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  • September

    Corps holds public meeting on Mount Charleston temporary flood structure

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District held a public meeting with officials from the USDA Forest Service, the State of Nevada and other local agencies at the Mount Charleston Volunteer Fire Department Engine Station #81 Sept. 12 to discuss the upcoming berm and diversion channel the District will be constructing.
  • Program leaders for California’s new Silver Jackets team Terri Wegener (left), with the California Department of Water Resources, and Judy Soutiere (right), with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, pose with DWR Deputy Director of Integrated Water Management Gary Bardini and Sacramento District Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Braden LeMaster after a ceremony celebrating the new team in Sacramento, California, Nov. 4, 2013. The Silver Jackets program is designed to improve coordination, collaboration and communication among disaster-response agencies at all levels of government before a disaster strikes to hasten recovery. California is the 40th state to establish a Silver Jackets team.

    USACE California Districts help earn Silver Jackets award

    Two members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District are part of a team which won the National Silver Jackets Team of the Year award. The California team received the award at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Senior Leader Conference in August “for overcoming challenges of initiating a Silver Jackets team in the most populous state in the U.S.”

  • August

    Sandra Willis (left), the USACE 2014 Landscape Architect of the Year, inspects the stone seat wall and grading for pond and landscape berms at the Tujunga Wash Ecocycstem Restoration Porject.

    Willis named Corps' 2014 Landscape Architect of the Year

    Sandra Willis, a registered landscape architect for the Los Angeles District’s Civil Design Branch, has been honored as the 2014 USACE Landscape Architect of the Year. The Corps’ Architecture,
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 53rd Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick administers the Officer's Oath to South Pacific Division Commander Brig. Gen. Mark Toy at a frocking ceremony on Aug. 15 at the Eagle's Nest Clubhouse in Cypress, Calif.

    Chief promotes newest engineer general

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 53rd Chief of Engineers Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick promoted South Pacific Division Commander Col. Mark Toy to the rank of brigadier general Aug. 15 in a ceremony at the Eagle's Nest Clubhouse in Cypress, Calif.
  • Workers with American Integrated Services, Inc., a subcontractor for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Time Critical Removal Action of a Formerly Used Defense Site just outside Kingman, rebuild a wall between two properties July 29 which was taken down during the “construction phase” of the cleanup project. The “construction phase” of the removal included providing temporary relocation assistance for residents and their pets while cleanup was being done from nearly 60 properties; removing the landscaping, rocks and other similarly mobile items on each affected property and storing them in a secure location while the team removes soil on the property up to a depth of two feet; and restoring removed items to their original location unless the property owners or residents asked for the items to remain off of the property.

    LA District completes cleanup project in Kingman

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District finished a major cleanup operation July 31 on the Time Critical Removal Action of a Formerly Used Defense Site just outside Kingman. Removal activities included providing temporary relocation assistance for residents and their pets while cleanup was being done from nearly 60 properties; removing the landscaping, rocks and other similarly mobile items on each affected property and storing them in a secure location while the team removes soil on the property up to a depth of two feet; and restoring removed items to their original location unless the property owners or residents asked for the items to remain off of the property.

  • July

    Col. Kim Colloton, commander of the Corps’ Los Angeles District, signs the enabling instrument to establish an In-Lieu Fee program with the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission. The program allows the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission to collect funds from Corps permittees and use the funds for mitigation projects. Participating in the ceremony were (from left) David Castanon, chief of the District’s Regulatory Division; Chris Rea, a UCLA Ph.D. student whose work facilitating meetings, preparing drafts and edits of documents and conducting internal and external coordination was instrumental in the program’s success; Jim Sullivan, the GIS program director for the Coachella Valley Association of Governments, which developed the agreement for the Conservation Commission; and Therese Bradford, chief of the District’s South Coast Regulatory Branch, also participated in the ceremony.

    Coachella Valley, Corps sign mitigation agreement

    Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coachella Valley Conservation Commission finalized an agreement July 16 for a new In-Lieu Fee program that authorizes the sale of mitigation credits to third party applicants in order to satisfy their Clean Water Act permit requirements.
  • Viet Tran, project engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Las Vegas Resident Office Nellis Air Force Base Medical Center Realignment project for the Mike O’Callaghan Medical Center, inspects a renovated labor and delivery room on the medical center’s third floor June 24. The $96 million project, which is scheduled to take three years, is designed to modernize many of the departments in the medical center to provide better service for patients.

    LA District nearing completion of Phase I for Nellis hospital renovation project

    NELLIS AFB, Nev.--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Las Vegas Resident Office is between 75 and 85 percent complete on Phase I of the renovation project for the Mike O’Callaghan Medical Center here June 24.
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Las Vegas Resident Office works on Phase II of the Sloan Army Reserve Center construction project in Nevada June 24. One of the largest features of the $16.6 million project is a single-story training facility.

    LA District building Army Reserve Center Phase II just outside Las Vegas

    SLOAN, Nev.--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s Las Vegas Resident Office is working on Phase II of the Army Reserve Center construction project here June 24.
  • Contractors work on the bridge across the Chula Vista Wash June 18 in Nogales, Ariz. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is working to replace the bridge it removed during a previous construction project.

    LA District working on bridge over Nogales waters

    NOGALES, Ariz. – The foundations are in and the bridge is beginning to take shape across the Nogales Wash just outside the Chula Vista neighborhood June 18.

  • June

    Los Angeles Business Council honorees pose for a photograph following presentation of the Community Impact Award celebrating 51 miles of the LA River during LABC's 44th Annual Architectural Awards at the Bevery Hilton Hotel June 4. LA River partners from left to right are: Carol Armstrong, City of Los Angeles; Josephine Axt, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District; Debra Weintraub, City of Los Angeles; Lisa Soghor, Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority; Megan Whelan, City of Los Angeles; and Larry Smith, Los Angeles Conservation Corps.

    LA Business Council honors Corps at architectural awards luncheon

    LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Business Council honored the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District at its 44th Annual Los Angeles Architectural Awards luncheon June 4 that drew hundreds of the region’s leading architects, designers and building professionals.

  • May

    Family and friends join members of the Los Angeles District to participate in the nation's longest-running annual Armed Forces Day Parade held May 17 in Torrance, Calif.

    District honors veterans at Torrance Armed Forces Day parade

    TORRANCE, Calif. – Col. Kim Colloton, commander of the Corps' Los Angeles District, along with
  • More than 25 shopping carts and debris were removed from the river Saturday. Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined forces with hundreds of community volunteers along the Los Angeles River adjacent to Balboa Park in the Sepulveda Basin for the Friends of the Los Angeles River’s 25th La Gran Limpieza: The Great Los Angeles River Clean Up April 26.

    District participates in LA River clean-up

    LOS ANGELES—Volunteers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined forces with

  • April

    Catherine Guilhur and Willow Eichler watch as Corps intern AJ Moore tests the spaghetti bridge constructed by Guilhur and Eichler as one of the design challenges during the 21st Annual Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® program held at the district offices in Los Angeles April 24. Nearly two dozen children of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District employees participated in the event.

    Plant a seed, grow a future; Corps employees take their children to work

    Nearly two dozen children of Los Angeles District employees participated in the 21st Annual Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work® program held at the district offices here April 24. The children, ranging in ages from 5 to 18 years old, took part in a variety of activities designed to expand opportunities and transform lives.
  • Workers with West Point Contractors, Inc., the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Los Angeles District’s contractor, clear rocks and vegetation Apr. 9 as they prepare to construct a bridge across the Chula Vista Wash in Nogales, Ariz. The $4M project will consist of constructing a two-span, I-girder concrete bridge, install associated road base and approach slabs, and placing grouted riprap both upstream and downstream of the project in the channel.

    Nogales Wash bridge project back underway

    There’s a new $4M bridge being built here and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is overseeing its construction, which began March 30.The project will consist of constructing a two-span, I-girder concrete bridge, install associated road base and approach slabs, and placing grouted riprap both upstream and downstream of the project in the channel.
  • A member of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District’s team inspects the potential alignment of the possible location of a diversion levee in Mount Charleston, Nev. during a mission to the area March 11. The District sent a team consisting of members from the Hydrology and Hydraulics, Design, Geotech and Regulatory branches to make an assessment of the danger to life and property to a community downhill from a fire-burned slope after receiving a request for assistance from representatives of the State of Nevada.

    LA District undertakes special mission to Nevada

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District undertook a different kind of mission recently when they went to Mount Charleston, Nev. Mar. 11 and 12. For the first time in more than a decade, the LA District received approval for “Advance Measures” technical and direct assistance for the State of Nevada.

  • March

    Celebrating women of character, courage and commitment

    LOS ANGELES – "Celebrating Women of Character, Courage and Commitment," which honors the
  • Heavy earth-moving equipment form a three-vehicle train to remove material near the San Luis Rey River to construct a bypass channel designed to reestablish a portion of the river to its historical hydrologic and vegetative condition.

    Environmental restoration project begins at Whelan Lake

    OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- Heavy earth-moving equipment form a three-vehicle train to remove material near
  • Aerial view of Prado Dam

    “Every drop of water counts;” interagency coordination saves water

    During the storms that swept through California from Feb. 26-March 2, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers assisted local agencies maximize their ground water recharge.

  • President's fiscal 2015 budget for Corps' Civil Works released

    The President’s Budget for fiscal year 2015 (FY15) includes $4.561 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), which is offset in part by a proposal to cancel $28 million in unobligated carryover of funding appropriated prior to fiscal year 2014.
  • The new $14.2 million education center at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., replaces a 60-year-old elementary school campus, which was used as the education center for more than 40 years.

    Vandenberg Education Center officially opens

    Officials ceremonially cut the ribbon officially opening the Vandenberg Air Force Base education center Feb. 27. The $14.2 million building replaces a 60-year-old facility and includes 20 classrooms, a computer lab, a testing center, and a 75-seat auditorium.