Gary Webb

Book by Weekly Managing Editor Nick Schou About Late Reporter Gary Webb Being Turned into Movie!

In 2006, Weekly managing editor Nick Schou published Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb, a gripping, well-told tale about the reporter who more than anyone unveiled how the CIA played all sorts of dirty tricks during the 1980s drug war in South ... More >>

Nick Schou Scores "Orange Sunshine"

​Nick Schou sits one cubicle away from mine at OC Weekly. And yet, I interviewed him about his new book, Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love and Its Quest to Spread Peace, Love, and Acid to the World, from my home while he was on the road to his home in Long Beach. Complicating matter ... More >>

Nick Schou=King of All Media

Join us in congratulating our terse Norse, Nick Schou. Variety reports today that Universal is developing a film based on Nick's excellent 2006 book Kill the Messenger, which detailed the tragic career of brave journalist Gary Webb. And this isn't some rinky-dink, indie-film bullshit we're talking a ... More >>

Saturday's Headlines & Surprises: Pampering Predators

To Catch--and Pamper!--a Predator: Where the hell is Chris Hansen with Dateline NBC? Why do I ask? Well, in Orange County, authority figures--particularly cops--nabbed for outrageous sexual conduct either get re-elected, promoted or pampered. The latest example is Jason David Rosewarne. The marr ... More >>

Friday's Headlines & Surprises

No, really? You can finally relax. The Coastline Pilot decided it was time to voice its opposition to alcohol consumption by teenagers. “Drinks, teens shouldn't mix,” the Los Angeles Times-owned community paper serving Laguna Beach declared today. And just in case readers didn't comprehend the ... More >>

Luke Ford interviews our own Nick Schou

Everyone's favorite porn-blogging, Orthodox Jewish, Air Supply fan/Moral Leader heard Nick speak at the L.A. times festival of Books, and decided to interview him further about the book Kill the Messenger: How the CIA's Crack-Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb He has full audio up a ... More >>

Schou Mug Shot Hits LA Times

Yes, OC Weekly investigative reporter Nick Schou got his mug shot in today's Los Angeles Times. No, he wasn't participating again in a riot, peeking inside an undercover DEA 18-wheeler or even driving solo in the HOV lane. A year or so ago, Schou thought it'd be fun to perform his normal work duti ... More >>

Commie Girl

Madam Chairwoman: Rock on!

Finding a Scapegoat

Nick Schou's Kill the Messenger

Kill the Messenger

The tragic unraveling of one of Americas most talented yet enigmatic investigative journalists.

For Those of You Looking for Nick Schou...

...After reading his excellent summary of his coming book on Gary Webb, leave comments here. For those of who don't know what the hell I'm talking about, read the link--then leave your comments here.

Close Encounters

Gary Numan

Nick Schou, Celebrity (Part Uno)

For the past three years, I've spent almost every Sunday morning playing tennis with my colleague and lunch/parking buddy Nick Schou (exceptions were made for his vacations, rain or whenever I get lucky). And almost every Sunday, it's been the same result: Nick kicks my ass. But the man never boasts ... More >>

Mission Viejo

Stories That Made a Difference

And some we regret

"Mexicans, just like Anglos, the ancient Greeks and the Jews who wrote the Old Testament, are equall

Dr. Death Revisited

In French TV documentary, ex-CIA official admits ties to CIA-cocaine scandal character

Dead End

Feds deny connection between CIA and ex-Laguna Beach cop and drug dealer. So why are his files secret?

Letters

Letters

Kill the Messenger

Gary Webb, 1955-2004

Our Man in San Salvador

Notorious generals U.S. ties ran through an ex-OC cop

Crack Cop

New FBI documents add to the mystery surrounding a former Laguna cop who says he ran coke for the Nicaraguan rebels

Crack Cop

FBI documents link an ex-Laguna cop and drug runner to an Irvine executive with ties to the CIA

True Lies?

Ken Bucchi says he was a drug-running spook. The CIA says hes an impostor

A Gray Area

OC judge is wild card in Citizens Drug Inquiry

Letters