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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2013 Stories by NICK SCHOU

• Lou Correa's Drug DUI Bill Scheduled For April 23 Hearing

  published Apr 10, 2013

  On April 23, the California State Senate's public safety committee will hold hearings on SB289, the proposed law that would allow police to arrest anyone driving with even trace amounts of marijuana i... More >>

• Scooby Snacks: Southland Vet Wants Pot For Pooches!

  published Apr 09, 2013

  This had to happen sooner or later and now it has: Medical marijuana for pets. Specifically, dogs. With the prior exception of the lovable, animated canine crime-solver Scooby, (who like his hippie hu... More >>

• Lawsuit Alleges Long Beach Cops Brutalized Marijuana Dispensary Worker During 2012 Raid

  published Mar 28, 2013

  A lawsuit filed March 26 alleges that Long Beach police conducting a raid on a medical marijuana dispensary last year brutalized an employee. The Weekly first reported on the June 19, 2012 i... More >>

• Weedorama, San Bernardino Pot Fest Scheduled For 4/20, Has Been Cancelled

  published Mar 27, 2013

  Weedorama was supposed to be a daylong celebration of all things cannabis on that most stony of daze, er days, April 20, or 4/20 which if you didn't already know is numerological pot parlance for gett... More >>

• Greg Long, OC Weekly People Issue Star, Wins Big Wave World Tour Crown

  published Mar 26, 2013

  Greg Long, the San Clemente big wave rider who recently starred in OC Weekly's inaugural People Issue, has been crowned the winner in this year's Big Wave World Tour contest. The event, now in it... More >>

• [UPDATE: Hearing Scheduled, But Wherer] SCE Scrambling For Ways to Turn On Troubled San Onofre Nuke Plant

  published Mar 25, 2013

  *See end of post for an update.Original Post, March 22, 12:41 p.m.: For months, Southern California Edison has been trying to avoid having to go through a lengthy regulatory process that would force t... More >>

• [UPDATED: City Council Approves Measure For Ballot] Santa Ana Activists Submit 16,000 Signatures To Overturn Pot Ban

  published Mar 21, 2013

  See next page for updates on this story.ORIGINAL POST, Jan. 25, 12:25 p.m.: Yesterday, medical marijuana activists seeking to overturn Santa Ana's ban on medical marijuana collectives showed up at cit... More >>

• [UPDATE: Kid Arrested!] Pot Story of the Year: Kid Takes Pot Brownie to School!

  published Mar 19, 2013

  *See bottom of this post for an update.Original Post, March 13, 8:27 a.m.: Sooner or later it had to happen: a kid gets his hands on a brownie, and not realizing it is laced with marijuana, he takes i... More >>

• Chronic Pot Smokers Beware: THC Remains in System For Weeks!

  published Mar 15, 2013

  According to a study just released by the American Association of Clinical Chemistry, chronic pot smokers can test positive for residual levels of THC in blood for up to several weeks after abstaining... More >>

• [UPDATE: Dispensary Reopens] Empty Cop Car Shuts Down Sunset Beach Medical-Marijuana Dispensary

  published Mar 14, 2013

  *See end of post for an update.Original Post, March 5, 10:46 p.m.: Until last month, there hadn't been any medical-marijuana dispensaries in Sunset Beach since late 2010, when county officials ruled t... More >>

• San Onofre Nuke Officials Buried Evidence of Problems, Report Says

  published Mar 12, 2013

  Last week, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) released a report showing that both that company and Southern California Edison (SCE) knew that replacement steam generators built by Mitsubishi for SCE's ... More >>

• Obama Administration Will Soon Announce New Pot Policy; Meanwhile Arrests Continue

  published Mar 11, 2013

  Ever since voters in Washington State and Colorado approved legalizing the recreational smoking of marijuana last November, the public has been waiting to see how the Obama administration would react.... More >>

• Field Poll: Majority of Californians Favor Legal Weed. OCr Not So Much

  published Mar 06, 2013

  A tip of the hat to Michael Goldstein, scribe of the Weekly's Toke of the Town newsletter, for this scrap of good news: According to a recent Field Poll, 54 percent of California voters support legali... More >>

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  Warren Allen: Laguna's Troubadour

  published March 7, 2013

  If you've ever strolled through downtown Laguna Beach between 6:30 and 8 on a Thursday or Saturday night and heard the softly amplified strains... More >>

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  Pelle Klein: Costa Misery's Mad German

  published March 7, 2013

  Pelle Klein wants to preserve the punk-rock roots of one of Southern California's greatest exports: skateboarding. So when it came time to... More >>

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  Greg Long: Mr. Big Wave

  published March 7, 2013

  San Clemente big-wave rider Greg Long only really began to worry when the second towering wall of water crashed over his head just as he was... More >>

• Santa Ana Pot Collective Sells Girl Scout Cookiesr

  published Mar 04, 2013

  The Green Love Collective in Santa Ana has an unusual strain on offer for customers: Girl Scout Cookies. According to the collective's page on Legalmarijuanadispensary.com, the top-shelf indica strain... More >>

• Bank Settles Ponzi-Scheme-Related Lawsuit Tied to Gun-Planting Case

  published Feb 25, 2013

  Business writer Ronald Campbell at the Orange County Register has done a good job of tracking the fallout that continues to unfold involving a roughly $1 billion Ponzi scheme tied to a gun-planting ca... More >>

• Nadya Suleman, a.k.a. Octo-Mom, Reportedly Scores Medical Pot Card

  published Feb 22, 2013

  TMZ is reporting that Nadya Suleman, the infamous Octomom, is a medical marijuana patient. Apparently, the mother of 14 children, former pay-per-chat phone entrepreneur and pornstar just checked out o... More >>

• Lou Correa, Attorney General Candidate, Wants Zero Tolerance For Driving Stoners

  published Feb 22, 2013

  Orange County's very own Lou Correa, the state senator from Santa Ana, knows a good wedge issue when he sees it, or rather them: stoners. Yes, stoners. Folks smoking marijuana, rather than drunk ... More >>

• Toxic Waste To Be Removed From Surf City Dumpsite in 2015, Report Says

  published Feb 21, 2013

  Conveniently located right across the street from Edison High school, the Ascon Nesi landfill is the place to go if you're looking for a glimpse of decades of environmental degradation, neglect, ... More >>

• The Nightmarish Saga of Michael Fitzgibbons

  published February 21, 2013

  Gunning for Justice: The nightmarish saga of whistleblowing doc Michael Fitzgibbons and his former employer appears to be over More >>

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  The DEA Wants to Use a $37 Pot Sale to Seize a $1.5 Million Anaheim Building

  published February 7, 2013

  Million-Dollar Weed: Will the DEA succeed in seizing a $1.5 million building thanks to a $37 pot sale? More >>

• [UPDATED: Everyone Thinks Court Will Uphold Bans] California Supreme Court Weighs Future of Medical Marijuana

  published Feb 06, 2013

  Click to next page for an update where I admit nobody agrees with my reading of oral arguments yesterday.ORIGINAL POST, Feb. 5, 2:00 p.m.: The fate of California's medical marijuana movement is now in... More >>

• Non-Racist OC Register Fustercluck of the Week (Pothead Edition)

  published Feb 01, 2013

  Times sure have changed. Back in the day, racists of all stripes knew they could count on the Orange County Register to provide them a forum to express their vile stupidity simply by reporting th... More >>