Dennis Romero

It was only last year that the Chihuahua was Hollywood's "it" dog. Paris Hilton still uses a pair as accessories, and the breed stared in the 2008 film Beverly Hills Chihuahua. But for every flow there is an ebb, and it seems that many of the people who rushed to......

A Brookings Institution study of America's migration patterns from 2000-2008 notes that 1.2 million people -- roughly the population of the city of San Diego -- moved away from Los Angeles during that time, but more than 815,000 immigrants, mostly from Mexico, stepped in to fill the vacancies. During that......

Earlier this week we told about the Los Angeles Police Department's $80 million deficit and the prospect of a continued freeze on hiring new cadets through January. Well, that doesn't look too good on newsprint, and the City Council backed off committee threats to keep the freeze in effect and......

This guy has dug a deeper hole for himself than Tiger Woods: Federal authorities say Pavel Valkovich, 28, got into hot water after an informant helped them arrest him for a PayPal account-transfer scheme. So Valkovich, from Sherman Oaks, did the natural thing and tried to hire a hit man......

We'll give you the good news first: The recession is officially over and the economy will continue to grow according to the latest UCLA Anderson Forecast. The bad news? Job losses in California will reach a record high of nearly 13 percent by the end of the month and that......

State Assemblyman Paul Krekorian was elected Tuesday to serve as an East Valley representative of the Los Angeles City Council. Since he's new to the body, we've assembled this handy guide to the way things really work downtown. Councilman, if you follow these simple rules, you'll get along just fine:......

The same storm that brought rain and waves to Southern California this week pumped up the surf on the North Shore of Oahu, allowing organizers of the occasional, conditions-dependent Quiksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau contest to give the invitational a green light. Perpetual world champ Kelly Slater was in......

The Los Angeles City Council is set to vote on a law that would eliminate most of the 540 or so operating marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles. After two years of grappling with the issue the council will likely limit the number of pot shops, capping them at 137. The......

State Assemblyman Paul Krekorian beat former Hollywood studio executive Christine Essel in Tuesday's election to fill the city's Council District 2 seat. With 19,170 votes cast, Krekorian took 56 percent to Essel's 43 percent for that shot at the City Council. See for yourself at the City Clerk's website......

More than half of a small (and decidedly scientifically invalid) number of ex-Los Angeles Times editorial staffers recently surveyed believe the storied paper will eventually close, according to a report published at TheJournalismShop.com on Tuesday. About 57 percent of 75 former Times editorial employees tracked down through an online group......