Read All About It: Thanksgiving!
Recommendations from the Los Angeles Public Library to help your family celebrate Thanksgiving.
Above and Beyond
Police Dept.’s annual event honors 16 heroes with Purple Heart, Medal of Valor and Preservation of Life honors. On Sept. 25, the LAPD hosted its annual “Above and Beyond” ceremony. This year’s event honored 15 Officers and one canine who demonstrated the highest level of courage and bravery in protecting the City. The event, hosted […]
LACERS Board Considers Charter Recommendations
LACERS Board Update By Tom Moutes: LACERS Commissioner The LACERS Board has been considering potential changes to recommend to the City’s Charter Reform Commission. As of the time this article was written, the Board has not yet adopted any of these recommendations but is scheduled to further con sider them. The City is required to […]
Life After City Service: Finding Purpose Through RLACEI
The Next Chapter: Enjoying Retirement When you spend years working for the City of Los Angeles, whether it’s in one department or many departments, you don’t just build a career — you build a community of friends and acquaintances. The routine of early mornings, dedicated coworkers, and shared purpose becomes a defining part of who […]
Club Summer Sports Winners!
Summer Sports Winners! The Employees Club of California wrapped up an exciting summer of friendly competition with two successful Club sponsored tournaments, bringing together City departments, employees and their families for days filled with teamwork, fun and community spirit. On Aug. 31, the Club sponsored a spirited softball tournament at the Glendale Complex, featuring teams […]
Letter From Sonoma: New Albion, Wine, and Cheese
Nearly 50 years ago, while hitchhiking around California, I fell in love with Sonoma County’s lush, green rolling hills and blooming wildflowers. It reminded me so much of England’s green and pleasant land. Sonoma means “valley of the moon” or “many moons” in the Coast Miwok language. Later, I was pleasantly surprised to discover that […]
Green Means Business
LA Sanitation’s Green Business Program empowers businesses and City departments to grow a more sustainable future. City departments and outside businesses: It’s time to go green. Do you wish your City department or office, or outside venue or business were greener and more environmentally sustainable … but you don’t know where to start? And you […]
Ethan is Top Engineer
On Feb. 19 at the Board of Public Works meeting, the Bureau of Engineering presented this year’s Rory M. Shaw Award to Ethan Wong, Principal Civil Engineer. This prestigious award honors Rory M. Shaw, a dedicated Bureau of Engineering employee who tragically lost his life in the storms of 2005 while performing his duties. It […]
Yay, LA 35!
LA city view channel 35 NABS 3 first-place honors. The awards poured in for the much honored LA CityView Channel 35 during a recent independent association presentation. SCAN-NATOA – the Southern California and Nevada chapter of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisers – awarded three first-place Star Awards at a ceremony held Oct. […]
Turkey Tips and Questions!
It’s me, Chef Larios, coming to you from my favorite place: my kitchen. Thanksgiving is the culinary high point of the year for me. What are you preparing this year? I would love to know! I’ll be working on a delectable feast of my own, of course. Do you have questions or concerns about selections, […]