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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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass won’t have big-name opposition, but has she earned a second term?
Actor Frank Clem, and others, are blowing the whistle on Trump’s brutal ICE raids.
Are my exercise routines, which were meant to keep me from falling apart, slowing my demise, or accelerating it?
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Lopez: After a year of insults, raids, arrests and exile, a celebration of the California immigrant
Even in largely conservative regions of California, there is an understanding that immigrants with papers and without help drive the world’s fourth-largest economy.
What we now know with absolute clarity is that the LAFD cannot be trusted to honestly and thoroughly investigate itself.
The Forrest family is thought to be the first to move back to Palisades after losing everything and rebuilding.
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Lopez: Nearly every house on their west Altadena block was incinerated. Nearly everyone will be back
West Palm Street had a vibe more priceless than the real estate, and residents vow to return.
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Lopez: From Rob Reiner, a life of political activism driven by compassion. From Trump, a grave dance
The late Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, both reached out to me about causes they believed in, Steve Lopez writes.
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Lopez: Affordability is a hoax? An offer to Trump from a free lunch program: ‘Travel with me’
President Trump claims there’s no affordability crisis. Patrons at L.A. meal and pantry programs say they are ever more pressed to meet basic needs.
Majesty and mayhem have lived together in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains through decades of deadly fires and floods. In the push to rebuild after the Eaton fire, I sought out wise voices about the path ahead.