Email Author MATT COKER

Awards

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

  "Douchebag Does Sundance"

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2002 Stories by MATT COKER

• Lawyers, Monks and Money

  published December 26, 2002

  Fee decree may 'chill' enviro lawsuits More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published December 26, 2002

  SATURDAY, Dec. 7 Who says Surf City doesn't have the Christmas spirit? A man wearing a Santa hat exposes himself on Main Street... More >>

• Hillside Strangers

  published December 19, 2002

  Trabuco Canyon monks brace for major changes to their quiet lives More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published December 19, 2002

  MONDAY, Dec. 2 After being served eviction papers today, Cal State Fullerton frat boyspunch holes in walls, pour paint on bathroom... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published December 12, 2002

  SATURDAY, Nov. 23 About 150 protesters against America's upcoming war with Iraqtake their message to the people on the mean... More >>

• Suddenly In Vogue

  published December 12, 2002

  The Middle Class may have been the most influential band youve never heard of More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published December 5, 2002

  SUNDAY, Nov. 17 Tree-sitter-for-hire John Quigleyhangs out in a 400-year-old oak to prevent a Newport Beach developer from removing it.... More >>

• Youre a Creep

  published November 28, 2002

  Remembering Irv Rubin More >>

• Wanna Seafood?

  published November 28, 2002

  O Sushi Cafe satisfies eaters of raw fish and cooked meat alike More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published November 28, 2002

  SATURDAY, Nov. 9 Writing in Canada's National Post today, Matt Welch of the LA Examiner website More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published November 21, 2002

  SATURDAY, Nov. 2 Flipping through the November/December issue of Mother Jones while getting our back shaved, we stop on this story: deep... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published November 14, 2002

  MONDAY, Oct. 28 The Orange County Transportation Authority and Riverside County Transportation Committee release their $50,000... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published November 7, 2002

  SATURDAY, Oct. 19 Clockwork does what we can to maintain our girlish figure, which often means taking a pass on cow and loading up on... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published October 31, 2002

  SUNDAY, Oct. 6 How snakebitten is Disney's ill-conceived ghost town California Adventure? On the same day media from around the... More >>

• Want Sushi, Slacks and a Massage With That Mercedes?

  published October 17, 2002

  How the rich buy cars More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published October 17, 2002

  MONDAY, Sept. 30 Governor Gray "Pay for Play" Davis today vetoes legislation that would have allowed 1 million undocumented immigrants... More >>

• Diary of a mad county

  published October 10, 2002

  SUNDAY, Sept. 22 Today is the Fall Equinox, one of the two times each year the sun crosses the equator. Legend has it that spectral... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published October 3, 2002

  SATURDAY, Sept. 14 Today's Los Angeles Times heralds the debut of a new taste sensation at the LA County Fair in Pomona: a battered,... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published September 26, 2002

  Photo by Jeanne RiceSUNDAY, Sept. 8 An on-air interview between Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Gary Copelandand KABC talk-radio... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published September 19, 2002

  SUNDAY, Sept. 1 It's the first day of September and—who woulda thunk it?—the Anaheim Angels are still in playoff contention.... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published September 12, 2002

  SATURDAY, Aug. 24 Five days before the cover of OC Weekly shows a gentleman pulling a bag of pills out of his crotch to depict the... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published September 5, 2002

  MONDAY, Aug. 19 The Jew-hatin', Alta California reclamation-promotin' La Voz de Aztlan—which bills itself as a "totally... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published August 29, 2002

  MONDAY, Aug. 12 By now, everyone knows OC Weekly will root out the truth even at the risk of pissing off like-minded friends and... More >>

• Diary of a Mad County

  published August 22, 2002

  TUESDAY, Aug. 6 The streetwise Los Angeles Herald-Examiner may be long gone, but More >>

• Da Kine Grinds

  published August 15, 2002

  Marukai Market classes up the hood More >>