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

  [UPDATED: Jerry Amante Served] Obnoxious Blowhard Mayor To Be Served with Recall Papers

  published Apr 06, 2011

  UPDATED, APRIL 6, 11:30 A.M.: As promised, the Tustin citizens group trying to recall Mayor Jerry Amante served him with official notice at the council meeting last night. TheLiberalOC reports that al... More >>

• OC Pot University Claims Big Boost in Enrollment

  published Apr 04, 2011

  Rancho Santa Margarita's God's Green Earth College Online (GECCO), which provides classes on growing marijuana and operating a successful collective, is apparently enjoying a major spike in enrollment... More >>

• San Onofre Officials: Our Nuke Plant's 100 Times Safer Than High School!

  published Mar 31, 2011

  There's an interesting story on NBC San Diego's website about a wrongful-termination lawsuit that has apparently just been filed against Southern California Edison (SCE), the company that owns and ope... More >>

• Alan Bock, OC Register Columnist, Retires after 30 Years

  published Mar 29, 2011

  The pages of the Orange County Register just got a little more predictable.On March 16, after 30 years with the newspaper, columnist Alan Bock, wrote in the Register's "Orange Punch" politics blog, th... More >>

• Pothead Discrimination Bill Up for Sac-Town Debate

  published Mar 28, 2011

  Do you smoke weedrDo you have a doctor's note allowing you to smoke medical marijuanarHave you been fired, terminated, or otherwise discriminated againstrDo you live in Californiar If you answered yes... More >>

• MSNBC'S Lockup Extended Stay, OC Version, to Debut Saturday Night

  published Mar 18, 2011

  We've been waiting for this a long time: "MSNBC's popular behind-bars reality show Lockup Extended Stay debuts tomorrow at 7 p.m. Pacific Time." In case the name of the program doesn't ring a bell, yo... More >>

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  San Onofre Nuke Plant Needs Inspection Now, Say Senators Boxer and Feinstein

  published Mar 17, 2011

  One of the terrible ironies of the unfolding nuclear crisis in Japan is that two of the reactors that are overheating weren't even turned on when the earthquake and tsunami occurred. What sparked thei... More >>

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  End Days Alert: Radioactive Plume to Reach OC From Japan Late Friday

  published Mar 17, 2011

  Here's the bad news: a United Nations forecast says that a so-called "plume" of radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant will reach Southern California by late Friday after blowing across the Pa... More >>

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  Japan Radiation No Threat to California, Officials Say

  published Mar 16, 2011

  Maybe it's the fact that Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant has already suffered several explosions, is currently leaking radiation into the air, and seems to be headed toward total meltdown. Maybe... More >>

• More Surf City Slime: Planning Commissioner Under Investigation

  published Mar 15, 2011

  When they don't involve elected officials going apeshit at local gadflies, news headlines coming out of Huntington Beach's City Hall usually involve corruption. It's just something in the air, or mayb... More >>

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  Oh, Reallyr OC Nuke Plant Safe, Say Nuke-Plant Officials

  published Mar 14, 2011

  Now this is a big relief: Southern California Edison, which operates the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS), says its nuke plant--you know, those two pendulous white domes on the beach betw... More >>

• Barfight! Surf City Councilman Goes Ballistic on Anti-Alcohol Activist

  published Mar 11, 2011

  Everyone knows downtown Huntington Beach is pretty much overrun with bars full of drunk bros. Including all the alcohol-serving restaurants, there are no less than 38 establishments with liquor licens... More >>

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  Stupid Pet Trick of the Week: Wally the Watchgatorr

  published Mar 10, 2011

  There's no Orange County angle here, but this story is simply too 909, er, funny to not pass along. On Monday, a Riverside County drug task force raided a suspected pot farm in Hemet. No, the fact the... More >>

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  Coastal Commisssion Votes in Favor of Medical Pot Clubs

  published Mar 08, 2011

  Not sure how we missed this, but kudos to The Orange County Register for reporting that the California Coastal Commission voted--against the recommendation of its own staff--to deny Laguna Beach's eff... More >>

• Cops Raid Massive Pot Warehouse in Santa Ana

  published Mar 04, 2011

  Last night, Santa Ana police and Orange County sheriff's deputies raided a warehouse in southeast Santa Ana, where they discovered a 6,000-square-foot marijuana-growing operation. While officials have... More >>

• Newport Beach Independent Publisher Quits Job, Cites Ethical Breaches

  published Mar 03, 2011

  According to a story that ran yesterday in the Daily Pilot, Tom Johnson, who published the Newport Beach Independent and Laguna Beach Independent since last June, has quit the job.  Allan Simon, ... More >>

• Tustin Sacks Popular City Manager Four Months Into Job

  published Mar 02, 2011

  Just four months after the Tustin City Council unanimously voted to hire David Biggs as city manager, he has been unceremoniously sacked from the job in a 3-2 vote. So far, no explanation has emerged ... More >>

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  OC Cannabis University Now Offers Classes en Espanol

  published Feb 28, 2011

  Time was, all the good weed came from Mexico. After all, that's where it'd been grown for who knows how long, up in the hills of Sinaloa, Michoacan and Oaxaca. Now, the good stuff is grown north of th... More >>

• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

  published Feb 25, 2011

  Hello, Haters!And......adios.That's right, folks; you're reading the very last OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day. When I started this column, it was intended to poke fun at the fact that any s... More >>

• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

  published Feb 24, 2011

  Headline: Woman Charged in Fatal Mexican States Argument Comment by 0600999: Arguing over which mexican state is better is like arguing that solid poop smells better than diarrhea.Comment by PERRIER: ... More >>

• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

  published Feb 23, 2011

  Headline: Groups Sue FBI Over Muslim SurveillanceComment by RAMJET2: It doesn't matter if the FBI is watching the muslim community. WE are watching the muslim community and where ever they go WE pay s... More >>

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  Attention, Teabaggers: Coffee Bean to Debut OC-Specific Chai and Coffee

  published Feb 22, 2011

  On Feb. 28, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf stores throughout Orange County will be selling two new blends, one coffee and one tea, that the company says will "capture the true spirit" of our unique county. ... More >>

• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

  published Feb 22, 2011

  Headline: Arrest Made in Fatal Mexican ArgumentComment by KSLIMINOC: Although Ivan Sanchez may have never actually been to Mexico, he is from Santa Ana and it is entirely possible that he thought he W... More >>

• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

  published Feb 17, 2011

  Headline: Man Dies Over Fight Over Mexico Comment by PARATROOPER: No wonder most local (non hispanic) people are so anti Mexico/Mexicans. Need I say morerComment by DAVIDSTHUBBINS: The Orange County R... More >>

• Racist OC Register Reader Fustercluck of the Day

  published Feb 16, 2011

  Headline: Officials Intercept Mexican Smuggling Boat Near Dana Point Comment by OC1143: Nice work!!!!!!! send those savages back to their own countryComment by FUNKYMONKY: Why do they keep comingrr Th... More >>