An excavator smooths bedding material May 1 on the slope of a levee in Riverside, California, where the U.S. Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District and contractors have started work again for the levee rehabilitation project.

Col. Andrew Baker, commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, and Inglewood Mayor James Butts Jr. hold up signed Section 219 Program project agreement documents during a ceremony held June 13 at Inglewood City Hall.

Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) program peer supporter Katie Reed speaks with a U.S. Army Corps of Engineer employee deployed to Southern California wildfires response. CISM’s mission is to provide education, support, and assistance to USACE employees for incidental or cumulative critical incident stress experienced in the performance of their jobs and/or in the event of major civil emergencies, natural disasters or military contingencies.

A decommissioned air traffic control tower at Plant 42 falls April 29 during its demolition at the Air Force installation in Palmdale, California. Crews used an excavator and cable system to safely bring down the structure, which had its support beams cut in advance.

A contractor uses an excavator to remove concrete debris at the Native Plant Garden at Eaton Canyon Nature Center in Altadena, California, May 23, 2025. The effort is part of a broader wildfire recovery and debris removal mission managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Col. Sonny Avichal, commander of the Emergency Field Office – Eaton, hugs Derek Russell Jr. after returning Russell’s late father’s police badge May 5 at the Southern California Wildfire Recovery Field Office building lobby in Pasadena, California. The badge was recovered from the debris of Russell’s home following the Eaton Fire in January.

Darius Wallace, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District employee and an Eaton Wildfire survivor, is greeted by USACE teammates April 30 outside his property in Altadena, California.

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