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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2011 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• Rand Study On Medical Pot Among Year's Worst, Scientific American Says

  published Dec 29, 2011

  Remember that Rand Corporation study from earlier this year that claimed crime actually increased in L.A. neighborhoods where cops closed medical marijuana dispensariesr The one that forgot to include... More >>

• Joe Byron And Joe Grumbine Legal Defense Fundraiser This Friday

  published Dec 27, 2011

  Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine, the former operators of a pair of Long Beach medical marijuana dispensaries, as well as Garden Grove's Unit D collective, were convicted on Dec. 21 of selling marijuana sal... More >>

• Judge Charles D. Sheldon Is Captain Kangaroo

  published December 22, 2011

  At press time, the verdict was still out in the trial of Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine, the one-time Weekly cover boys (see " More >>

• Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine Guilty Of All Counts in Long Beach Pot Trial

  published Dec 21, 2011

  Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine, who operated a pair of Long Beach cannabis clubs as well as Garden Grove's Unit D collective until they were raided and arrested along with all of their employees two years... More >>

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  Laguna Beach Patch Revisits Town's Acid-Laced Past

  published Dec 15, 2011

  On Dec. 6, my book Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love and Acid to the World, came out in paperback. To celebrate that event, my friend and former OC W... More >>

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  Long Beach Pot Ban Narrowly Avoided, Vote Delayed to Jan. 10.

  published Dec 14, 2011

  At about 10:15 p.m. last night, after more than five hours of tedious proceedings, the Long Beach City Council deadlocked on a motion to ban medical marijuana collectives in the city, a measure strong... More >>

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  Obama Administration Promises (Again) Not to Wage War on Medical Marijuana

  published Dec 09, 2011

  Ever since the federal government announced a major crackdown on medical marijuana cultivators and dispensaries in California, a lot of people have been wondering what the hell Barack Obama is thinkin... More >>

• Does Long Beach Really Have to Ban Marijuana Dispensariesr

  published Dec 08, 2011

  Ever since a pair of Long Beach medical-marijuana smokers won a Sept. 24 ruling that threw the city's ordinance regulating cannabis clubs into doubt, rumors have abounded that Long Beach, whose 2010 o... More >>

• [UPDATED W/JUDGE'S LATEST ANTICS] Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine Trial: It's a Kangaroo Courtroom

  published Dec 07, 2011

  UPDATED, DEC. 7, 3 P.M.: The good news, if you can call it that, is that Judge Charles Sheldon, the 80-something judge in the trial of Joe Byron and Joe Grubmine, the former operators of a pair of Lon... More >>

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  Matthew Bransetter, Nolan Wickham, Get 3 Years Prison Time For Anti-Semitic Assault

  published Dec 06, 2011

  Two Rancho Santa Margarita men were sentenced to three years in state prison Dec. 2 for an assault earlier this year in a Coto de Caza park. On the evening of April 6, 2011, Matthew Gregory Bransetter... More >>

• Miguel Guillen, Chamberlain Murder Trial Defendant, Sentenced to 20 Years to Life

  published Dec 05, 2011

  Miguel Guillen, the 48-year-old former Theo Lacy Jail inmate convicted in October of the 2006 murder of fellow prisoner John Chamberlain, a Rancho Santa Margarita software engineer suspected of being ... More >>

• General Cannabis Buys Marijuana.com

  published Dec 01, 2011

  Weedmaps Media, Inc. a subsidiary of General Cannabis, the Newport Beach-based outfit that owns the world-famous marijuana dispensary and delivery service locating website Weedmaps.com, has purch... More >>

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  No Felony Charges In 2009 Orange County Ponzi Scheme That Bilked $800 Million From Investors

  published Nov 30, 2011

  It's been more than two years since the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sued Medical Capital Holdings (MCH), the Tustin lender that was embroiled in a bizarre hospital-related Ponzi sche... More >>

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  Lewis Gordon, OC Jail Inmate, Latest In-Custody Death

  published Nov 29, 2011

  The Orange County Sheriff's Department issued a press release yesterday announcing the death of Lewis Gordon, a 64-year-old Orange County Jail inmate. Lewis, who was arrested last May by police in San... More >>

• [UPDATED With Cops Raid Cannabis Cup!:] OC's Legendary Brotherhood of Eternal Love To Be Celebrated at High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam

  published Nov 23, 2011

  UPDATED POST, NOV. 23 12:05 P.M.: Update by Marisa GerberIn an unprecedented move, cops raided the Cannabis Cup today and made several arrests. About 150 uniformed police raided the High Times' c... More >>

• Captain America Brand Weed Seized in Major Cross-Border Tunnel Raid

  published Nov 17, 2011

  U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security agents seized 17 tons of marijuana Nov. 15, when they discovered a tunnel that appears to be one of the largest cross-border smuggling operations in recent years. Accor... More >>

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  Garden Grove, Pot Capital of Californiar

  published Nov 15, 2011

  There's an interesting story in today's Los Angeles Times titled "Cities Seek an Antidote to Medical Marijuana." The story, by Jessica Garrison, surveys how towns throughout California are trying to n... More >>

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  [UPDATED With Delay of Possible Pot Ban] Pot Protests Engulf Long Beach!

  published Nov 11, 2011

  UPDATED, Nov. 11, 11:00 A.M.: Hey everybody: happy 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year of the current millennium!And a happy hour it is indeed. Things might not be going so we... More >>

• [UPDATED With Official Explanation] Rancho Santa Margarita Extends Ban On Marijuana Dispensaries

  published Nov 10, 2011

  UPDATED, Nov. 10, 1:30 P.M.: There's an interesting story on the Rancho Santa Patch website about the city's recent moratorium. In it, city attorney Greg Simonian, who came up with the idea along with... More >>

• Joe Byron And Joe Grumbine Lose Motion, Must Stand Trial Nov. 28

  published Nov 09, 2011

  Ever since their December 2009 arrests for selling marijuana, Joe Byron and Joe Grumbine, founders of two collectives in Long Beach as well as Garden Grove's Unit D, have been to countless hearings at... More >>

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  The Chamberlain Files

  published November 10, 2011

  The first rule of being a reporter is to tell the story. Rule number two follows logically from rule number one. Don't be the... More >>

• Rosemary Sayegh, Allegedly Tied To Long Beach Pot Murder, Released From Jail

  published Nov 08, 2011

  Remember the mysterious March 24 murder of Philip Victor Williamson, the 29-year-old Chico resident who was shot in an alley and allegedly robbed of up to $500,000 cash and several pounds of marijuana... More >>

• State Farm Insurance Not Liable For Some Dude's Stolen Pot

  published Nov 04, 2011

  Guess what, stonersr If the cops come and raid your house, find a whole bunch of weed growing on your property and seize all that ganja, don't bother trying to file an insurance claim for the missing ... More >>

• Dr. Kali P. Chaudhuri, Medical Tycoon, Sued By OC Firm For Using Doctors As Personal ATM Machines

  published Nov 03, 2011

  Just when you thought the U.S. health care system couldn't get any more screwed up, a lawsuit filed this week by the Santa Ana-based law firm Callahan & Blaine accuses a local medical tycoon with ... More >>

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  Friday Follies: It's A Police Brutality Trifecta!

  published Oct 28, 2011

  It isn't every day that three stories cross your desk within hours or even minutes of each other, all of them involving Orange County cops beating the hell out of people, or as the case may be, killin... More >>