Originally published in the Santa Clarita Valley Signal as a series of stories from May 2017 through October 2017.
This series project was recognized by the California Newspaper Publisher's Better Newspapers Contest 2018 for Public Service Journalism
James was arrested on a misdemeanor drug charge in April 2018, following his release from a Bakersfield, Calif. rehab. Cary Quashen agreed to bring him back to his Piru, Calif. in-patient rehab once he is released.