Dennis Romero

City Council committees this week will look at a proposal written by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich that would essentially ban most of the 800 or so medical marijuana dispensaries currently registered with the city. The proposal would limit the number of dispensaries by district, prohibit the sale of pot for......

Presumptive Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck was once accused of attempting to cover up a taxpayer-fueled treasure chest of millions of dollars that was allegedly amassed at the Los Angeles Police Relief Association while he was president of the group. The claim was leveled at him nearly 10 years......

Eastside son Antonio Villaraigosa beamed Saturday as he helped to dedicate the Metro Gold Line extension train that runs from downtown to East Los Angeles. Free rides are being offered Sunday to celebrate the opening and to lure the bus-riding masses. And while a vast majority of county transit users......

If you felt like the 90-minute Michael Jackson memorial, complete with video clips, music performances and a worldwide, live airing on more channels than carry a presidential address, was one long infomercial for this fall's blockbuster concert film This Is It (which made $200 million worldwide at last count) you're......

If you're frustrated by the city's inability to control those Times Square/Vegas Strip-like digital billboards and towering, slab-sided "supergraphic" ads, there's a crusader on your side, and he actually works for us -- unlike those other city politicians who seem to work for developers, media companies and billionaires.City Attorney Carmen......

The sheriff's department says he's the oldest tagger they've busted even though the suspect, a 74-year-old, is more of "snipe" marketer who's allegedly been plastering bumper stickers around town that read, "Who Is John Scott?"The bizarre saga unfolded after sheriff's investigators began searching for the older man behind the stickers......

Developer Doug Ring was found dead in his Brentwood home Thursday, and a coroner's official says the attorney and husband of former Westside city Councilwoman Cindy Miscikowski might have committed suicide. "The initial report from the police said that was a possibility,'' said coroner's investigator Jerry McKibben. "It's being investigated......

Metrolink's board today backed off from a six percent fare hike that it had threatened to put into effect starting Jan. 1. Instead it's going to pursue more creative options in order to try to deal with a budget gap. The train system is hurting in this economy -- just......

File this under the Department of WTF: A woman who was being watched by police because of threats by a former lover was fatally stabbed -- apparently by said lover -- as cops sat in a patrol car outside, according to KTLA News. The attack happened about 11:40 p.m. Wednesday......