Dennis Romero

Researchers at UC Davis have been studying geographic patterns that correlate to autism perhaps in hopes of coming up with an environmental link. On that front, they came up blank. But the school's recent findings are interesting nonetheless: For the greater Los Angeles region, the academics uncovered five "clusters" where......

Quick, when's the last time you remember flooding in South Los Angeles? Stumped? So are we. Which is why it's so strange that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has forged ahead with new flood-zone maps that show parts of South L.A. in low-lying, flood-prone areas. The result is that some......

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa toured LAX's security systems Tuesday and he even reportedly went through a full-body scanner designed to detect concealed bombs, weapons or contraband. A U.S. Transportation Security Administration official pulled the mayor aside when his scan showed he was (barely) hiding a huge ego ... We're just kideen!......

For its latest order of motorcycles, the Los Angeles Police Department eschewed longtime supplier Harley-Davidson and instead chose lighter, more lithe BMW bikes, ordering more than 60 of the German marque's R1200 RT-Ps. It's another sign of the times: Local and state governments were for years pushed into buying American,......

As the 2010 U.S. Census head count kicked off in Los Angeles this week, we were disappointed to learn that New York hosted a bigger traveling rig than what L.A. is getting. First New York claims it sees twice as many international tourists as the City of Angeles, now this?......

Deputy Los Angeles police Chief Michel Moore told La Opinion newspaper that the department is aware of possible collaboration among gangs in Los Angeles. LA Weekly was the first to report a certain quietude and possible business alliances on streets once bloodied by bitter gang rivalries, and the Wall Street......

Thirty-year-old Johnson & Johnson heiress Casey Johnson was found dead in her home near West Hollywood, and police have reportedly opened a death investigation. After a maid reportedly came out of the home screaming "she's dead," Los Angeles police officers responded to 910 N. Orlando Ave. about 11:51 a.m. Monday,......

A biography of Warren Beatty that's due in stores next week claims the actor slept with more than 12,775 women. If you're keeping score, that's way more than Gene Simmons (4,600), but less than Wilt Chamberlain. In any case, Beatty's camp is distancing itself from the tome (but, apparently, not......

The Los Angeles Neighborhood Councils Coalition, which represents about 40 neighborhood councils in the city, called an emergency meeting of its membership to discuss the city's dire budget. The pow-wow, scheduled for Sunday morning, will "discuss the financial and service crisis facing the city," coalition chair Leonard Shaffer told the......