Email Author MATT COKER

Awards

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published February 4, 2010

  "Douchebag Does Sundance"

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1999 Stories by MATT COKER

• Whose Poop Is It Anyway?

  published December 30, 1999

  How not to solve the Aliso Creek pollution mystery More >>

• Santa Claus is Coming to Town . . . for Blood!

  published December 30, 1999

  Saying he's had it "up to fucking here with all their reindeer games," Santa Claus euthanized Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid,... More >>

• Vegas Vacation

  published December 23, 1999

  Sid Soffer says hes coming homewith goods on an OC judge More >>

• Inquiring minds want to know . . .

  published December 23, 1999

  Is Donald Trumps Presidential Role Model Richard Nixon? More >>

• Bye Bye Birdie

  published December 16, 1999

  Illustration by Bob AulA guy walks into the Fountain Valley Petco on Nov. 28. He picks up a plastic dog-food container. He goes over to the... More >>

• Read All About It

  published December 9, 1999

  Illustration by Bob Aul South Orange County Community College District trustees on Nov. 22 decided to appeal a court ruling favorable to Roy... More >>

• Poo Fighters

  published December 2, 1999

  Once a friend of land developers, Garry Brown has joined the battle to keep OCs beaches free of the brown stuff More >>

• Crystal Chlorination

  published December 2, 1999

  Illustration by Bob AulAn Irvine Co. contractor who was sterilizing pipelines on Nov. 15 reportedly may have illegally dumped chlorine into Los... More >>

• I Was Just an Asshole

  published November 25, 1999

  Remembering the bad old days with Jack Grisham More >>

• Now Showing

  published November 25, 1999

  Laguna Beach city officials got some unsolicited help in publicizing their Nov. 9 workshop on ocean pollution. Students in Mike Beanan's... More >>

• Lifes a Beach, Then You Sue

  published November 18, 1999

  Illustration by Bob Aul Briggs Christian "Corky" Morris-Smith, who blames a massive 1997 sewage spill for causing a skin condition that plagues... More >>

• The Ol Switcheroo

  published November 11, 1999

  Illustration by Bob AulA media kit for the new Clarendon House autobiography Wally George: The Father of Combat TV arrived last week at... More >>

• Crystal Method

  published November 4, 1999

  Irvine Co.s Crystal Cove project raises eco-disaster fears More >>

• Things That Really, Really Scare Me!

  published November 4, 1999

  More minerals in fast food: a man says a Sausage McMuffin sandwich he bought recently at a McDonald's in Orange contained a rusty, inch-long... More >>

• Talking Shit

  published October 21, 1999

  Words speak louder than action in cleaning OC beaches More >>

• Y2Carlin

  published October 21, 1999

  Were all fucked! More >>

• Painters of the World Unite!

  published October 21, 1999

  Illustration by Bob AulThe Vietnamese art exhibit that drew hundreds of protesters to the Bowers Museum of Cultural Art three months ago closed... More >>

• The Punkiest Man in Punk

  published October 14, 1999

  Lee Ving. Fear him More >>

• Sellouts

  published October 14, 1999

  Photo by Bob AulIn case you hadn't heard, the OC Weekly is for sale. Stern Publishing, which owns this glorious publication,... More >>

• Party Pooper

  published October 7, 1999

  Doris Allen: 1936-1999 More >>

• Sleeping Disorder in the Court

  published October 7, 1999

  Art by Bob AulIn a state complaint filed Sept. 10, a Santa Ana resident accused Orange County Superior Court Judge Gary P. Ryan of snoozing on... More >>

• Summer of Sam

  published September 30, 1999

  Photo by Bob AulDamned if Sam Clauder wasn't telling Clockwork the truth. On Sept. 10, the state Assembly passed a resolution that acknowledges... More >>

• More Crap, Farther Away

  published September 23, 1999

  Photo by Keith MayIf you think things were bad at the beach this summer, county officials have news for you. The Orange County Sanitation... More >>

• Managed Scare

  published September 16, 1999

  Art by Bob AulA push by Kaiser Permanente, one of the nation's largest HMOs, to have its members bypass the 9-1-1 system and instead report... More >>

• Dennis the Menace to Society

  published September 9, 1999

  Art by Bob AulThe Newport Beach Police Department, which keeps statistics on robberies, burglaries and other assorted mayhem, may be... More >>