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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2007 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• Main Offender

  published April 26, 2007

  Garden Grove merchants say the city cut corners to let insider Steve Sheldon build condos More >>

• So I Married a Terrorist . . .

  published April 19, 2007

  Saraah Olsons strange trip through the U.S. war on terror More >>

• Thanks for the Work!

  published April 5, 2007

  An open letter to District Attorney Tony Rackauckas, Sheriff Mike Carona, and the police chiefs and mayors of... More >>

• Blind Spot

  published March 29, 2007

  For OC jail inmate John Chamberlain, jailhouse justice served as judge, juryand executioner More >>

• Inside the Kill Zone

  published March 15, 2007

  Eyewitnesses contradict official version of Surf City shooting More >>

• Girl On Film

  published March 8, 2007

  Lawsuit alleges mystery snuff film shows police informants death More >>

• Clandestine Camarones

  published February 22, 2007

  Enriques Mexican Restaurant might be the worst-kept secret in Long Beach, but the garlic shrimp is not More >>

• 'We Love Hunting Wetbacks'

  published February 22, 2007

  Costa Mesa Latino alleges Bizarre beatdown by OC Sheriffs Deputies More >>

• Eviction Blues

  published February 8, 2007

  Homeless musician vows crusade against landlords More >>

• Fire at Will

  published February 1, 2007

  Yet another open letter to Huntington Beach Police Chief Kenneth Small More >>

• Bumshell!

  published January 25, 2007

  Congressman Rohrabacher shuts door on Oklahoma City bombingand the mysterious death of a former OC resident More >>

• Santa Ana Showdown

  published January 18, 2007

  After Oscar Gallegos shot two Long Beach cops, he swore hed never be takenalive. His run for the border ended... More >>

• 'You Bug Everybody'

  published January 4, 2007

  More drama in courtroom of tenant-hating Judge Watson More >>

• You Can't Make This Shit Up

  published Sep 06, 2007

  I don't know why--probably just to make sure I'm not missing any important updates on the latest south county exit poll nobody cares about or to get my daily fix of aerial photographs of toll road con... More >>

• Stay Tooned, Part Two

  published Sep 05, 2007

  The animated fallout over my Aug. 17 story "Red Scare in Little Saigon," which detailed the anti-communist boycott of Garden Grove-based newspaper Viet Weekly ain't over yet. First there was the carto... More >>

• The Stupid American

  published Aug 28, 2007

  Yesterday I got an e-mail from my good friend and former colleague Anthony Pignataro, who's now the editor of the Maui Time Weekly (lucky bastard). Anyways, when Pignataro's not busy teasing me about ... More >>

• The Continuing Story of Goat Boy, the Pesky Terrorist

  published Aug 07, 2007

  If there's anything funny about the U.S. War on Terror and its hunt for al-Qaeda, it's the fact that nearly six years after 9/11, we still haven't been able to capture or kill Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a.k.... More >>

• Dude, Here's Your Pot!

  published Jul 17, 2007

  The all-Republican Orange County Supervisors voted 4-1 today in favor of allowing county residents who suffer from a variety of ailments to smoke and possess medical marijuana without being harassed b... More >>

• General Vang Pao Free on Bail!

  published Jul 13, 2007

  After a month in jail, Westminster resident and former CIA-backed Laotian Secret Army General Vang Pao is heading home. Yesterday, a federal judge in Sacramento granted a request by lawyers for Vang, ... More >>

• Yet Another Reason Why KFI Sucks, Part Two: The Final Insult

  published Jul 11, 2007

  Last July, I blogged about Coast to Coast AM disc jockey Art Bell's sudden departure from the airwaves when he disappeared to the Phillipines and emerged, just a few weeks later, as the proud husband ... More >>

• Fallujah Strikes Again!

  published Jun 13, 2007

  One of the most gruesome episodes in the U.S. war on Iraq began calmly enough as two SUVs with darkened windows negotiated the dense traffic of downtown Fallujah. It was the morning of March 31, 2004,... More >>