Email AuthorDennis Romero
On Earth Day, UCLA Bans Smoking Forever
April 22, 2013 in The Informer
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: Yet Another Alleged Killer Used Marijuana (Let The Debate Begin)
April 22, 2013 in The Informer
Run For Boston Tonight In Venice
April 22, 2013 in The Informer
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Limousine Accidents In Malibu, Valley; One Fatal
April 22, 2013 in The Informer
Larry Lamsa / FlickrNew York has its taxis. San Francisco has its trolleys and bicycles. In Los Angeles, perhaps no other mode of transportation is as emblematic as our limousines...
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Al Michaels Gets DUI In Dicey Santa Monica Neighborhood
April 22, 2013 in The Informer
Al Michaels via NBC.Football announcer Al Michaels committed a major foul over the weekend. At least according to Santa Monica police, who stopped him in a dicier part of town and...
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Has The LAPD Stopped Publicizing Its DUI Checkpoints?
April 19, 2013 in The Informer
John Liu / FlickrLAPD Chief Charlie Beck said a few years back that he didn't like publicizing the exact locations of his department's DUI checkpoints. But the LAPD did just...
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Electric Car Racing Coming To L.A. Streets?
April 19, 2013 in The Informer
FIAThe city of Los Angeles hasn't seen big-league, sanctioned auto racing in years as far as we know (and if anyone out there knows the history here feel free to...
Hooters Bomb Joke Shuts Down Hollywood Boulevard
April 18, 2013 in The Informer
Cat With Taped Up Snout, Paws Abandoned At L.A. Animal Shelter (PHOTOS)
April 18, 2013 in The Informer
20,000 Illegal Gun Owners In California Are Known To Authorities ... But Roam Free
April 18, 2013 in The Informer
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One in 4 Angelenos Breathes Toxic Freeway Air Every Morning
April 18, 2013 in The Informer
Trash-Photography / LA Weekly Flickr poolSee also: Black Lung Lofts: Children in hip new housing within 500 feet of L.A. freeways get permanent lung damage. On some crisp, spring mornings you...
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Porn Industry Issues 'Call To Action' Against State Condom Law
April 18, 2013 in The Informer
Porn's Jessie Andrews by Nate 'Igor' Smith for LA Weekly.As the porn industry flees Los Angeles in search of a better life, one free of condoms, it's also simultaneously battling...
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Most Men Don't Carry Condoms On Dates, L.A. Poll Finds
April 18, 2013 in The Informer
Voitek Pendrak / FlickrMen are pigs. And to prove it, an L.A.-based website about all things masculine has unleashed a poll of some of its readers showing that most guys show...
Last Call At 4 a.m. Gets Support Of L.A. Clubs
April 17, 2013 in The Informer
Marijuana Shops In WeHo Raided As Gang-Related, Criminal Enterprises, Cops Say
April 17, 2013 in The Informer
Porn's L.A. Condom Mandate To Be Defended In Court By AIDS Group
April 17, 2013 in The Informer
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Puppies Victorious: L.A. Shelter Pets Will Not Be Left Alone Overnight
April 17, 2013 in The Informer
Bev Sykes / FlickrAfter the head of L.A.'s city animal shelters proposed leaving dogs, cats and other animals home alone overnight at the facilities to save money, the animal-rights world...
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Drinking Too Much Makes You Stupid, But SoCal Researcher Has A Cure
April 17, 2013 in The Informer
Cristiano Betta / FlickrWe all know that drinking a lot makes you stupid. What we don't really know is if there's an antidote to this mental decline. Now a Southern California...
'Run For Boston' Tomorrow Morning In Santa Monica
April 16, 2013 in The Informer
Ciclavia To Get Beefed Up Security Sunday In Wake of Boston Attacks
April 16, 2013 in The Informer
Man Set On Fire At Long Beach 7-Eleven Dies
April 16, 2013 in The Informer
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Popcornopolis CFO Held Hostage by An Armed Female Employee
April 16, 2013 in The Informer
A Miami Heat cheerleader posing for Popcornopolis, via Facebook.An armed female employee came to work at Popcornopolis, an El Segundo popcorn company, and held its chief financial officer hostage this...
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Sal Castro, East L.A. School Walkout Leader, Dies At 79
April 16, 2013 in The Informer
Sal CastroSal Castro, an Eastside teacher who helped solidify the Chicano movement that shaped Civil Rights-era Mexican American identity, died on Monday at the age of 79 after battling cancer. While...
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Porn Pulls Out Of L.A.
April 16, 2013 in The Informer
Keith Plocek / LA WeeklyAfter you, the L.A. County voter, decided in November to mandate condom use in local porn production, the adult industry has nearly pulled out of town,...
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Boston Marathon Explosions Injure Several Runners; Race Called Off
April 15, 2013 in The Informer
Screen-grab of Boston Globe video (see the clip at the bottom).Many updates at the bottom: Three are now reported dead; L.A. authorities are on heightened alert. First posted at 12:23...
