Email Author MATT COKER

Awards

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

  "Douchebag Does Sundance"

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2008 Stories by MATT COKER

• Freddie Hubbard, R.I.P.

  published Dec 29, 2008

  Freddie Hubbard died today at Sherman Oaks Hospital. He was 70. I've always been a freak for the jazz trumpeter and still remember the first time I caught him live, in the early '80s at, of all ... More >>

• [Special Screenings] Movie of the Week: 'The Party'

  published December 25, 2008

  The PartyHrundi V. Bakshi (Peter Sellers), a movie extra from India, bumbles off a movie set and into the... More >>

• Native American Battle Over a Mission San Juan Capistrano Garden Gets Ugly

  published December 25, 2008

  Grave SituationNative American battle over the possible disturbance of an Indian burial site at a Mission San Juan Capistrano... More >>

• Buena Park Pastor Wiley Drake Believes He Still Has a Prayer of Unseating Barack Obama

  published December 18, 2008

  The Preacher vs. the President-ElectPastor Wiley Drake thinks he still has a prayer of unseating Barack Obama—sorry, Barack... More >>

• [Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Trainspotting,' 'Bad Santa' and More

  published December 18, 2008

  Movie of the Week:TrainspottingAccording to Hollywood buzzards, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog... More >>

• And the Wiener Is ... a Burger!

  published Dec 10, 2008

  The Cancer Project today issued its list of the five worst fast-food value menu items. And the envelopes, please...   1) Junior Bacon Cheeseburger (Jack in the Box, pictured). $1; 400 calor... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Hasan Nouri Pitched Plans to Stabilize Aliso Creek and His Native Afghanistan, But No One Listened

  published December 11, 2008

  War & WaterLaguna Hills civil engineer Hasan Nouri pitched plans to stabilize both Aliso Creek and his native Afghanistan, but no... More >>

• Rising Radio Star Leyla Fatima Is a Patron Saint for Parents of Drug Addicts

  published December 11, 2008

  Lady FatimaRising Laguna Beach radio star is a patron saint for parents of drug addictsLeyla Fatima’s topic... More >>

• Let's Talk No Turkey -- at Native Foods

  published Nov 21, 2008

  Believe it or not, the Native Foods vegan restaurant in Costa Mesa bustles during the Thanksgiving season, offering a birdless (and delicious) alternative to the traditional turkey dinner. Many OC ve... More >>

• Stephan Colbert Can Eat It!

  published November 20, 2008

  A straight, 47-year-old male probably does not fall in the normal demographic for the E! channel’s Chelsea Lately, but when said... More >>

• Native Americans Seeking to Protect Ancestors Buried at Bolsa Chica Get No Relief . . . Yet

  published November 20, 2008

  Boned AgainNative Americans seeking to protect ancestors buried at Bolsa Chica get no relief . . .... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Longtime OC GOP Legislator Ross Johnson Finds New Life As a Campaign-Finance Watchdog in Sacramento

  published November 13, 2008

  The ReformerLongtime OC GOP legislator Ross Johnson finds new life as a campaign-finance watchdog in... More >>

• The Weekly Won't Have Gordon Dillow to Kick Around Anymore

  published November 13, 2008

  Dillow UnboundDeparting OC Register columnist’s final screed leaked to OC Weekly!*... More >>

• Orange County Sings the Obama Blues

  published November 6, 2008

  Orange County Sings the Obama BluesElection night: Frolicking Dems, Dana unbound, praying for fag hags, and booze all... More >>

• Handle With Care

  published November 6, 2008

  When Hearthside Homes won California Coastal Commission approval last year to build 349 houses on the mesa above the Bolsa Chica Ecological... More >>

• [Scariest People 2008] The Ghost of Nixonstein

  published October 30, 2008

  Midwestern bumpkin lawyer Freddie Nixonstein (Hugh Hewitt) browbeats the liberal-media elite into running his columns, broadcasting his bombast... More >>

• Three Local Elections Worth Watching. Call It Morbid Fascination

  published October 30, 2008

  Elector SetThree local races worth watching—call it morbid fascination APPEALING TO THE... More >>

• [Election 2008] 10 Signs That People Besides Us In OC Think John McCain Sucks, Too

  published October 23, 2008

  10 Signs that McCain’s Suckage Might Turn This Red County Sorta Purplish 1. Pro-lifer McCain accepted... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  David Di Sabatino Is Drawn to Charismatic Christians. But Nothing Prepared Him for Larry Norman

  published October 16, 2008

  Rock AngelGarden Grove filmmaker David Di Sabatino is drawn to charismatic but damaged Christians. But nothing prepared him for... More >>

• [Best of OC 2008 Post Cards] Diversions: Greetings From Jered Weaver

  published October 9, 2008

  This former Simi Valley High Pioneer and Long Beach State 49er feels right at home in Orange County—both as a key part of the... More >>

• Say You Will Build It, and They Will Come . . . If the 'It' Is a Toll Road Over Trestles Parkland

  published September 25, 2008

  The Echo ChamberSay you will build it, and they will come—if the ‘it’ is a toll road over... More >>

• Historic $618,000 Settlement Was Money Well-Spent for Owners of Low-Income Stanton Apartment Complex

  published September 4, 2008

  Bent Over RentHistoric $618,000 out-of-court settlement was money well-spent for owners of a government-subsidized Stanton apartment... More >>

• This Is Your Brain On Adderall

  published August 28, 2008

  In which the author goes looking for someone to explain to our readers how Adderall actually works, chemically speaking, and finds his own... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Adderall Treats ADHD But Can Lead to Addiction. One Clinic Tries to Help OC Kick 'College Crack'

  published August 28, 2008

  Who’s Your Addy?Adderall has been hailed as a ‘miracle drug’ for ADHD sufferers. But they’re not the ones... More >>

• A Picture's Worth a Thousand Whoop-Asses

  published Aug 05, 2008

  An anti-abortion activist taking photographs outside a controversial Santa Ana family planning clinic suffered minor injuries Saturday afternoon after being attacked by a physician who obviously did n... More >>