Last Updated on June 29, 2026 by Author
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Lolita Lopez Biography
Lolita Lopez is a Puerto Rican-American working in the field of journalism as an investigative reporter and anchor for KNBC, NBC4 Los Angeles. She came to Los Angeles in 2011 after spending a decade at WPIX in New York.
Lolita Lopez Height
Lopez stands at a rough height of 5 feet and 6 inches.
Lolita Lopez Age
Lopez is 50 years old. She was born on March 12, 1976, in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Lopez annually celebrates her birthday on March 12th.
Personal Life
Lolita Lopez Relatives and Family
Born in Puerto Rico, Lopez relocated to Houston at age four when her father, Victor Lopez, was hired as the women’s track coach at Rice University. Regardless, she keeps more information regarding her family and relatives away from the public eye. However, we will update this information once it’s available to the public.
Lolita Lopez Spouse and Children
Lopez tied the knot with Eric Talesnick in January 2004. On January 3, 2015, she posted a photo of herself on her Facebook account, captioning, “11 year wedding anniversary today- the year of steel and metal or jewelry as Eric just so happened to know. Not really but he did surprise me with this cute long necklace. #myhusbandisawesome.” The couple has a daughter named Lulú. Lulú was born in 2004 and is 22 years old.
Eric works as a lighting cameraman and an ICG Director of Photography. When she is free, Lopez enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, playing volleyball on any grass or beach court, and sharing stories with lots of good food and laughter.
Lolita Lopez Education
Lopez received her diploma from Alief Elsik High School before enrolling at Harvard University in 1994. In 1998, she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government. While in college, she spent 4 years on the women’s volleyball and track teams. Also, she was the co-captain of the volleyball team her junior and senior years.
Professional Life
Lolita Lopez Career
Lopez works as an investigative reporter and anchor for KNBC, NBC4 Los Angeles. Her reports air on NBC4 News at 11 a.m. and 4, 5, 6, and 11 p.m. She is part of the award-winning I-Team that delves into stories and cases that affect viewers all over the Southland.
Over the course of her career, the Southland has broadcast various significant stories, including national stories from the Christopher Dorner manhunt and the Los Angeles Kings’ Stanley Cup win in 2012. Earlier in her career, she was deployed at Ground Zero for almost two weeks while broadcasting the World Trade Center crisis. She also spent numerous years reporting the impacts of that tragedy.
Lopez maintains that a journalist’s work is done when the community news stories make a difference. For example, she did a piece on a 6th-grade class that launched a Facebook page to trade their homemade art to raise funds for a classmate whose family couldn’t afford a proper burial for his father. Just one day after her story aired, the site raised over $3000.
Lopez has been a journalist for over 2 decades and feels honored to share people’s stories and meet many inspiring people along the way. As a breast cancer survivor, she has shared her own struggles during treatment and recuperation with a series of stories on her brave fight against the disease as a working mother and wife.
Before her tenure at NBC4, Lopez spent a decade at WPIX in New York. She worked as a general assignment reporter before climbing the ranks to sports anchor. Later, she became the main sports anchor and a field reporter for the NY Mets, where she worked with the late great Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver.
In her early career, Lopez was one of only two reporters on Court TV’s issue-oriented legal program “Pros and Cons” with Nancy Grace. While working on the show, she covered numerous controversial lawsuits, including the parole hearing of John Lennon’s murderer.
Lopez has earned multiple industry awards, including several Los Angeles area Emmy Awards for her live anchoring and investigative reports. She also obtained two Emmy Awards for ‘Best Sports Feature’ and ‘Best Live Sports Coverage’ in the New York region. El Diario La Prensa, New York’s largest Spanish-language daily newspaper, praised her as one of the most outstanding women in the community.
Away from the newsrooms, Lopez enjoys participating in charitable events that support significant causes affecting Southern Californians, including the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. She also promotes the significance of youth sports in the community, knowing how much sports affected her life.
Lolita Lopez Net Worth
Lopez has garnered a net worth ranging from $1 million to $6 million during her successful career as a journalist.
Lolita Lopez Salary
Lopez receives an approximate annual salary of $110 000, which she earns working as an investigative reporter and anchor for KNBC, NBC4 Los Angeles
Lolita Lopez Cancer
Lopez is a breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed with Stage IIA invasive breast cancer in April 2013. She decided to go public with her entire treatment process to replace fear with hope and raise awareness.
After feeling off and unusually bloated, Lopez performed a standard self-exam and felt a distinct lump on her breast. She described the lump as tight, hard, and not mushy, likening it to the knuckle of a chicken bone. The following day, she called her gynecologist, leading to the mammogram and biopsy that confirmed the cancer. Her medical team at Huntington Hospital Cancer Center treated her with 5 rounds of chemotherapy followed by a double mastectomy. To stay ahead of her hair loss, she proactively shaved her head right after her first chemotherapy session.
Upon sharing her diagnosis, Lopez found out that both her mother and maternal grandmother had previously battled cervical cancer. She produced Replacing Fear with Hope, a five-part web series detailing her journey for NBC Los Angeles. Following her bout with the disease, she frequently works as an emcee and moderator for American Cancer Society events.
Lolita Lopez Social Media
Lopez has active social media platforms, i.e., Facebook and Instagram. She has a following of over 5.5K on Facebook and a following of over 4.3K on Instagram.
