Dennis Romero

Girls Gone Wild mogul and sometime Angeleno Joe Francis lashed out against the website Gawker and its owner Nick Denton for naming him "Douche of the Decade." In its post, Gawker called Francis a rapist and a "coked-out amoral direct-marketer." In response, Gawker says the filmmaker emailed Denton with the......

The blog Griffith Park Wayist has its take on the top 10 political stories in the city of Los Angeles for the year, and by the looks of it 2009 wasn't City Hall's best year. There was a mayor who let the governor's race pass him by, the council that......

(Speaking in the voice of America's Most Wanted's John Walsh): We've seen a lot of scumbags in our day, but this guy takes the cake. Frederick McLean is an alleged sexual predator of the lowest kind. Authorities allege McLean met many of the child victims through his work as a......

With Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck, San Francisco police Chief George Gascon and Los Angeles police union president Paul M. Weber urging him on, state Attorney General Jerry Brown says he'll petition the state Supreme Court to throw out a lower court ruling that overturned California's ban on body......

Drinking and driving can be deadly not only to you and loved ones, but to someone you don't even know. No good. But evidence suggests that drinking and walking can sometimes be just as dangerous, at least to yourself and to the grill of a stranger's car. Not so good,......

Following reports that the Los Angeles Police Department's gang units are losing officers as a result of financial-disclosure rules, the union representing rank-and-file cops is urging the department to rescind the requirements. The rules were put into place June 15 after a long battle with the union. The department wants......

After a contentious year debating the matter, the Beverly Hills school board seems poised to cut about 10 percent of its student population -- outsiders on a permit program that would be phased out. To say that it has taken from the rich and given to the poor is somewhat......