16 Apr 2024

LA District Command team discuss future projects during Arizona visit

The Los Angeles District Commander Col. Andrew Baker led a team from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, to review several military and civil works project sites March 25-27 in Arizona.

10 Apr 2024

Los Angeles District leaders tour Painted Rock Dam

Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, and Justin Gay, deputy district engineer for the LA District, toured the Painted Rock Dam, a flood risk-reduction project and reservoir, located on the Gila River in Maricopa County March 25 near Gila Bend.

19 Mar 2024

District hosts Business Opportunities Open House

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted the spring Business Opportunities Open House March 13 at the Midtown Hilton Garden Inn in Phoenix.

19 Mar 2024

LA District Conducts COOP Training in Phoenix

The Los Angeles District Emergency Management team conducted the Continuity of Operations, or COOP, training exercise March 11-12 at the district’s area office in Phoenix.

9 Feb 2024

Dredging project on track at Solana Beach

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's dredging operations and sand replenishment project at Solana Beach is about halfway complete.

30 Jan 2024

Update, tour give Corps’ South Pacific Division better picture of Whittier Narrows Dam Safety Modification Project

The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers South Pacific Division received an up-close look Jan. 18 at Whittier Narrows Dam and an in-depth update on the safety modification project designed to increase its capacity to handle extreme storms.

16 Jan 2024

Deputy commander stresses value of onsite visits to better support employees

Los Angeles District deputy commander Lt. Col. Stephen Brooks met Jan. 9 with the district’s project-delivery team managing dredging operations at Marina del Rey Harbor and partners from LA County to see the work in action.

16 Jan 2024

Maintenance dredging of Marina del Rey harbor underway

Maintenance dredging of the Marina del Rey Harbor entrance channel is underway and is scheduled to be complete in May.

3 Jan 2024

LA District joins law enforcement partners to clear San Gabriel River encampment debris

To improve the health of the San Gabriel River and reduce risk to the public, including those illegally camping within the riverbed, the Los Angeles District cleared trash and floatable debris throughout most of December from a stretch of riverbed near Azusa, California.

3 Jan 2024

District experts host virtual public flood awareness workshop

The Los Angeles District used a virtual community outreach forum Dec. 14 for public stakeholders to participate in the 2023 Los Angeles River Flood Awareness Workshop.

2 Jan 2024

LA District hosts Seven Counties Flood-Control Directors Meeting

Representatives from seven Southern California counties met with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District leaders Nov. 30 during the 2023 Seven County Flood-Control Directors Meeting at the Corps’ LA District headquarters in downtown LA.

7 Dec 2023

Agencies team up for public meeting on marsh restoration

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hosted a public meeting for the Painted Rock Marsh Restoration project Oct. 18 at the Gila Bend Library in Gila Bend, Arizona.

4 Dec 2023

Gila River Indian Community, LA District sign historic agreement

Gila River Indian Community Governor Stephen Roe Lewis and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Commander Col. Andrew Baker signed a project partnership agreement during a ceremony Nov. 9 at the Gila River Indian Reservation in Arizona.

28 Nov 2023

Hundreds gather at Santiago Creek public meeting to receive update, ask questions about project

More than 200 community members gathered Nov. 6 to let their voices be heard on the proposed Santiago Creek flood-risk management project during a public meeting at the Orange County Conference Center in Santa Ana, California.

18 Nov 2023

District hosts public meeting for Rio Salado Oeste project

The City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District in hosting a public meeting for the Rio Salado Oeste project Nov. 18 at the Rio Salado Audubon Center in Phoenix.

24 Oct 2023

Corps signs partnership agreement with Great Minds in STEM

PASADENA, Calif. – Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Great Minds in STEM recently signed a partnership agreement to assist underserved students in STEM careers.

23 Oct 2023

Corps general tours, receives updates on VA Long Beach mega project

Maj. Gen. Kimberly Colloton, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deputy commanding general for Military and International Operations – and a former LA District commander – was one of several distinguished visitors who received an update on Corps’ projects at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System.

18 Oct 2023

Corps commemorates partnership with Southern California Mountains Foundation during signing ceremony

Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the Southern California Mountains Foundation celebrated a new partnership agreement during a signing ceremony Oct. 17 at the John Swisher Community Center in Hesperia.

28 Sep 2023

Corps team conducts the official kickoff meeting for the Little Colorado River at Winslow

Representatives with the City of Winslow, Navajo County and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District met Sept. 19 to discuss the Little Colorado River at Winslow Flood-Control project in Winslow, Ariz.

31 Aug 2023

LA District FUDS team makes progress on Nellis Remedial Action projects

Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted a public meeting to discuss a Formerly Used Defense Site, or FUDS, project with Clark County residents July 25 at the Aliante Library in Las Vegas.