Dennis Romero

The Los Angeles County District Attorney on Tuesday defied the Los Angeles City Council leaders who pushed for a new marijuana dispensary ordinance that would allow cash, over-the-counter sales of pot. "The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office will continue to prosecute dispensary operators who violate California law," stated John......

The City Council on Tuesday unanimously confirmed Charlie Beck as the 55th chief of the Los Angeles Police Department.A lifelong cop, Beck was the top choice of former Chief William Bratton and Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Some critics believe that his selection was made too rapidly, without enough public input, but......

Ah, the outrageous bills, the alluring premium content that expires in three months, and the subscriber packages that never give you the exact channels you want -- not mention the lack of competition: Cable is so Soviet era. You've been clamoring to shed this ball and chain, and now maybe......

Gosh, how fast they grow up. It was only Sunday that the public got its first rides on the newborn Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension. Little tyke was so shiny and innocent, chugging along from downtown to East L.A. Then, on Monday, baby took her first urban steps. Two teenage......

Perhaps the joint city council committee looking at a new pot dispensary ordinance Monday had good reason to back off the city attorney's hard-and-fast ban on the "sale of marijuana" in Los Angeles: Two medical-marijuana advocacy groups have threatened to sue should such a law be passed by the city......

The political will just isn't there on the part of the City Council to deal with the out-of-control pot dispensary business in Los Angeles. That much was clear today when a joint committee meeting passed along the city attorney's proposed near-ban of medical marijuana businesses like an unwanted joint.The Public......

By Tibby Rothman and Dennis Romero Anschutz Entertainment Group, the owner of Staples Center and the organizer behind the controversial Michael Jackson memorial there in July, will pay to defray at least some of the city's costs to police, direct traffic and clean-up during and after the event, according to......

Charlie Beck, as a candidate for the chief's job at the Los Angeles Police Department, we hardly knew ya. And now the City Council is poised to approve your nomination starting at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.It's only been a few weeks, in fact, since you were named as a top-three finalist......

Backers of a proposed initiative that would repeal California's gay marriage ban today unveiled an online signature-gathering campaign they sail will utilize social networking to the democratic fullest: The goal for nonprofit group Love Honor Cherish is to get 1 million signatures in 150 days in order to put its......

It was cool to hear City Councilman Dennis Zine on news radio this morning discounting the benefit of the purported $4 million tourist-and-shopping stimulus brought by the Michael Jackson memorial at Staples Center in July. The city paid $3.2 million, mostly in overtime and regular staffing for police, to help......