Steve Lopez is a California native who has been a Los Angeles Times columnist since 2001. He has won more than a dozen national journalism awards and is a four-time Pulitzer finalist. Lopez is the author most recently of “Independence Day: What I Learned About Retirement, From Some Who’ve Done It and Some Who Never Will.” His book “The Soloist,” inspired by his columns on his relationship with a Juilliard-trained homeless person, was a Los Angeles Times and New York Times best-seller, winner of the PEN USA Literary Award for Non-Fiction, and the subject of a Dream Works movie by the same name. He has also written three novels and two column collections.
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His last goal was to hit a 90-mph fastball at age 90, and he didn’t quite make it. But his life was a home run for the family members who embraced him
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At 87, she’s crossing L.A. by bus for a phone repair and then hurrying back to bring dinner to her sister; some days are just an endurance test
March 31, 2024
Donald Trump said that people from Beverly Hills ‘don’t smell so good.’ On a field trip, I didn’t find foul odors, but I did find folks worried about a second term for him.
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Strategies for coping with inflation and rising grocery prices? Coupons, bargain bins, rationing and ‘cereal for dinner’
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By administering long-acting antipsychotic medication, Dr. Susan Partovi is pushing boundaries in her efforts to help people who are homeless and struggling with mental illness.
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