Dennis Romero

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L.A. River Goes Corporate: Land To Be Developed For Beautification

Dennis Romero
The concrete jungle that is the Los Angeles River just got its own corporation this week. According to the Associated Press (via KPCC, 89.3 FM) the Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation will get to buy, sell and develop property along the river from the west San Fernando Valley to East......
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'Who Killed The Electric Car?' Not I, Says GM

Dennis Romero
General Motors announced Wednesday that its much-anticipated Volt electric car will be available in California first, with the roll-out happening sometime late next year. The announcement was made to media at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. "It is natural that California is the lead market for Volt," stated Brent......
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Israeli Mob Crime On The Rise — LAPD

Dennis Romero
Los Angeles Police Department Deputy Chief Michael Downing said this week that Israeli organized crime was on the rise in Los Angeles and he mentioned the Oct. 30 North Hollywood synagogue shooting as "a stern warning linked to a criminal organization." The LAPD's counter-terrorism honcho made his comments to The......
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City-Touted $4 Million Benefit From Jackson Memorial Doubted

Dennis Romero
As the L.A. City Council takes up the strange saga of the Michael Jackson memorial next week, the critical question will be whether area businesses really reaped a $4 million windfall for an event that cost taxpayers $3.2 million, and whether memorial organizer Anschutz Entertainment Group should be formally asked......
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Google, Bloggers Involved In Theft Says Rupert Murdoch

Dennis Romero
Rupert Murdoch has been on a tear against Google, vowing to close off content he controls to the search giant and saying the web king, news aggregators and bloggers are all involved in "theft" of content created by journalism organizations like the ones he owns. His comments were made Tuesday......
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Mayor V. Has A Lot Of 'Capital,' Gives L.A. Yet Another New Title

Dennis Romero
You know him as the man who coined the phrases "farmers market capital of the world," "America's undisputed creative capital," and, of course, "the eco-fashion capital of the world," has created a new tag-line for Los Angeles. That's right, from this week forward, Los Angeles is the "capital of the......
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ESPN To Expand In L.A.: New Site To Be Launched Here

Dennis Romero
ESPN, and we're not just talking about "The Ocho" here, is expanding its presence in Los Angeles by launching a regionally focused sports-news site Dec. 21, Reuters reports. ESPN/ABC Sports president George Bodenheimer said the sports network will likely roll out similar sites in New York, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Pittsburgh......
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L.A. City Council Puts Off Pot-Shop Ordinance … Again

Dennis Romero
If you were an animal-rights advocate worried about the plight of cats and their claws, justice would be swift and City Hall would be at your service with a quick ban of declawing. But if, say, you lived next to a pot dispensary that did more business than a 7-Eleven......
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What Up My Ginger? The Healing Officially Begins

Dennis Romero
After the middle-school hate crime that was "kick a ginger" day, an area student promoting follicle (and freckled) diversity has started to get the pendulum moving the proper direction. Andrew Cohen, a senior at New Community Jewish High School in West Hills, is organizing the official "hug a ginger day"......