Dennis Romero

Some find it hard to believe that Santa Monica, with a median housing price of $1.6 million, is home to two entrenched gangs. The residents of the Pico Neighborhood, near Santa Monica College, know the fact well. Preston Wayne Brumfield, 49, was a neighborhood character. He had a metal plate......

The Los Angeles City Council today approved a $7.2 million deal to transition its internal-server-based email system to Google's free email services. The move was designed to save the city money, and apparently it will, but why is the council paying more than 7 mil to use the kind of......

Some of us are rooting for the mayor. He's struggled under a crumbling economy, a weak-mayor city council structure and a school district that, despite his promises, is clearly out of his hands. In 2005, a time that seems so go-go compared to today, Antonio Villaraigosa sat in the mayor's......

Attention Silver Lake and Echo Park hipsters: The Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension is set to open Nov. 15. It goes from Little Tokyo, through Boyle Heights, to East Los Angeles. If you don't live along the Gold Line -- if you're not able to take a bus directly north......

One of four teenagers arrested in connection with a string of burglaries that breached the homes of local celebrities was working on a pilot for the E! network, according to the channel's news site. Alexis Neirs, 18, says she didn't do anything wrong besides choosing the wrong crowd with which......

Not to blame the victims, but this was bound to happen. The home-loan modification business has been filled with so many sharks that state Attorney General Jerry Brown has called the entire statewide industry a "shadowy world." The source of his ire are those companies that take cash up front......

Shauna Sand, cougar extraordinaire and ex of Lorenzo Lamas, is the latest and, arguably, the oldest celeb to star in her own commercially released sex tape. The self-proclaimed 38-year-old (clears throat), a mother of three, would not be outdone by onetime adult stars Paris Hilton and Kim Kardashian. She will......

The U.S. Department of Energy today announced that 37 research projects, including one launched locally, are in line for $151 million in federal funding that aims to "develop nimble, creative and inventive approaches to transform the global energy landscape," according to a department statement. The local recipient, Thousand Oaks-based Ceres,......

Los Angeles police announced that five people, four of them female teenagers, have been arrested in connection with a string of burglaries targeting "well-known celebrities" and other well-heeled citizens of the Hollywood Hills.Strangely, while the suspect crew seems to vaguely follow the description and working style of a trio captured......

Dubai might have its man-made islands and Shaghai residents might squint under the glare of all the new skyscrapers there, but California is still where the economic action is. That's according to the latest issue of Time magazine, which states that, despite the budget mess in Sacramento, struggling schools and......