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

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  FEATURED STORY

  Newport Beach to Sue Medical Pot Clubsr

  published May 26, 2011

  Newport Beach's city council is apparently considering lawsuits against a trio of medical marijuana clubs, according to an item posted on the Newport Beach AOL/Patch website yesterday. The May 25 stor... More >>

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  [UPDATED: Cannabis Clubs Can Reopen, Judge Says] Sue Lester, OC Weekly Cover Gal, Ordered to Close Pot Club

  published May 20, 2011

  UPDATED, May 20, 1:09 P.M.: At a hearing this morning,  Judge David Chaffee lifted the temporary restraining order against Herban Elements and the other dispensaries located at 440 Fair Driv... More >>

• Alan Bock, Register Editorial Guru, RIP

  published May 19, 2011

  Alan Bock, the Orange County Register's beloved voice of libertarianism, has passed away of cancer at his home in Lake Elsinore. Bock published a farewell column to readers in March which the Weekly n... More >>

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  Party Foul: Dude on Beach Busted With 1500 Pounds of Weed

  published May 18, 2011

  There's an interesting little story on the Long Beach Press Telegram website today about what has to be the biggest marijuana bust on Catalina Island in recent memory. "Deputies arrested one man and s... More >>

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  Costa Mesa Fires City Workers While City Leaders Get Free Lunch

  published May 17, 2011

  Yesterday, lawyers for the Orange County Employees Association (OCEA) filed a complaint in Orange County Superior Court, asking a judge to stop Costa Mesa's city council from firing 100 city employees... More >>

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  [UPDATED: Pot Club Rescinds Truce]: Dana Point Officials Winning War on Medical Potr

  published May 13, 2011

  UPDATED, May 13, 12:25 PM: The Beach City Collective rescinded a truce offer yesterday that had been extended to the Dana Point City Council in a May 4 letter, the Dana Point Times has reported. The m... More >>

• Pedro Pimentel Rios, Accused in Guatemalan Massacre, To Be Deported

  published May 12, 2011

  A maintenance worker from Santa Ana must leave the country, according to a ruling issued yesterday by Judge Lorraine J. Munoz at the Ronald Reagan Federal Courthouse. Pedro Pimentel Rios, 54, will lik... More >>

• Medical Marijuana Clubs Getting Schooled?

  published May 12, 2011

  To understand the insanity at the heart of California's love-hate relationship with medical marijuana, one need look no further than a low-end... More >>

• American Express Pulls Plug on Marijuana Purchases

  published May 05, 2011

  If you're in the habit of using your American Express card to purchase marijuana from your local dispensary, you might want to break out that Visa or remember to bring some cash in your pocket. That's... More >>

• Bolton Colburn, Laguna Art Museum Director, Resigns

  published May 03, 2011

  After nearly 15 years, Bolton Colburn is stepping down from the directorship of the Laguna Art Museum. The Laguna Beach Independent broke this puzzling news in an article published yesterday, stating ... More >>

• [UPDATED: Will Goat Boy Replace Bin Laden As Top Fugitiver] Adam Gadahn, OC's Terrorist Goat Boy, Silent on Bin Laden

  published May 03, 2011

  UPDATED, MAY 3, 12:21 P.M.: The Orange County Register is speculating Adam "Goat Boy" Gadahn may replace Osama bin Laden as America's top fugitive, noting the FBI has marked former most wanted man bin... More >>

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  Orly Taitz: Who "ID-Ed" "Bin Ladinr" And What's That On My Foreheadr

  published May 02, 2011

  Leave it to Orange County dentist/disbarred (we wish) attorney/birther wackjob Orly Taitz to not only question President Obama's announcement that Osama bin Laden is dead, but also to do so in an inco... More >>

• 420 Quiz! Name This Day in Pot History

  published Apr 29, 2011

  If you're a bonafide stoner, you already know what 4:20 pm, especially on a Friday afternoon, is all about. The less said about that the better.But do you know what happened on this day exactly 100 ye... More >>

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  [UPDATED: Feds' Records Stay Secret, Judge Rules] More Mosque Mole Fallout: ACLU and CAIR Sue FBI

  published Apr 28, 2011

  [UPDATED April 28, 12:12 pm] The Associated Press is reporting today that Judge Cormac Carney has ruled that CAIR and the ACLU may not obtain FBI records pertaining to surveillance of Muslims in South... More >>

• Lake Forest Cannabis Crackdown Continues

  published Apr 27, 2011

  If you're a medical marijuana user who lives in south Orange County, you may want to consider moving somewhere else. Yesterday, the Orange County Register reported, the city of Lake Forest won a tempo... More >>

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  Ducks And Angels Two-Fer Tonight: Anaheim Cops Issue Warning

  published Apr 22, 2011

  Unless you live in Anaheim or happen to have tickets to either Ducks-Predators or the Angels-Red Sox games in Anaheim tonight, you might want to avoid the city like the plague. In anticipation of majo... More >>

• More 4/20 Madness: Nike Withdraws Cheech and Chong Tribute Sneakers

  published Apr 22, 2011

  Maybe it was because of the false rumor making its way around the internet yesterday that Japan had finally agreed to stop killing whales that we didn't believe this story at first. But apparently it'... More >>

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  High Times Miss 2011 Hails From Newport Beach

  published Apr 21, 2011

  Yesterday, on April 20, stoners across America were toking up at exactly 4:20 pm--4/20 and 420 is stoner code for smoking out, in case you didn't already know what your kids are talking, or texting ab... More >>

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  Poll: Is Marilyn Davenport OC's Number One Racistr

  published Apr 20, 2011

  What is up with Orange County's hilarious haters these daysr We don't know if it's because we killed our Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day column, but one thing is certain: this county ... More >>

• LA Times Pulitzer: Happy Ending to the Paper's Sad Saga of Decline

  published Apr 19, 2011

  Yesterday, the LA Times won the much coveted Putlizer prize for public service reporting thanks to its expose of a web of public-sector corruption in the city of Bell. The award marks what many observ... More >>

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  Transgendered, Gay ICE Detainees Sue Over Treatment at Theo Lacy Jail

  published Apr 15, 2011

  Guards at Theo Lacy Jail routinely taunted transgendered immigration detainees, abusing them with anti-gay slurs and intrusive and unnecessary searches, while also keeping them locked in their cells f... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Steele Smith: Prophet of Pot?

  published April 14, 2011

  The C3 Patient Association is located on the first floor of a gray office building on an access road in an industrial area of Garden Grove. A... More >>

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  WeedMaps Owner Expanding OC Headquarters

  published Apr 11, 2011

  No, General Cannabis isn't a Jamaican dance-hall singer. It's a Nevada-based technology company that owns Weedmaps.com, CannaCare.com and other medical-marijuana-related concerns. The company is curre... More >>

• Two Men Arrested for Anti-Semitic Hate Crime in Coto de Caza

  published Apr 08, 2011

  Two men have been arrested and one has so far evaded capture in an April 6 alleged hate-crime attack in Coto de Caza, the Associated Press reports, noting that the classy south OC enclave is "familiar... More >>

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  Pot Smuggling Boat Washes Up on Dana Point Beach

  published Apr 07, 2011

  A boat containing 740 pounds of marijuana was discovered on Monday, at approximately 6 a.m., but so far nobody has come to claim the haul, leaving experts guessing that it was most likely a Mexican ca... More >>