men Don't Carry Condoms On Dates, L.A. Poll Finds

  published Apr 18, 2013

  Men are pigs. And to prove it, an L.A.-based website about all things masculine has unleashed a poll of some of its readers showing that most guys show up on dates ill prepared, e.g. without condoms.... More >>

• Last Call At 4 a.m. Gets Support Of L.A. Clubs

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Guess who's getting behind a state senator's proposal to extend California's last call for alcohol to 4 a.mr It wouldn't take a sober genius to figure out: The L.A. club industry. Yeah, the Muse Life... More >>

• Marijuana Shops In WeHo Raided As Gang-Related, Criminal Enterprises, Cops Say

  published Apr 17, 2013

  Zen Healing, a marijuana dispensary in West Hollywood, announced on its website today that "we will be closed until further notice." Maybe that's because cops on Tuesday raided the place as part of w... More >>

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  Terror in Boston Tightens Security for CicLAvia

  published April 18, 2013

  Six days after the worst domestic terrorism attack since 9/11, Los Angeles will stage another of its celebrated CicLAvia events. The... More >>

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  Porn's L.A. Condom Mandate To Be Defended In Court By AIDS Group

  published Apr 17, 2013

  The battle over condoms in porn just got real. Well, actually, it's been real for a while. But the group behind the effort to make condoms mandatory in adult video, the L.A.-based AIDS Healthcare Fou... More >>

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  Puppies Victorious: L.A. Shelter Pets Will Not Be Left Alone Overnight

  published Apr 17, 2013

  After the head of L.A.'s city animal shelters proposed leaving dogs, cats and other animals home alone overnight at the facilities to save money, the animal-rights world (and unionistas worried about ... More >>

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  Drinking Too Much Makes You Stupid, But SoCal Researcher Has A Cure

  published Apr 17, 2013

  We all know that drinking a lot makes you stupid. What we don't really know is if there's an antidote to this mental decline. Now a Southern California professor and her research partner from the Uni... More >>

• 'Run For Boston' Tomorrow Morning In Santa Monica

  published Apr 16, 2013

  Los Angeles' running community, distraught over the tragedy in Boston, is responding the only way it can: By hitting the pavement:Los Angeles Speed Project has hastily organized what it's calling a "... More >>

• Ciclavia To Get Beefed Up Security Sunday In Wake of Boston Attacks

  published Apr 16, 2013

  CicLAvia, Los Angeles' celebrated outdoor bike ride, has the misfortune of being scheduled the weekend after Boston's tragic terror attack. It starts Sunday at 10 a.m. and runs from downtown to Venice... More >>

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  Man Set On Fire At Long Beach 7-Eleven Dies

  published Apr 16, 2013

  Updated at the bottom with the suspect charged today with capital murder. Prosecutors claim he was "lying in wait." First posted at 7:07 a.m. A man set on fire in front of Long Beach 7-Eleven has die... More >>

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  Popcornopolis CFO Held Hostage by An Armed Female Employee

  published Apr 16, 2013

  An armed female employee came to work at Popcornopolis, an El Segundo popcorn company, and held its chief financial officer hostage this morning, police said. Luckily nothing popped off and the woman... More >>

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  Sal Castro, East L.A. School Walkout Leader, Dies At 79

  published Apr 16, 2013

  Sal Castro, an Eastside teacher who helped solidify the Chicano movement that shaped Civil Rights-era Mexican American identity, died on Monday at the age of 79 after battling cancer. While he was vi... More >>

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  Porn Pulls Out Of L.A.

  published Apr 16, 2013

  After you, the L.A. County voter, decided in November to mandate condom use in local porn production, the adult industry has nearly pulled out of town, so to speak. FilmLA, which processes permits fo... More >>

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  Boston Marathon Explosions Injure Several Runners; Race Called Off

  published Apr 16, 2013

  Many updates at the bottom: Three are now reported dead; L.A. authorities are on heightened alert. First posted at 12:23 p.m. See also: L.A. Witness In Boston: 'We Were Caught Between 2 Explosions.' ... More >>

• L.A. Witness In Boston: 'We Were Caught Between 2 Explosions'

  published Apr 15, 2013

  See also: Boston Marathon Explosions Injure Several Runners; Race Called Off. A Los Angeles resident who happened to be near the second blast in Boston today told LA Weekly what he experienced. Jahc... More >>

• Boston Marathon's Los Angeles Runners Listed

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Here's a list of Los Angeles area runners, along with their ages and towns, entered to race in today's tragic Boston Marathon. The list does not suggest any of them were injured -- it's just a list ... More >>

• Harry Shearer's KCRW Show Canceled

  published Apr 15, 2013

  KCRW's version of events has been added to the bottom. Harry Shearer's weekend, one hour Le Show on KCRW has been canceled, the comedian and actor announced on Twitter today. He told fans on Twitter... More >>

• Upskirt Picture Taker Foiled By Victim's Own Photos, LAPD Says

  published Apr 15, 2013

  It's upskirt season in Los Angeles. The combination of warm weather and accessible technology (smartphones, tablets) has conspired to create a tidal wave of perversion in the Southland. The latest ... More >>

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  Marijuana Legalization Proposed By SoCal Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher

  published Apr 15, 2013

  We're in the midst of strange days: An Orange County Republican wants the Democratic administration in the White House to stop cracking down on marijuana in states where it's legal (!!!). U.S. Rep. D... More >>

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  Pregnant Woman Tackled, Kicked In Random Attack In San Gabriel Valley

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Truly random acts of violence are rare, but they do happen in this big city. Take the case of a pregnant woman walking down the street in the Charter Oak area of unincorporated Covina yesterday: A ma... More >>