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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2012 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• Disabled Patients Sue Anaheim For Closing Dispensaries

  published Oct 04, 2012

  A group of medical marijuana patients has filed a lawsuit against the city of Anaheim alleging that the city's cooperation with the federal government's crackdown on dispensaries violates state law. A... More >>

• [UPDATE: Council Repeals Ban Today] LA To Keep Cracking Down on Pot Clubs, City Attorney Says

  published Oct 02, 2012

  *See bottom of post for updateOriginal Post, Sept. 18, 2012, 1 p.m.: The City of Angels will continue its crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries, the city attorney says, despite yesterday's news ... More >>

• OCNORML Celebrates 75 Years of Pot War with "Final Days of Prohibition" Confefence

  published Oct 02, 2012

  Although it came and went without much notice, Monday marked the 75th anniversary of America's misbegotten war on weed.On Oct. 1, 1937, the U.S. Congress officially criminalized the possession and sal... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Driving While Anxious

  published Sep 28, 2012

  Hi Mr. Glew,I was arrested for a drug DUI after taking anxiety medication and driving my car. How can the prosecution show I was "under the influence" if there is no level for prescription meds like t... More >>

• Pot Smokers Suffer Withdrawal When Quitting, Study Says

  published Sep 27, 2012

  It's an aphorism of the medical marijuana community that, unlike nicotine, alcohol and other narcotic substances, cannabis is not addictive and therefore does not lead to physical withdrawal symptoms ... More >>

• DEA Gets Raid-Happy In So Cal

  published Sep 26, 2012

  According to both the LA Times and our sister paper LA Weekly, the DEA raided three pot shops and ordered several dozen other marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles to close yesterday. The three raids ... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Divorce Edition

  published Sep 21, 2012

  Hi Mr. Glew,I am trying to divorce my husband but my attorney has been unable to serve him. I am pretty sure he is intentionally avoiding service.Is there any advantage he can gain from avoiding being... More >>

• Bruce Jennings, Founder of OC-based Bryco Arms, Arrested For Child Porn in Florida

  published Sep 21, 2012

  Back in the day, Bruce Jennings was a famous gunsmith whose Costa Mesa-based company, Bryco Arms, was one of the so-called "Ring of Fire" companies that built cheap "Saturday Night Special" handguns t... More >>

• [UPDATED W/FUNNY PHONE CALL] Ace Hardware: Anti-Medical Marijuanar

  published Sep 21, 2012

  *See end of post for an update and link to funny phone callORIGINAL POST, Sept. 21, 11:05 a.m.: Medical marijuana activists in Long Beach are planning a protest in front of the Ace Hardware store at 7... More >>

• Racist Tips to Avoid Being Busted For Smoking Potr

  published Sep 19, 2012

  "7 Steps to Smoke Pot and Never Get Caught" was written by Russ Belville and posted on Alternet back on Sept. 13. It's still making the rounds on the internet right now, though, and came to my at... More >>

• [UPDATED W/STATEMENT BY VICTIM'S MOTHER] Emmanuel Walker, Long Beach Police Snitch, Sentenced To Life In Prison

  published Sep 19, 2012

  *See bottom of this post for a statement by Kathy Windom, mother of victim Stephen Brown, which she read during Walker's sentencing hearing.ORIGINAL POST, Sept. 18, 2:22 p.m.: Sixteen months after he ... More >>

• Stephen Reginald McDow Sentenced in Tax Refund Theft Caper

  published Sep 18, 2012

  Remember Stephen Reginald McDowr Our very own Marisa Gerber wrote about him in July 2011, back when he got busted for running off with $110,000 that had mistakenly been deposited in his bank account. ... More >>

• Appeals Court Publishes Costa Mesa Ruling That Bans Cities From Outsourcing Jobs

  published Sep 17, 2012

  A three-judge Fourth District Court of Appeals panel has published a ruling that prohibits general law cities in California from laying off city workers by outsourcing their jobs to private sector com... More >>

• [Updated With Info On Upcoming Hearing] Long Beach Marijuana Dispensary Ban is Illegal, Court Rules

  published Sep 17, 2012

  *See end of post for information about the next hearing in this case as well as the Long Beach City Attorney's response, denying that the city's pot ban has been invalidated.ORIGINAL POST, Sept. 8, 5:... More >>

• Zakaria Botros Henein, Crazy Coptic With Westminster TV Network, Defends Anti-Muslim Film

  published Sep 17, 2012

  If there's a story involving California, crazy religious people and Islamophobia, it's always a sure bet that there's an Orange County connection. And now we have it. Or rather him. Zakaria Botros Hen... More >>

• OC Pot Dealer Cheers Fed Crackdown on Medical Marijuana

  published Sep 10, 2012

  The wire service United Press International has a funny story that went up this weekend: pot dealers are really happy that the Obama administration has been cracking down on the medical marijuana indu... More >>

• Justice America Kaczmarek Meets American Justice, Popped For Pot Grow

  published Sep 07, 2012

  As one of the readers of the Orange County Register story on this pot bust already commented, with a name like his, he has to be innocent.Justice America Kaczmarek, 35, is currently being held without... More >>

• [Updated W/OC Booking Photo] Griselda Blanco, OC's Ex-Colombian Cocaine Queen, Murdered in Medellin

  published Sep 05, 2012

  *See end of post for update with Blanco's Orange County booking photo from 1985.ORIGINAL POST, Sept. 4, 9:41 a.m.: According to a story that broke in yesterday's Miami Herald, Griselda Blanco, the rut... More >>

• Bryan Scott, OC Jail Inmate, Dies in Custody at UCI Medical Center

  published Sep 04, 2012

  The headline pretty much says it all. According to a two-paragraph press release issued Sept. 2 by the Orange County Sheriff's Dept., Bryan Scott, a 49-year-old man, perished while being treated for a... More >>

• Smoking Pot Makes Teens Stupid, Study Says

  published Aug 29, 2012

  It''s amazing what science can teach us. According to the Associated Press, researchers in New Zealand have released the results of a study showing that teenagers who regularly smoke pot before their ... More >>

• Better Call Glew: The Case of the Wanna-be Conspirator

  published Aug 24, 2012

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• California Supreme Court Drops Review of Long Beach Pot Ordinance

  published Aug 23, 2012

  The city of Long Beach's bizarre and ill-fated foray into the medical marijuana business has now gone full circle. Yesterday, the California Supreme Court announced it was not going to review the city... More >>

• Long Beach City Attorney Threatens LB Post Over Negative MedPot Coverage

  published Aug 13, 2012

  On June 19, Long Beach police officers raided the THC Collective, a medical marijuana dispensary, for suspicion of operating in violation of the city's hotly-contested pot ordinance. During the raid, ... More >>

• Better Call Glew: Arrested (But Not Charged) With DUI. Wipe Me Clean!

  published Aug 10, 2012

  I was arrested a while back for DUI and the DA never filed charges. Is there a permanent record of my arrest somewhere even though no charges were filedr  If there is a record, is there anything ... More >>

• Craig Monteilh, FBI Mole Who Spied on OC Mosques, Profiled By This American Life

  published Aug 10, 2012

  If anybody's perfect for the kind of in-depth story-telling that has made public radio's This American Life the most listened to weekly radio program in America--not to mention the most downloaded pod... More >>