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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2008 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• DA Drops Charges Against Frank Santos, Who Was Accused of Pushing a Garden Grove Cop

  published November 27, 2008

  Push Comes to ShoveDA drops charges against a Garden Grove man accused of pushing a cop. Now, that officer’s aggressive... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Local Vets of Earlier Wars Say They Know What the New Iraq and Afghanistan PTSD Sufferers Are In For

  published November 6, 2008

  EARLIER WARS KNOW WHAT THOSE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETS ARE IN FOR More >>

• Anti-Obama Vandals Target Obama HQ in HB!

  published Nov 04, 2008

  When local Democratic Party activists showed up at their west county office in Huntington Beach this morning, they found evidence of some last-minute desperation among local McCain supporters: a plywo... More >>

• OC Register to Lay Off 110, Including 30 in Newsroom

  published Oct 31, 2008

  *Bumped to the top, with new info as it comes on the bottom... The following letter from Register publisher Terry Horne landed in my junk folder this morning, right about the time it apparently reach... More >>

• [Scariest People 2008] Orange Zombie

  published October 30, 2008

  Like many classic gore-fests, this one never truly explains why the streets of Orange County are overrun by shambling, flesh-eating... More >>

• [Election 2008] Ron Kovic's War on War

  published October 23, 2008

  Ron Kovic’s War on WarThe Born on the Fourth of July author returns to OC to make the case for... More >>

• Defense Contractor Airtech, a Big Rohrabacher Contributor, Is Under Investigation for Fraud

  published October 23, 2008

  Airtech-nical Foul?Local defense contractor and big campaign contributor to Dana Rohrabacher is under investigation for... More >>

• OC Register to Lay Off 30 Newsroom Employees

  published Oct 09, 2008

  Just received word from an anonymous but reliable source that the Register is going to announce the elimination of 30 newsroom positions tomorrow. The paper is hoping to avoid direct layoffs by gettin... More >>

• DeWayne McKinney, RIP, WTFr

  published Oct 07, 2008

  Just days after the Orange County District Attorney filed murder charges against Felix Abreu, the Santa Ana man who allegedly smashed his car into Arthur Carmona earlier this year, a man wrongfully ch... More >>

• Goat Boy: Not So Dead Edition

  published Oct 07, 2008

  With the global economy teetering on the brink of self-destruction, America still fighting a two-front war in Iraq and Pakistan, the LA Times about to fire the 75 people who somehow haven't been ... More >>

• [Best of OC 2008 Post Cards] Shops & Wares: Greetings From Sam Romero

  published October 9, 2008

  A lifelong resident of Santa Ana’s Logan Barrio, Romero is a vocal opponent of the city’s so-called “Renaissance”... More >>

• [Best of OC 2008 Post Cards] OC Life: Greetings From Roy Rivenburg

  published October 9, 2008

  When he quit last year, Rivenburg was a 15-year veteran at the Los Angeles Times most famous for his humorous “Recall... More >>

• Grand Theft Ketchup

  published Sep 30, 2008

  Last weekend, The Orange County Register reports, Steve Rocco was busted for stealing a bottle of ketchup from a cafeteria at Chapman University. He was observed taking the bottle by a security guard ... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Surf City Mayor Debbie Cook Takes on Dana Rohrabacher, OC's Weirdest Republican Congressman

  published September 18, 2008

  Seeds of Change?With little help from her fellow Democrats, Surf City mayor Debbie Cook takes on OC’s weirdest Republican... More >>

• Dead Again!

  published Sep 09, 2008

  For the second time in a year, a terrified American public has received the reassuring news that Adam Gadahn, a.k.a. "Goat Boy," is dead. Probably. As far as we know. Seeing as how we haven't heard mu... More >>

• Democratic Candidate Paul Lucas Says He's Still in Trouble for Playing Footsie With Republicans

  published August 28, 2008

  Toeing the LinePerennial Democratic candidate Paul Lucas says he’s still in trouble for playing footsie with the... More >>

• Pentagon Flyover Hysteria Rocks the Internets

  published Aug 19, 2008

  Ever since my cover story last Thursday hit the online conspiracy websites, my inbox has been bombarded with emails from folks obsessed with the events of Sept. 11, 2001 as they pertain to the U.S. Pe... More >>

• Do You Believe a Passenger Jet Hit the Pentagon on 9/11? These Men Say You've Been 'PentaConned!'

  published August 14, 2008

  If you believe a passenger jet hit the Pentagon on 9/11, then these local 'citizen investigators' say you've been . . .... More >>

• Stripper in Cop-Lap Dance Scandal Back in Jail

  published Aug 12, 2008

  The OC Register's Larry Wellborn has an interesting story on the paper's website today about Lisa Piho, the former Mr. J's topless dancer who was at the center of a bizarre scandal involving the strip... More >>

• Register Recalls OC's Woodstock

  published Aug 06, 2008

  Interesting article this week in the Register about what the paper calls Orange County's Woodstock, an August 1968 two-day rock concert at the Orange County Fairgrounds. Canned Heat, the Byrds, Jeffe... More >>

• Just How Did Those Gloves and That Gun End Up in Whistleblower Dr. Michael Fitzgibbons' Car?

  published July 31, 2008

  Doctored Evidence? A lawsuit alleges an intriguing theory about how a pair of gloves and a gun ended up in a whistleblower... More >>

• Lawsuit Alleges OC Hospital Framed Doctor on Gun Charges

  published Jul 17, 2008

  A lawsuit filed in Orange County Superior Court two days ago includes stunning allegations about a bizarre incident first reported by the Weekly two years ago. On June 28, 2006, Santa Ana police arre... More >>

• Times Begins Layoffs, Reg to Up the Anter

  published Jul 14, 2008

  Today, according to reports on LAObserved and Fishbowl LA, the Los Angeles Times got an early start to the layoffs announced last week of 150 newsroom employees. Editors have already drawn up lists of... More >>

• Another Witness Weighs In on the Jailhouse Beating of Ex-Kiss Guitarist Mark Leslie Norton

  published July 10, 2008

  Sack Attack Another witness weighs in on the jailhouse beating of ex-Kiss guitarist Mark Leslie Norton Although... More >>

• Times About to Lay Off 250 Employees

  published Jul 02, 2008

  Apparently trying to compete with the Orange County Register for worst place to work on the planet, the Los Angeles Times is about to lay off 250 people, including 150 newsroom employees, according to... More >>