Dennis Romero

First AME Church has filed suit against a woman who is claiming in superior court that the powerful congregation's leader, Rev. John J. Hunter, coerced her into having sex with him as part of her employment. The legal push-back on the part of the South Los Angeles institution came Tuesday......

An elite event to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Los Angeles Police Department, to mark the end of Chief William Bratton's tenure, and to provide yet another opening ceremony for the new Police Administration Building will feature Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien as an emcee, Wolfgang Puck as a......

A lawsuit against controversial First AME Church Rev. John J. Hunter claims that he pressured a subordinate for on-demand sex as "God's will."Rev. Brenda Lamothe, who now works for the office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, says in a complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court that the married pastor pressured......

The trial of a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) officer accused of murdering an arrestee could come to Los Angeles after a state's Administrative Office of the Courts suggested the move following a judge's ruling that the suspect probably can't get a fair jury in Alameda County. Johannes Mehserle is......

Despite the mayor's insistence that inner-city residents want -- and need -- denser housing developments in their neighborhoods, the locals in one Northeast Los Angeles neighborhood shut down a monstrous housing wart planned for the top of a picturesque hill in their area. In it's place, they're getting 20 acres......

If you were the "super-tall fireman" on Halloween, a 1920s flapper is looking for you. The Clockwork Orange "boys" in Vegas over the weekend are also sought for amorous inquiry by a woman. Likewise, "that Indian girl at Monster Massive" is the subject of a virtual gentleman caller. Craigslist's Missed......

Laura Chick, the former city controller who tried to account for tax dollars penny by penny, putting many council members on notice, is the new sheriff in town in Sacramento as a state inspector charged with keeping tabs on federal stimulus money headed to the Golden State. She's already ruffling......

A USC journalism student put together an enterprising video report about city parking tickets, and the results probably won't surprise you: He captured Department of Transportation Parking Enforcement officers issuing tickets for parking during street sweeping hours even when street sweepers never came around. A DOT official gives student Matt......

Tenants at some of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling's more-recently acquired Koreatown properties allege that the basketball magnate weeded out black and Latino residents in favor of Koreans who were perceived as being people who don't "complain" as much, according to one fair-housing advocate.It looks like the Clippers......