Dennis Romero

Ah, Californians, we're so special. The rest of the country -- the "flown over" part -- gets our hand-me-down trends long after we've milked every bit of cheese from them: They can have our Von Dutch, our Ed Hardy, our trucker hats. We've given them our tired, our poor and......

The number of law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty was down in California for 2009, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reports. Eight officers statewide were killed, including one Culver City cop, Sgt. Curtis Massey, who was the victim of a wrong-way driver on the 10......

In its quest to stand up to a looming, $400 million budget deficit, the city will have to look seriously at the possibility of giving up its operation of the Zoo, the Convention Center and its animal shelters. The Los Angeles Daily News on Monday reports that giving up day-to-day......

As the city struggles to make ends meet -- cops need to be hired, city workers will likely be fired, and fire companies are already going on daylong hiatuses to save money -- it's been hard to find a hero at City Hall. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa took off for Europe......

Federal officials removed a bomb detection device from LAX, a U.S. Transportation Security Administration official tells the Weekly, one that at least some observers think could have alerted authorities to the the kind of plane-bombing plot attempted on Christmas above Detroit. In 2006 LAX installed a "puffer device," or GE......

Child-sex convict and famed movie director Roman Polanski spoke out over the weekend about his predicament, issuing his first statement since he was arrested in Switzerland in September as part of the Los Angeles County District Attorney's long-running efforts to bring the fugitive to justice following his run from the......

Last week we told you how Los Angeles Police Department Chief was taking 130 officers off of specialized enforcement duties, including gang enforcement operations. The department straight-up lied about the "reorganization," spinning it on its blog as a move that "puts 130 police officers back in the field." (They already......

As you or loved ones prepared to get on planes at LAX, Long Beach or Burbank over the holiday weekend, you likely faced long lines, trepidation, perhaps even that fatalistic thought: Will I make it to the other side? This after a Nigerian man with ties to Yemen allegedly tried......

An oil field beneath Long Beach could be worth $280 million to the city over the next 10 years. It's almost as if Jed Clampett himself shot a hole in the ground near the city's port, in an area know as the Wilmington Oil Field. The projections were reported over......

The organization representing Los Angeles airport police says the attempted attack on an airliner over Detroit Christmas day highlights the need for the U.S. Transportation Security Administration to get a new permanent leader. Marshall McClain, president of the Los Angeles Airport Peace Officers Association, states that the "U.S. Senate should......