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Dennis Romero

Breaking News Reporter

I cover domestic and global breaking news as it happens, almost always remotely, from mass shootings and natural disasters to pop culture stories. As a native San Diegan who learned reporting by watching some of the best working in Los Angeles, I specialized in crime and police, Hollywood diversity and cutting-edge music. The reemergence of the Chicano identity in the Trump era, the calls for social change after George Floyd’s murder, observing Elon Musk's use of century old technology to tout a vision of the future — it's all news to me. 

I cover domestic and global breaking news as it happens, almost always remotely, from mass shootings and natural disasters to pop culture stories. As a native San Diegan who learned reporting by watching some of the best working in Los Angeles, I specialized in crime and police, Hollywood diversity and cutting-edge music. The reemergence of the Chicano identity in the Trump era, the calls for social change after George Floyd’s murder, observing Elon Musk's use of century old technology to tout a vision of the future — it's all news to me. 


Latest from Dennis Romero

37m ago

49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall shot in the chest in San Francisco robbery attempt

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday, authorities and his team said.

49ers rookie Ricky Pearsall shot in the chest in San Francisco robbery attempt

San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Ricky Pearsall was shot in the chest during an attempted robbery in San Francisco on Saturday, authorities and his team said.
15h ago

7 dead, including 2 children, and 36 injured after bus crashes in Mississippi

Seven people, including a 6-year-old and a 16-year-old, are dead and 36 were injured after a passenger bus traveling from Atlanta to Dallas crashed in Mississippi early Saturday morning.
5d ago

2 people killed, 1 injured in reported tire explosion at Delta facility in Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport

Two people were killed and one was injured when a tire reportedly exploded at a Delta Air Lines facility adjacent to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Tuesday morning, officials said.
5d ago

Trump shooter believed to have used air-conditioning unit to get on roof

The gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump last month gained access to the roof he fired from by getting atop an air-conditioning unit, a source briefed on the investigation said.

Student fatally shot in apparent murder-suicide at Rice University

A college student was found fatally shot in her dorm room in Houston on Monday afternoon, and the suspect in the shooting, whom she was dating, was found dead nearby, officials said.
5d ago

Travis King, U.S. Army private who ran into North Korea, to plead guilty to desertion

Travis King, the U.S. Army private who ran into North Korea last year, will plead guilty to desertion as part of a plea deal, his lawyer said Monday.
5d ago

Alaska landslide kills 1 person and injures 3 in Ketchikan, authorities say

One person was killed and three were injured by a landslide that prompted a mandatory evacuation in the Alaska city of Ketchikan, authorities said.
6d ago

Legendary wrestler Sid Eudy, also known as Sid Justice and Sid Vicious, dies at 63

Sid Eudy, a wrestler for WWE and WCW who performed under the names Sid Vicious, Sid Justice and Sycho Sid, has died at the age of 63 after a battle with cancer.

Pro wrestling legend Sid Eudy, known to fans as Sid Vicious, dies at 63

Pro wrestling legend Sid Eudy, whose big frame and imposing presence catapulted him to the top of the industry in the 1990s, has died, the coroner of Crittenden County, Arkansas, confirmed Monday.
6d ago

Woman's death at Burning Man is under investigation

A woman died Sunday on the first day of the Burning Man festival in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert, the event and local authorities announced.