Email Author NICK SCHOU

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 29, 2010

  "Don't Start a Riot"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published May 20, 2010

  "Will This Pot Case Get Weeded Out?"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 29, 2010

  "Crash First..."

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 19, 2010

  "Murder? Are You Crazy?"

• 2008 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published November 21, 2007

  "Just a Random Female"

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2013 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• OC's Potpocalypse Arrives in Anaheim

  published May 20, 2013

  Some of Orange County's last-standing medical-marijuana dispensaries have until May 24 to shut down. On May 17, following a similar action in Garden Grove that came in the wake of the recent Californ... More >>

• Feds Still Targeting Medical Marijuana Dispensary Profiled by Weekly

  published May 17, 2013

  In my dead-tree edition of the Bong Blotter this week, about the ongoing potpocalypse in Orange County, I quoted the wheelchair-bound medical marijuana activist Marla James about her difficulties in f... More >>

• All 62 Dispensaries Shut Down In Garden Grove: Update

  published May 16, 2013

  Scroll down to the end of the post for updates. Original Post, May 8, 10:42 a.m.: For the past few years, Garden Grove has been one of the most reliably 420-friendly cities in California. It remains... More >>

• SoCal Edison Girds Public For Summer Power Outages

  published May 15, 2013

  Uh, this doesn't sound good. A day after federal judges ruled that Southern California Edison (SCE) can't reopen its troubled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) without a full public revie... More >>

• Orange County Bids Farewell to Storefront Marijuana Dispensaries

  published May 16, 2013

  The medical-marijuana bubble has officially burst in California. Until recently, anyone with a $20 doctor's note and a hankering for... More >>

• Study Shows Stoners Are Skinnier Than You Thought

  published May 15, 2013

  It's a known fact that marijuana gives you the munchies, which is why it's a great medication for AIDS patients and people experiencing loss of appetite because of chemotherapy. In the eyes of critics... More >>

• Are The Feds Unfairly Targeting Muslim Students Who Oppose Israelr

  published May 14, 2013

  In Washington D.C. today, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) opened a probe of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), following reports that the IRS was unfairly targeting conservative non-profit ... More >>

• Federal Judges Rule San Onofre Can't Reopen Without Full Public Hearing

  published May 14, 2013

  In yet another major setback for the scandal-plagued San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board (ASLB) has ruled that the power plant may not open without a f... More >>

• Long Beach Cops Acting Like Douchebags: The Criterion Collection

  published May 13, 2013

  Regular readers of Navel Gazing already know that of all the cities that have cracked down on marijuana in Southern California, none have been as lame and hypocritical as Long Beach. First, the city ... More >>

• OC & Riverside Democrats Struggle to Reverse California's Potpocalypse

  published May 13, 2013

  When it comes to mainstream American politics, usually it's the Libertarian Party that one would associate with a pro-marijuana (medical or otherwise) agenda, but now you can add the Democratic Party ... More >>

• California Supreme Court Upholds Cities' Right to Ban Pot Clubs

  published May 06, 2013

  Note to states considering medical marijuana measures: Don't forget to include a statute forcing cities and counties to enact zoning laws that will allow storefront dispensaries to operate. Without s... More >>

• Judge Overturns Doctor's Multi-Million-Dollar Whistleblower Award

  published May 03, 2013

  A few months ago, it appeared that all the years Dr. Michael Fitzgibbons spent struggling to clear his name had paid off--to the tune of $5.7 million. That's the amount an Orange County jury awarded ... More >>

• Institute For Justice Aids Anaheim Landlord Threatened By DEA In Case First Exposed By The Weekly

  published May 01, 2013

  Last August, Anaheim worked with the DEA to threaten dozens of landlords who had rented office space to cannabis collectives that were obeying state law, which allows such clubs to distribute medicine... More >>

• San Onofre Nuke Plant Could Permanently Close This Year

  published May 01, 2013

  Southern California Edison (SCE), which operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), has apparently acknowledged for the first time that it may have no choice but to shutter the aging p... More >>

• Cops Raid Illegal Fountain Valley Pot Grow

  published Apr 30, 2013

  Southern California Edison (SCE) apparently doesn't like it when you illegally tap into the company's electrical grid to power your indoor marijuana grow. So when it realized that whoever was living a... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Two OC Pot Smugglers Busted in Illinois With 16 Pounds of Weed

  published Apr 26, 2013

  Interstate 80 is a convenient highway to take if you're traveling from Northern California to the East Coast and are in a relative hurry. Because it begins in San Francisco, the nearest off-loading po... More >>

• [UPDATE: Drug Czar Spills the Beans:] Obama Administration: Recreational Marijuana Response Will Be All About the Kids

  published Apr 25, 2013

  See the update at the end of this post about Obama's drug czar spilling the beans on the prez's "new" pot policy.It's hard to say whether this is good news or bad news, but the Denver Post has an intr... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Free Syrian Army: How to Not Help

  published April 25, 2013

  Lewai Murad will not likely go down in the annals of history as the man who helped to overthrow Syrian president Bashar al-Assad by developing... More >>

• L.A. City Council Joins Anti-San Onofre Nuke Plant Chorus

  published Apr 24, 2013

  So far most of the noise being generated against the re-opening of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) has come from environmental watchdog groups. But now, the city of Los Angeles has j... More >>

• DEA Cracking Down On Santa Ana Pot Clubs

  published Apr 22, 2013

  On April 18, the DEA added Santa Ana to its list of cities where it has cracked down on medical marijuana dispensaries with the help of local officials.The Weekly has already reported how the feds rec... More >>

• [Update: NRC Gives Preliminary Approval] SCE Wants to Restart Troubled San Onofre Nuke Plant This June

  published Apr 17, 2013

  *See next page for an update on new developments in this story.Original Post, April 9, 4:56 p.m.: For months, Southern California Edison has been desperately trying to find ways to restart the San Ono... More >>

• Dana Rohrabacher To Feds: Respect State Marijuana Laws

  published Apr 15, 2013

  Like the proverbial broken clock that is right twice a day, U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) is occasionally doing things that aren't completely crazy, like defending the Taliban... More >>

• Obama Administration Bans Synthetic Weed

  published Apr 12, 2013

  More than four months after voters in Colorado and Washington State legalized recreational marijuana smoking, the Obama administration has yet to announce any plans to either tolerate those developmen... More >>

• Bay Area Researchers Claim Cannabis Can Cure Cancer

  published Apr 10, 2013

  Marijuana has been used for medicinal purposes--relieving stress and pain and fighting hunger and nausea--for centuries if not millennia. But now, a pair of doctors in San Francisco claim that they've... More >>

• Lou Correa's Drug DUI Bill Scheduled For April 23 Hearing

  published Apr 10, 2013

  On April 23, the California State Senate's public safety committee will hold hearings on SB289, the proposed law that would allow police to arrest anyone driving with even trace amounts of marijuana i... More >>