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

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  Dogs & Cats Won't Have to Be Left Home Alone at L.A. Shelters Under New Proposal

  published Apr 04, 2013

  Labor and animal rights activists joined hands to fight a proposal that would leave cats and dogs home alone overnight at L.A. city shelters. The proposal to end overnight supervision by animal care ... More >>

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  'Illegal Immigrant' Could Be on the Chopping Block at Los Angeles Times, Too

  published Apr 04, 2013

  This week the Associated Press declared it would no longer use the term "illegal immigrant." It was big news in journalism, because the AP Stylebook's usage guidelines are the ones followed by most o... More >>

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  LAPD Warns Real Estate Agents to Lock Up Vacant Homes in Wake of Northridge Abduction

  published Apr 04, 2013

  We know who the suspects are in the horrific abduction of a Northridge 10-year-old last week. But one accomplice has gone unnamed: an empty home somewhere in the West Valley where atrocities against ... More >>

• Pete Tong on Why Los Angeles is the EDM Capital

  published Apr 04, 2013

  BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong is the Jason Bentley of the rest of the world -- perhaps the most influential DJ in global electronic dance music.And he's bringing Skrillex, Diplo, Russell Simmons, and Lady G... More >>

• Tobias Summers, Alleged Northridge Kidnapper, Faces 3 Dozen Sex-Crime Counts

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Updated at the bottom with horrific details. Warning: Not for the faint of heart. First posted at 3:19 p.m. Tobias Summers, the at-large gang member wanted for the shocking abduction of a Northridge ... More >>

• Diddy's Toluca Lake Home Gets Swatted

  published Apr 03, 2013

  See also: Diddy's Son Justin Combs Gets Full Scholarship to UCLA as Many Students Struggle. The swatting phenomenon hit the home of one Sean "P. Diddy" Combs today. Police told the Weekly an assaul... More >>

• Feds Back Off Controversial Threat To Deport Barking Dog Owner Ruth Montano

  published Apr 03, 2013

  There are some bad immigrants out there, from ecstasy dealers to robbers to murderers, and deporting them is probably the least we could do. But being booted out of the country for barking dogsr That... More >>

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  Brian Banks, Jailed On False Rape Charge, Sees Dream Come True As Atlanta Falcons Sign Him

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Brian Banks, the former Long Beach high school football prodigy falsely accused of raping a classmate, today got a second chance at his NFL dreams. After spending nearly a decade fighting the charge ... More >>

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  Police Car Replica Stolen In Norwalk Weeks After L.A. Gang Reportedly Wanted One

  published Apr 03, 2013

  This is kind of scary. The L.A. Sheriff's Department this week says a car set up to look just like an official police cruiser was stolen from a cop equipment store in Norwalk. This following a report... More >>

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  John Clarke Gable, Film Legend's Son, Arrested In Alleged DUI Destruction In Malibu

  published Apr 03, 2013

  One way to get cops' attention is crash into six parked cars. In Malibu. Yeah, that's what deputies say John Clarke Gable, the 52-year-old son of Hollywood legend Clark Gable (1901-1960), did yesterd... More >>

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  Marijuana Found Floating In Ocean Off SoCal -- 3.3 Tons Worth (VIDEO)

  published Apr 03, 2013

  Where does all this weed that Mexican smugglers are boating to Southern California end upr After all, the legitimacy of medical marijuana in the Golden State means that consumers end up with the some... More >>

• 'Illegal Immigrant' Is So Over, AP Declares

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Immigrants' advocates have long argued that entering the United States without permission makes you about as much an illegal immigrant as blowing through a stop sign makes you an illegal driver. In o... More >>

• 5 Reasons John Travolta is Definitely, Absolutely NOT Gay

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Okay -- we know what you're thinking: John Travolta is super friggin' gay: He makes Andy Dick look like a mixed-martial arts heavyweight from Brazil. But hear us out: Some of the allegations against... More >>

• Bomb Prank at L.A. Port Apparently Not That Funny: John Edward Bearden Gets House Arrest

  published Apr 02, 2013

  A former Port of Los Angeles mechanic was sentenced to house arrest after he admitted to punking his co-workers with a fake bomb. John Edward Bearden says he did it to ... " ... see how long it wou... More >>

• Is Anything 'Made in California' Anymorer Law Would Create Prideful Label

  published Apr 02, 2013

  You know you swell up just a little bit when you read that "Designed by Apple in California" label on the back of your iPhone. Don't be too proud, though: As you well know, it might have been designe... More >>

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  Marijuana Users Don't Eat More, Study Says

  published Apr 02, 2013

  The stereotype of the chunky, Cheetos-scarfing pothead never rang true to us. All the daily smokers we knew were more like Spicoli than Belushi (who appeared to like the nose candy anyway). Yet anoth... More >>

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  RedBall Art Project Comes To Los Angeles (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

  published Apr 02, 2013

  A huge red ball on the streets of downtownr Is it a stray from Coachellar Did the beach just move eastr No, it's an art project from New York called RedBall. And it's here through Thursday: Artist K... More >>

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  L.A. City Hall Finds New Way To Ignore You -- With MyLA311 App

  published Apr 02, 2013

  Technology is just amazing. Besides providing new ways for you be embarrassed by your mom (Facebook), called out by your peers (Twitter) and dumped by your lesser half (texting), smartphones can now ... More >>

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  Daniel Martinez Arrested In Abduction Of 10-Year-Old Northridge Girl

  published Apr 01, 2013

  One of two men alleged to have abducted a 10-year-old girl from her Northridge home was arrested over the weekend, cops announced. The suspect wasn't the man named by police on Saturday, Tobias Dusti... More >>

• Westside Mansions' Power-Use Gluttony Confirmed By Awesome UCLA Electricity Map

  published Apr 01, 2013

  An awesome new electricity use map created by UCLA's California Center for Sustainable Communities shows what you probably already suspect. Those righteous Prius drivers and aficionados of all things... More >>

• Red-Car Flasher Suspect Luis Bucio-Cedeno Arrested In Valley

  published Apr 01, 2013

  They got the "red-car flasher," cops say, but where's the red carr The smoking gun in the two-year-long case of dozens of indecent-exposure reports, a red Toyota Camry, was not with 24-year-old Luis ... More >>

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  Jesus Christ Would Probably Be Glad that Google Honored Cesar Chavez on Easter

  published Apr 01, 2013

  Cesar Chavez was no saint, but he did do the Christian thing when he saw an entire class of people, Latino and Filipino farm workers, suffering in slum-like living conditions, putting in grueling hour... More >>

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  Easter Bunny Stopped By CHP (PHOTO)

  published Apr 01, 2013

  What's wrong with this picturer An Easter bunny riding down the freeway in motorcycle with a sidecar on Easter weekendr Perfectly normal scene for Southern California. Except that the bunny wasn't we... More >>

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  American Men Don't Pay For Sex As Often As You Think

  published Apr 01, 2013

  Men are whore-mongering pervs. But only in their secret lives. That has been the rap on American guys, at least since the postwar days when the infamous Kinsey report discovered that more than two-th... More >>

• Tobias Dustin Summers Is Kidnapper of Northridge Girl, Remains At-Large, Cops Say

  published Mar 30, 2013

  A man cops say has a lengthy record, including allegations of kidnapping and robbery, was named today as the main suspect in the shocking abduction of a Northridge girl earlier this week. Tobias Dust... More >>