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The Latest Articles by Steve Lopez

Steve Lopez: They each lost almost $80,000. How to avoid becoming the next scam victim

LOS ANGELES -- Neal checked his email one day and saw that he was being charged several hundred dollars for a software subscription he didn't want.

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Mannie and Rose: One couple's journey through Alzheimer's, 'a very tricky thief'

Mannie Rezende, a film buff, went to see a movie a few years ago and when it ended, he couldn't remember where he had parked his car.

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Steve Lopez: Answer on the tip of your tongue? Students quiz aging adults to improve brain function

Eddie Nash, a UCLA sophomore, peered at his audience and then read the next question on the big digital screen.

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Steve Lopez: Martha Stewart got her swimsuit cover at 81. But she also set an impossible standard

Well, as annual swimsuit editions go, this is certainly a departure for Sports Illustrated.

Los Angeles Times

Steve Lopez: Older drivers have road rage over DMV test questions. Some would prefer driving test

When it comes to the California Department of Motor Vehicles and its policies and practices, people are not timid. They have opinions, suggestions and gripes they can't wait to unload, and I'm still going through hundreds of responses to my column about driver's license renewals for people 70 and older.

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Column: Who's more dangerous behind the wheel — drivers 70 and older, or 30 and younger?

When you're 40, 70 seems old. When you get there, not so much, and I'm closing in fast.

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Column: Brain-twisted or brain-washed — can crossword puzzles and word games sharpen memory?

LOS ANGELES -- It's a daily ritual for millions of people. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and eventually make your way to one or more crossword puzzles, word games and other brain twisters.

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Steve Lopez: 'This is me, this is my face' — actress Mimi Rogers on aging naturally, without cosmetic surgery

We live in a society obsessed with youth, fearful of death and allergic to wrinkles.

Los Angeles Times

Steve Lopez: 'This is crazy': A 102-year-old WWII vet gets a $526 gas bill on top of crippling home-care costs

LOS ANGELES — Paul Hult's problems began about a year and a half ago, when he tripped and fell in the little Hollywood bungalow he has lived in since the 1950s.

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Column: A 91-year-old drummer meets John Densmore of the Doors, and the music soars

LOS ANGELES -- It was around midnight when Steve Hideg made a trip to his bathroom, got dizzy and took a fall.

Los Angeles Times

Column: At 88, fastballs are flying at him, and this slugger is swinging for the fences

LOS ANGELES -- It was a Friday morning, and the sun was shining. To 88-year-old Benny Wasserman, that meant only one thing.

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Steve Lopez: 'The isolation and loneliness really get to me' and 'l I think about dying'

The smell of perfumed smoke turned my head Tuesday morning outside the Monterey Park dance club where 11 people were gunned down Saturday night. A man named Scott, seated in a wheelchair, was lighting incense sticks to honor the dead.

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Column: His long wonderful life is an inspiration, but aging means compromise, and it's expensive

LOS ANGELES -- Morrie Markoff didn't respond right away when I emailed him recently, which made me worry a bit. So, I reached out to his son, Steve Markoff, who reassured me that his father was fine.

Los Angeles Times

Column: Is our aging population a time bomb? An opportunity?

California is about to be hit by an aging population wave, and Steve Lopez is riding it. His new column will focus on the blessings and burdens of advancing age — and how some folks are challenging the stigma associated with older adults.

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Steve Lopez: Karen Bass appears headed to victory. LA needs fixing, let's hope she can deliver

Somebody once said it ain't over till it's over, but that doesn't seem to apply to the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

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Steve Lopez: 50 years as a Jesuit priest on a mission of redemption, and the homies say thanks to Father Greg

LOS ANGELES — I was searching for my seat when a tall young man approached and shook my hand.

Los Angeles Times

Column: 'We are in the presence of a saint': A homeless man's mission to feed LA's cats and birds

LOS ANGELES -- Augustine Hurtado slept in because, as usual, he'd been up for two hours in the middle of the night feeding neighborhood cats.

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'We are in the presence of a saint': A homeless man's mission to feed L.A.'s cats and birds

Augustine Hurtado slept in because, as usual, he'd been up for two hours in the middle of the night feeding neighborhood cats.

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Steve Lopez: We're days away from a Diablo Canyon decision. Here's why one side has a better argument

Should California extend the life of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant?

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Steve Lopez: We're in a climate crisis. It shouldn't be this hard to buy an electric car

A year and a half ago, my conscience got to me, so I went shopping for an electric car.

Los Angeles Times

Steve Lopez: A $50 million condo for sale in the land of tents is a special kind of LA crazy

LOS ANGELES — Just when we thought the real estate market had cooled, along comes evidence that in the land of make-believe, there is no ceiling.

Chicago Tribune

Steve Lopez: He surveyed 8,600 Americans about political violence. The results are beyond scary

When UC Davis violence researcher Dr. Garen Wintemute queried Americans on political violence, race and threats to democracy, he didn't know exactly how scary the results would be.

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