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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2012 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• Penn Jillete's Obama-Marijuana-Crackdown-Is-Whack Tirade Goes Taiwanese!

  published May 24, 2012

  On his recent Penn's Sunday School show, magician, comedian, and medical pot defender Penn Jillette blasted President Barack Obama for unleashing federal goons on California's medical marijuana i... More >>

• Disabled Californians Have No Right to Smoke Weed, Federal Court Rules

  published May 22, 2012

  This isn't exactly surprising, seeing as how marijuana remains illegal under federal law despite having been legalized for medicinal purposes in more than 15 states. But yesterday,a three-judge panel ... More >>

• Four Tons of Floating Weed Discovered Off Dana Point

  published May 21, 2012

  Presumably this is unrelated to the arrival of Japanese tsunami debris along the California coastline that we've all been hearing about. But at about noon yesterday, a boater who either really hates m... More >>

• Better Call Glew: A Driver's Guide to DUI Stops

  published May 18, 2012

  What should I do if I get pulled over after one too many drinksrThe first thing an officer looks for during a traffic stop, are objective signs of intoxication (OSI's), including bloodshot watery red ... More >>

• Ron Paul Ends Campaign: Who Wins The Pot Voter

  published May 14, 2012

  It's being widely reported today--including right here on Navel Gazing, like one minute ago--that Ron Paul is bowing out of the 2012 presidential race, or more accurately, ceasing any campaigning in s... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Driving While Beltless!

  published May 11, 2012

  Is it true the police can arrest you for not wearing your seatbelt or if you drive without your IDr The sad and alarming answer to both questions is yes. According to the United States Supreme Court ... More >>

• Cartels Say Thank You To OC's Medical Marijuana Crackdown!

  published May 11, 2012

  This week has been full of crappy news for advocates of medical marijuana here in Orange County. First, there was the failed effort by U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) to amend t... More >>

• The Kelly Thomas Beating & 'Fullerton Metal Jacket': Where It All Started

  published May 09, 2012

  The first thing I thought of when I heard about the Kelly Thomas beating was the first cover story I wrote for OC Weekly some 16 years ago. "Fullerton Metal Jacket: When The Police Go Military, The Ci... More >>

• Top Five Cases of OC Killer Cops NOT Caught on Film

  published May 08, 2012

  **READ OUR 2003 COVER STORY ON OC'S 31 SCARIEST COPS!**The shocking video footage of six Fullerton cops cursing, threatening, and then beating the living crap out of mentally ill homeless person Kelly... More >>

• Better Call Glew: When Am I Resisting Arrestr

  published May 04, 2012

  My boyfriend was arrested for DUI and when the cop went to put the handcuffs on him he pulled his hands away. He was just afraid and reacted without thinking. The officer told him to hold still while ... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Am I Allowed To Film The Policer

  published Apr 26, 2012

  Please help me with a bet between friends. We are debating whether you can videotape the police in public. What's the scooprThe short answer to your question is yes, in California you are allowed... More >>

• LA Riots Remembered

  published April 26, 2012

  I didn't know my role in the LA Riots had been captured on film until a decade ago, on the 10th anniversary of the event. I was sitting on the... More >>

• Eric Miller Sentenced to Six Years For John Chamberlain Murder

  published Apr 23, 2012

  The last of the nine former Theo Lacy Jail inmates charged in the Oct. 5, 2006 murder of John Chmaberlain, a fellow prisoner suspected of being a child molester, has been sentenced to prison. Miller, ... More >>

• [UPDATE W/UGANDANS RESPONDING TO KONY 2012] Peter Ngugi, OC Weekly's Kenyan Intern Reviews Kony 2012 Part Deux

  published Apr 20, 2012

  Editors Note: Peter Ngugi's review of KONY 2012 starts below. Go to end of review to see a new film of Ugandans calling B.S. on the original film, which they released in timing with today's global "Co... More >>

• Raul Villafana Sentenced to 15 Years to Life for John Chamberlain Murder

  published Apr 13, 2012

  In a hearing this morning at the Orange County Superior Courthouse, Raul Villafana, 25, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison, becoming the eighth former Theo Lacy Jail inmate to be sentenced in... More >>

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  FEATURED STORY

  Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine Win New Trial, Convictions Tossed!

  published Apr 13, 2012

  It's official: Former OC Weekly cover story icons Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine are no longer convicted felons.Both men were operators of a pair of Long Beach marijuana dispensaries as well as Garde... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Get Out of My Yard Or I'll Call The Cops!

  published Apr 12, 2012

  This weekend I was going to my friend's house and, as always, I cut across my friend's neighbor's yard because it's much quicker than going around the property on the sidewalk.  Anyways, I was us... More >>

• Emmanuel Walker Was the Snitch

  published April 12, 2012

  When paramedics arrived at the 600 block of Cerritos Avenue, Steven Brown was still alive. It was just after 7 in the morning on May 17,... More >>

• [UPDATE: Oaksterdam's Lee Retires] Feds Raid Oaksterdam University As Local Lawmakers Demand End to Pot War

  published Apr 06, 2012

  UPDATE, April 6, 12:00 p.m.: According to the LA Times news blog, Oaksterdam University's founder Richard Lee is retiring from the medical marijuana industry he helped create. "I've been doing this a ... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Can Cops Search Your Car Over A Speeding Ticketr

  published Apr 05, 2012

  The other day I was pulled over by an OC Sheriff for speeding. When he came up to my car, he told me why he pulled me over and asked me to get out of my car. The cop then had me put my hands on the ho... More >>

• Ayn Rand's Deranged Scribblings On View At Chapman University!

  published Apr 03, 2012

  You had Anthem foisted on you by your junior high school English teacher and later, as a pretentious college student, you slogged your way through The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged. Somehow you never... More >>

• Better Call Glew: A Case of Improbable Cause

  published Mar 30, 2012

  This weekend I got a DUI. The way the cop stopped me seemed weird to me though. He said he pulled me over for speeding.  I knew I wasn't speeding because I saw him behind me and when I asked how ... More >>

• Why The Voice Project, America's Latest Anti-Kony Project, is B.S.

  published Mar 26, 2012

  Editor's note: OC Weekly's infamous Kenyan intern, Peter Ngugi, still doesn't have his own blog account, so once again, I'm posting this on his behalf. Take it away, Peter...As former President George... More >>

• Craig Monteilh, Con Artist and FBI's Mosque Spy, Now Peddling Pillow Talk

  published Mar 23, 2012

  You've got to hand it to Craig Monteilh. His story keeps changing, but it keeps getting more sexy every time. First, he cons the FBI into paying him thousands of dollars a week to spy on Orange C... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Since When Can't I Drink a Beer on My Patior

  published Mar 22, 2012

  A couple weeks ago I was at my buddy's house on Balboa peninsula having a couple beers on his patio when this bicycle cop on the boardwalk stopped and told us we had to turn down the music or he would... More >>