Contractors place a dredging pipeline onto the beach Oct. 31 in San Clemente, California.

Joel Rodriguez, supervisory civil engineer and chief of the Contract Administration Branch with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Construction Division, right, speaks with attendees of the 2024 Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers National Convention career fair Nov. 1 in Anaheim, California.

Dusty Williams, technical adviser with the National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies, center, provides his portion of opening remarks Nov. 7 during the 2024 Seven Counties Flood-Control Directors Meeting at the LA District Baseyard in South El Monte, California.

Project partners break ground on a solar-over-canal system during a ceremony Nov. 14, 2024, for the Gila River Indian Community in Chandler, Arizona. The project, one of the first in the Western Hemisphere, is designed to conserve water and generate renewable energy for the community’s tribal irrigation facilities.

Senior Executive Board attendees take a tour Nov. 6 at Prado Dam in Corona, California. The group also toured Lower Norco Bluffs. (Photo by Areca T. Wilson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District Public Affairs)

Col. Andrew Baker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District commander, hosts a town hall Oct. 29 at the district’s main office in Los Angeles. During his remarks, Baker congratulated the district on a successful inaugural 5K run/walk, encouraged members to participate in this year’s Combined Federal Campaign if they can and thanked those who took the time to respond to the 2024 Defense Organizational Climate Survey.

Representatives with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, City of Norco, California Office of Emergency Services, Riverside County, along with U.S. Rep. Ken Calvert of California’s 41st Congressional District and contractors, gather for the Upper Norco Bluffs Emergency Repair Project groundbreaking ceremony Oct. 3 in Norco, California.

Senior leaders with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Department of Veterans Affairs gather Oct. 9 at the Jennifer Moreno DVA Medical Center campus in San Diego for a tour of the Spinal Cord Injury/Community Living Center, which is scheduled to replace the current facility and open its doors to veterans in 2025.

Volunteers gather during a National Public Lands Day event Sept. 28 at Sepulveda Basin in Los Angeles. During the event, in further collaboration with the California Native Plant Society and the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society, volunteers created seed balls to encourage re-growth of native vegetation, picked up litter and participated in a nature/bird walk.

Pictured is a view from the Point Vicente Interpretive Center in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, Sept. 10.

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