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  • December

    From left to right, David Van Dorpe, LA District’s deputy District engineer; Col. Julie Balten, LA District commander, and Edwards Air Force Base Fire Chief Timothy Johnson pose for a picture Dec. 15 at the new Flightline Fire Station at the base. The fire station, designed by I.E. Pacific, Inc., recently won the Facility Design Honor Award – the highest achievement – in the 2020 U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center Design Award Program. The Los Angeles District was the design agent for the facility. The new $44-million, 41,000-square-foot-facility replaced the old fire station, which was in service for more than 50 years.

    Edwards Air Force Base officials cut ribbon on new fire station, applaud Corps, contractor for award-winning design

    Edwards Air Force Base officials cut the ribbon on an award-winning airfield fire station Dec. 8 during an intimate, socially distanced ceremony at the base in California. The Flightline Fire Station, designed by I.E. Pacific, Inc., recently won the Facility Design Honor Award – the highest achievement – in the 2020 U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center Design Award Program. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District was the design agent for the facility.

  • October

    A California Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk places a 3,000-pound sandbag at the Whittier Narrows Dam Basin in Montebello, California, as part of an exercise during which the district teamed up with the California Army National Guard to demonstrate flood-mitigation capabilities.

    LA District teams up with California Guard for flood-control exercise

    Partnership was the keyword Oct. 8 as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District teamed up with the California Army National Guard for a flood-control exercise at the Whittier Narrows Dam Basin.

  • September

    Several California highway patrolmen, trainers, and volunteers ascended on the spillway of the Sepulveda Dam to train on the use of the CHP's newest patrol car, the Ford Police Interceptor-Utility Model, during an exercise Aug. 16.

    CHP uses district asset to train with new patrol car

    More than 20 patrolmen, trainers, and volunteers participated in the training, which saw them test the brand new Ford Police Interceptor Utility model, which is being phased in to replace the force’s aging fleet of iconic white-and-black Crown Victorias.

  • June

    Improvements to Prado Dam outlet works and channel are one of the many projects in the Santa Ana River watershed that have resulted from the coordinated efforts of federal, state and local agencies, along with private organizations and the public.

    Corps, partners move forward with watershed-based budgeting

    Nearly three dozen participants from a variety of federal, state, county and city agencies at the Santa Ana River Watershed-Budget Pilot Year 2 Workshop talk about a change in project management philosophy, in which the Los Angeles District and its Santa Ana River Mainstem partners are playing a leading role.

  • April

    Army Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick relates the nation's need for STEM professionals in the years to come through a video shown as part of a presentation given by Army Col. Mark Toy, commander of the Los Angeles District. Toy presented an overview of the district's STEM outreach initiatives during a STEM panel discussion led by the Army's Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion April 26.

    STEM discussion presents opportunities for collaboration

    The Los Angeles District and the Army's Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion met to discuss pooling resources in order to help the nation meet its growing need for scientists and engineers in the coming years.