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- ↑ Morley Safer (March 22, 2009). Mr. Lopez Meets Mr. Ayers. CBS | 60 Minutes.
- ↑ Lopez, Steve (January 19, 2023). "Column: At a checkup with my cardiologist, I got a crash course on how to stay alive". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 20, 2023.
- ↑ "Times Columnist Steve Lopez Wins 2021 Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism". Los Angeles Times. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
- ↑ Lopez, Steve (May 5, 2011). Honored SJS alumnus criticizes Cal State cuts as blocking path of upward mobility. mercurynews.com
