Dennis Romero

A man who appeared to be crazed on drugs choked and body slammed a small dog several times, leading to the miniature schnauzer's death, authorities said. The incident happened Wednesday morning in San Clemente when the suspect walked aggressively toward Julie Donnelley and her dog and attacked the canine, named,......

It looks like Los Angeles Time-Warner subscribers will usher in the New Year with the subtraction of a major network from their cable boxes. Yesterday we told you how the Fox network was threatening to pull its programming from Time-Warner by Friday if the cable company doesn't meet its price......

If after looking at the city's looming, $400 million deficit, its difficulties in hiring cops, and its five-year (losing) battle with mushrooming marijuana dispensaries, you thought the Los Angeles City Council was useless, we would kindly ask you to take a second look. Councilman Tom LaBonge, whose district has been......

As a result of the multi-billion-dollar budget shortfall in Sacramento, the vehicle license fee in California is nearly doubling starting Jan. 1, going from 0.65 percent to 1.15 percent of a car's value. The cost of a driver's license renewal is also going up from $28 to $31. "Due to......

The union representing rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department cops on Wednesday decried a U.S. district court ruling that severely limits officers' use of Tasers to subdue suspects. The decision, states the Los Angeles Police Protective League, "has us scratching our heads in disbelief." The U.S. Ninth Circuit court of appeals......

After a state appellate court overturned California's no-body-armor-for-ex-violent-felons rule, citing what it stated was vague and confusing language, Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley has come up with a law of his own and he's urging the state legislature to pass it. Cooley's office states that he has come......

A mystery man turned in 58 guns, including 14 rifles, some of them assault-type weapons, to a "gifts for guns" exchange in Compton Tuesday. The scene was witnessed by KTLA News, but the man did not want to speak on-camera. The exchange, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department,......

As we told you last summer ("Gangs Lay Low, Rake in Dough") some neighborhoods that used to represent bloody fault lines in decades-old gang grudges have been eerily quiet, with some experts theorizing that the sets are working together to comprise a more-efficient money-making machine on the streets of Los......

City Councilwoman Janice Hahn this week officially announced her 2010 candidacy for lieutenant governor of California. She also rolled out her campaign staff. Hahn would term out in 2013 if she stayed on the council. "After receiving enthusiastic response from people up and down the state, Los Angeles City Councilwoman......