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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2009 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

  published Dec 30, 2009

  Headline: AUTISTIC GIRL FINDS HER VOICE THROUGH OPERAComment: I don't understand why the Register has a column entirely devoted to Mexican people's causes. Do you ever cover people who are non hispani... More >>

• Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

  published Dec 29, 2009

  Headline: SEARCH STILL ON FOR 13-YEAR-OLD, BOYFRIEND WHO FIRED SHOTComment: Another quality day in Santa Ana. I almost wonder if society would be better served if we built a twenty foot wall around th... More >>

• Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Day

  published Dec 28, 2009

  Earlier this year, I wrote a weekly column called Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Week. Remember the snappy logorrI killed the column after about a month for two reasons. First, not long ... More >>

• Arthur Carmona's Killer Pleads Guilty in Return for No Prison Time

  published Dec 18, 2009

  Call it the almost perfect crime. Early in the morning of February 17, 2008, a fight broke out at a party in Santa Ana. People scattered into the street, including Felix Abreu, who drove his car into ... More >>

• Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Down in California, Report Finds

  published Dec 15, 2009

  Yesterday, the California Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released its annual hate crime report, "The Status of Muslim Civil Rights, California 2009." Despite the name, the... More >>

• OC's Cannabis Planet Inspired by Weed-friendly OC Weekly

  published Dec 11, 2009

  In case you didn't already notice, yesterday, December 10, was a big day for the OC Weekly and weed. First of all there was our feature story, "Distant Karma" about Brotherhood of Eternal Love fugitiv... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Distant Karma Catches Up With the Brotherhood's Brenice Lee Smith

  published December 10, 2009

  Distant KarmaThe wheel of life brings Brotherhood of Eternal Love member Brenice Lee Smith back to OC for a brief stay in... More >>

• Tustin Councilwoman Deborah Gavello and Her Colleagues are Driving One Another Barking Mad

  published December 10, 2009

  Gone to the DogsTustin City Councilwoman Deborah Gavello and her colleagues are driving one another barking madIt... More >>

• FBI Rejects OC Mosque Informant's Complaint; Lawsuit Looms

  published Dec 08, 2009

  Remember Craig Monteilh, that wacky convicted con artist who somehow convinced the FBI to pay him to spy on MuslimsrHe's been trying for almost a year now to win recognition as a hero for supposedly s... More >>

• Hashing Out U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan

  published Dec 03, 2009

  Check out this amusing footage of Afghan soldiers--who appear to be fighting alongside British advisors--smoking the Buddha during their lunchtime break. After hearing about the latest idea from Rep. ... More >>

• Fugitive Buddhist Monk Pleads Guilty, Goes Free Tonight, Brotherhood Case Finally Closed!

  published Nov 20, 2009

  Brenice Lee Smith, the last remaining fugitive from the once-infamous 1972 Brotherhood of Eternal Love case, will be set free from Theo Lacy Prison tonight, having pleaded guilty this morning to trans... More >>

• Forty-Year-Old Fugitive Monk/'Hippie Mafia" Case Gets Goofier

  published Nov 13, 2009

  Orange County Sheriff's Department inmate number 2537327, better known as Brenice "Brennie" Lee Smith--or Dorje to his family and fellow Buddhist devotees--has been behind bars for almost two months n... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Western Medical Center's Owners Sued Their Doctors to Muzzle Them, But One Wouldn't Shut Up

  published November 12, 2009

  Silent TreatmentThe owners of Western Medical Center sued their own doctors to muzzle them. But one doctor wouldn’t shut... More >>

• REPORT: Freedom Fat Cats Enriched Themselves While Company Burned

  published Nov 06, 2009

  Remember Freedom Corp, the folks who own the OC RegisterrYeah, that Freedom Corp, the one that filed for bankruptcy in September. The one that announced Nov. 2 that its 118-year-old East Valley Tribun... More >>

• Lawyer for Jailed Brotherhood Figure Demands Dismissal of Case

  published Oct 29, 2009

  Wow, that was fast.Yesterday I blogged that a judge denied a request by Gerardo Gutierrez, the lawyer for Brenice Lee Smith, the onetime member of the Brotherhood of Eternal Love who has spent the pas... More >>

• Why is Brenice Lee Smith Still Behind Bars, Awaiting Trialr

  published Oct 28, 2009

  A man accused of of membership in the so-called "Hippie Mafia"--and who has spent the past three decades living a peaceful, possession-free life in a Nepalese monastery--has now been languishing in ja... More >>

• Was Brotherhood Member Brenice Lee Smith a Felonious Monk?

  published October 22, 2009

  Felonious Monk?After three decades in Nepal, a fugitive in a hippie-era hash-smuggling case returns to OC in... More >>

• Feds Finally Lighten Up on Those Who Light Up

  published Oct 19, 2009

  In a move that will likely increase President Obama's favorable rating even here in conservative Orange County, Attorney General Eric Holder ordered federal drug agents to stop prosecuting cases invol... More >>

• [FINAL UPDATE] Fugitive Buddhist Monk Arrested in Hippie-Era Hash Smuggling Case!

  published Oct 16, 2009

  Scroll down to just below this photo for the latest news... rFirst the bad news: Despite hopes that the Orange County District Attorney's Office would have come to its senses and drop the charges by ... More >>

• Governor Signs Arthur Carmona-inspired Wrongful Convictions Bill

  published Oct 12, 2009

  When he died at the hands of a hit-and run driver early last year, Arthur Carmona was still hard at work trying to help people like him who had been convicted of crimes they didn't commit, and whose p... More >>

• OC-Raised Lawyer Says New FBI Footage Shows OK City Bombing Coverup

  published Oct 09, 2009

  On March 31, 2008, Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue won an unprecedented legal victory over the FBI in his years-old lawsuit to force the agency to hand over everything it has on the mysterious... More >>

• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Week: OC Weekly Edition

  published Oct 02, 2009

  Another Friday, another edition of Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Week. As more than a few readers have noted, you don't have to read the Register to find racist comments. Increasingly, it seem... More >>

• Garden Grove Pays Half a Million to Settle Brutality Suit With Santos Family

  published Sep 30, 2009

  Remember that feature story from last year, "Party Crashers"r The one with the cover artwork showing a birthday cake with all these cops as candles and the headline that said "At this Garden Grove Fa... More >>

• Breakshot Author Kenji Gallo Book Signing Tomorrow

  published Sep 25, 2009

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• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Week: ACFU Edition

  published Sep 25, 2009

  Maybe all the hot weather of late has made the haters sluggish, but this was a particularly slow week for racist commentary in the OC Register's reader comments. For a while, it appeared that the bulk... More >>