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  • July

    USACE poised to meet significant L.A. River study milestone

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is finalizing preparation of a draft report for the Los Angeles River Ecosystem Restoration study and anticipates releasing the report to the public in early September. The action will trigger a 45-day public comment period that will help inform a final report, which will include a recommendation to Congress.

  • June

    Teachers from among 20 schools in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles gathered the week of June 24 to learn techniques for incorporating hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math. In this photo they are learning about how water flows within a watershed.

    Corps collaborates on teacher training to help promote STEM

    Teachers from among 20 schools in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles gathered the week of June 24 to learn techniques for incorporating hands-on activities related to science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, in their classrooms.

  • April

    A crane lifts the last bucketfull of material from the Port of Los Angeles main channel April 3, marking the end of the Corps' 10-year project. The dredging project removed 15 million cubic yards of material in total, deepening the channel to a depth of 53 feet that will allow passage of "post-Panamax" ships.

    Final bucket marks completion of Port of LA channel deepening

    Standing on the fantail of the USS Iowa, dignitaries watched as a dredge lifted the final bucket of material from the water and emptied it into an adjacent barge, marking the end of a $370 million channel deepening project at the Port of Los Angeles April 3.

  • February

    From left to right: Janet Chin, representative from the office of Sen. Dr. Ed Hernandez; Lt. Col. Scott Peterson, commander of the Army’s Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion; Debra Mehndelson, a representative from LA supervisor Michael Antonovich’s office, Lt. Col. Alex Deraney, deputy commander of the LA District; Maj. Gen. Megan Tatu, Commanding General of the 79th Sustainment Support Command; and Navy Commander Michelle D. Carter, commanding officer of Navy Recruiting District Los Angeles, cut the ribbon commemorating the grand opening of the joint recruiting center in El Monte, Ca., Feb. 26.

    District helps improve LA-area recruiting efforts with new joint recruiting center

    The Los Angeles District helped open the doors to the newest joint recruiting center in LA county in a ceremony in El Monte Feb. 26. "This facility is an example of how the Corps of Engineers is ‘Building Strong and Taking Care of People,’ starting with our Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines, and our new recruits, who will play such a critical role in helping to maintain the strength of our Nation," said Lt. Col. Alex Deraney, deputy commander of the Los Angeles District, during the ceremony.
  • (Left to right) San Fernando Valley Audubon Society President Dave Weeshof, Los Angeles District Commander Col. Mark Toy and SFVAS Conservation Chair Kris Ohlenkamp lead a group of Corps employees and local environmentalists on a nature walk Feb. 12 at the Sepulveda Dam Basin vegetation management area. (USACE photo by Jay Field)

    Corps to resume Sepulveda vegetation management operations

    During a nearly three-hour nature walk in the Sepulveda Dam Basin Feb. 12, Los Angeles District Commander Col. Mark Toy told representatives of local environmental groups that his operations and maintenance crews would soon resume the vegetation management work that began in December 2012.

  • January

    Trash in the vegetative management area south of Burbank Boulevard. The five-year vegetation management plan is restricted to the 48 acres south of the boulevard and will reintroduce diverse, sustainable native species while maintaining the basin's primary function flood risk management.

    Work halts on Sepulveda Basin vegetation management project

    Work on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District's five-year vegetation management project for the Sepulveda Dam Flood Control Basin has been halted to host further discussion with the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Steering Committee and other stakeholders.

  • October

    Rep. Darrell Issa (center) cuts the ribbon to symbolically open the Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, Ariz., following a dedication ceremony Sept. 18. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District constructed the station which was named for the Border Patrol agent killed in the line of duty Dec. 15, 2010.

    New Border Patrol station named for Brian A. Terry opens

    Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined with state and national representatives along with family and friends to honor Brian A. Terry, a border patrol agent who was fatally shot while on duty Dec. 14, 2010, during the dedication ceremony of the Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station held Sept. 18 in Bisbee, Ariz.
  • DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Ariz. - Dr. Christine Altendorf, USACE Headquarters Chief of Environmental Division, pauses for a photo with Air Force Col. Kevin E. Blanchard, the commander of the 355th Fighter Wing Aug. 30. Altendorf visited the base to tour military and Corps projects in the Southern Arizona area to see how the USACE Los Angeles District is implementing sustainaibility initiatives and how they could be taken to a Corps-wide level.

    USACE Environmental chief visits southern Arizona

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District hosted Dr. Christine Altendorf, the USACE Environmental Division chief during a two-day visit Aug. 29-30 to the southern Arizona area. Her visit focused on sustainable projects by the District and other agencies on and around military and federal properties.
  • Fran Firouzi, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District project manager for Formerly Used Defense Sites, looks at the surface of a property near Kingman, Ariz., for signs of hazardous material. The District is working on a plan to contact residents about a Time Critical Removal Action for the site which was used as a skeet range when the area was part of the Kingman Ground-to Gound Gunnery Range.

    District readies FUDS work for Kingman area

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District is preparing for work at the Formerly Used Defense Site just outside of Kingman, Ariz. The District has approved the Time Critical Removal Action for the former Skeet Range, which is referred to as Munitions Response Site 03, of the former Kingman Ground-to-Ground Gunnery Range.

  • August

    Col. Jed Davis, 30th Mission Support Group commander, Col. Nina Armagno, 30th Space Wing commander, Barbara Bennie, Force Development Flight chief, and Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District commander turn over shovels of dirt as part of the official groundbreaking for the Vandenberg Air Force Base education center Aug. 15. The $14.2 million building will replace a 60-year-old facility that is used by more than 3,000 Airmen and their families.

    Vandenberg breaks ground for education

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and 30th Space Wing broke ground Aug. 15 for a new education center here. The $14.2 million building will replace a 60-year-old facility that is used by more than 3,000 Airmen and their families.
  • Officials cut the ribbon opening the Tujunga Wash Greenway to the public Aug. 15 in Valley Glen, Calif. Pictured from left to right are Valley Glen Neighborhood Association President Carlos Ferreyra, County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky, Public Works Director Gail Farber and District Commander Col. Mark Toy.

    Tujunga Wash now open to public

    Officials from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and Los Angeles County cut the ribbon opening the Tujunga Wash Ecosystem Restoration Project in Valley Glen, Calif., to the public Aug. 15.

  • July

    Col. Mark Toy, District commander speaks with two of the more than 200 business owners that met division chiefs and project managers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District to learn about contract opportunities and, in some cases, simply to learn how to get started in doing business with the Corps during an open house July 25.

    Open house for business opportunities

    During an open house July 25, more than 200 business owners met division chiefs and project managers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District to learn about contract opportunities and, in some cases, simply to learn how to get started in doing business with the Corps.
  • Col. Mark Toy, Los Angeles District commander, Lt. Col Robert Blankenship, L.A. Recruiting Battalion commander, Bob Huber, City of Simi Valley mayor, J.D. Kennedy, office of Rep. Buck McKeon, and Capt. Jeffrey Warstler, company commander, cut the ribbon ceremonially opening the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion's newest station in Simi Valley, Calif., June 20. The Los Angeles District manages more than 250 recruiting station leases throughout Southern California, Arizona and Nevada, as part of the Department of Defense Recruiting Facilities Program.

    Recruiters open new station

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District joined the U.S. Army's Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion to celebrate the grand opening of its newest recruiting station in Simi Valley, Calif., June 20.