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  • Corps to implement advance flood risk management measures in Glendale Narrows

    The Corps will close the equestrian access point in the temporary protective barrier along the east bank of the Los Angeles River in the Glendale Narrows area near Verdant Street Jan. 21 due to the forecast of excessive rain for the Los Angeles area this weekend,

  • Corps operates Sepulveda Dam during storms

    Sepulveda Dam is the western-most of the Corps of Engineers’ dams operated by the Los Angeles District in the Los Angeles County Drainage Area flood control system designed to collect flood runoff from the uncontrolled drainage areas upstream, store it temporarily, and release it into the Los Angeles River at a rate that does not exceed the downstream channel capacity.

  • Corps activates operations center during storm to reduce flood risk

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District activated its Reservoir Operations Center in anticipation of excessive rainfall from storms across Southern California over the weekend. Staff will monitor rain forecasts, river flows and the amount of water temporarily stored in Corps basins.

  • Oceanside dredging update

    Navigational dredging within Oceanside Harbor continued this week with the contractor, CJW Construction, reporting having removed approximately 29,613 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from Oct. 20 through 26.

  • Oceanside Harbor dredging update

    Navigational dredging within Oceanside Harbor continued this week with the contractor, CJW Construction, reporting having removed approximately 38,580 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from October 6 through 12.

  • Oceanside Harbor dredging update

    Navigational dredging within Oceanside Harbor continued this week with the contractor, CJW Construction, reporting having removed approximately 8,400 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from September 22 through 28.

  • Oceanside Harbor dredging update

    Navigational dredging within Oceanside Harbor continued this week with the contractor, CJW Construction, reporting having removed approximately 34,220 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from September 15 through 21.

  • Corps issues $1.47 million task order for LA River non-native vegetation removal

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District issued a $1.47 million task order Sept. 1 under an existing contract to BJD Services of Santa Clarita, California, for strategic in-channel, non-native vegetation, trash and debris removal in the Los Angeles River in the area downstream of the Ventura Freeway Bridge in Glendale to Shoredale Avenue in Elysian Valley.

  • Oceanside Harbor dredging update

    CJW Construction reports six-days lost to large ocean swells in this reporting period.

  • Oceanside Harbor dredging update

    Navigational dredging within Oceanside Harbor continued this week with the contractor, CJW Construction, reporting having removed approximately 22,380 cubic yards of material from the harbor’s entrance channels from September 1 through 7.