Dennis Romero

It looks like the strange saga of a Southern California man accused by the U.S. Attorney of posing as a war hero -- uniform, Purple Heart, the whole get-up -- is coming to an end: Authorities on Friday announced that 39-year-old Steven Burton has agreed to plead guilty to unauthorized......

If filling your abode with cootie-covered furnishings and tableware from a hotel sounds as unsavory to you as it does to us, hold that thought: Goods from the Hotel Bel-Air are up for sale, and the cooties you end up with might have belonged to Robert De Niro, Elizabeth Taylor......

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has been on a tear against the porn industry and its often unhealthy ways. On Friday it convened a UCLA symposium of health-care groups in a step toward getting the state to force male porn stars to use condoms. God bless them for it, but it's......

Jaimiee Grubbs, one of three women being reported as possible part-time mistresses to golf pro Tiger Woods, was on staff at a San Fernando Valley medical marijuana dispensary as recently as a month ago, according to RadarOnline.Grubbs has been described as a waitress and reality show hopeful who reportedly met......

We've heard of pills stamped with the Mitsubishi car symbol, smiley-face icons and even Snoopy. But E in the likeness of the President of the United States? Yes we can: Authorities in Texas arrested a man who they say had 200 ecstasy pills in the shape and likeness of President......

A parks, recreation and transit advocacy group has sued the city of Los Angeles to stop construction of a war memorial at the site of L.A.'s birthplace, El Pueblo de Los Angeles. The plaintiff, City Project, argues that construction of the Eugene A. Obregon Congressional Medal of Honor Memorial at......

A Southern California pot-shop owner was arrested by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration because he allegedly tried to open two marijuana dispensaries while awaiting sentencing on a drug charge -- a no-no according to limits set by the judge in the case.Forty-two-year-old Vigil Grant III was taken into custody at......

Director Roman Polanski fled the United States in 1978 to avoid what was likely to be a 90-day sentence for unlawful sex with a minor. We recently stated that such a crime today would be treated much more harshly, and the Los Angeles Times on Thursday published an analysis of......

Start snitching: The Los Angeles Police Department is pairing up with the downtown Fashion District and the Motion Picture Association of America to offer a cool grand for information leading to the closure of DVD production operations in the area. (And note here that while you might end up dropping......