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  • LA District, California Army National Guard to conduct flood-fighting demonstration Oct. 8 at Whittier Narrows Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and the California National Guard are partnering to conduct a Super Sand Bag Placement functional exercise at the Whittier Narrows Dam in Montebello, California. The exercise will include the use of a U.S. Army UH-60M Black Hawk helicopter flown by a crew with the California National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility No. 1, based in Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. The California National Guard will conduct a sling-load operation that will place sandbags into a simulated breach of the levee system at Whittier Narrows Dam to demonstrate the joint flood-fighting capabilities of the Corps and the California National Guard.

  • Corps to dredge portion of federal channel in Southern San Diego Bay

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District, in coordination with the Port of San Diego, will perform maintenance dredging in a portion of the federal channel at the southern end of San Diego Bay beginning mid-February. The purpose of the work is to re-establish authorized channel depths of -35 Mean Lower Low Water, or MLLW. The channel hasn’t been dredged since 1976.

  • Corps awards nearly $1 billion in border barrier contracts

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Task Force Barrier, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, awarded two contracts totaling nearly $1 billion April 9 for the removal and replacement of vehicle fencing with pedestrian fencing along the southwest border.

  • Corps awards $529,000 contract for Compton Creek sediment and vegetation removal

    LOS ANGELES - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $529,100 contract to BjD Services of Canyon Country, California, March 13, for sediment and vegetation removal in Compton Creek to restore natural water flow capacity downstream.

  • Whittier Narrows Dam weathers storm

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Whittier Narrows Dam in Pico Rivera performed as originally designed during Southern California’s most recent storm event March 6. 

  • Prado Dam mural determined not eligible for historic listing

    The Department of the Interior determined Feb. 26 that the bicentennial-themed mural on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's Prado Dam spillway in Riverside County, California, is not eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places.

  • Corps delays Oceanside maintenance dredging

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District announced May 23 it would delay it's annual maintenance dredging of Oceanside Harbor, typically expected to begin in April.

  • Corps awards $7.6 million contract for Santa Barbara County debris removal

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $7.6 million contract to TFR Enterprises Inc., of Leander, Texas, Jan. 28, for emergency debris removal of the three Toro Debris Basins in Santa Barbara County to restore capacity and reduce the risk of flooding to homes and businesses.

  • Corps awards $15.29 million contract for Santa Barbara County debris removal

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $15.29 million contract to Tribal One Broadband Technologies LLC, of North Bend, Oregon, Jan. 28, for emergency debris removal of Santa Monica Debris Basin in Santa Barbara County to restore capacity and reduce the risk of flooding to homes and businesses.

  • MEDIA OPPORTUNITY with Corps commanding general

    Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, is available to talk with media following a visit to the Corps' emergency debris removal activities in Santa Barbara County.