Flex Your Power
Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. — Jim Ryun Many people wake up in their first days of retirement with a sense of urgency because of the years-long habit of waking at a set time to begin another workday. Then reality sets in, the urgency subsides, and you settle […]
Tree, Cleared
Well done to StreetsLA’s Urban Forestry Division, which mobilized to take care of damage caused by especially strong winds on Feb. 19. A fallen tree blocked the entire street. StreetsLA took care of it. This emergency took place along Bundy Drive. Urban Forestry, thanks for your service!
Roy Reza Retires
Officer Reza is one of three brothers, all of whom are LAPD Officers. In 2011, Officer Reza was honored with a Medal of Valor, the department’s highest honor, for his participation in a gunfight with a narcotics gang suspect. “Thank you for the many years you devoted to serving the Hollenbeck area and protecting this […]
Arlene on the Scene: LAPD Peer Support Training Day
On Oct. 7, Arlene attended the LAPD Peer Support Training Day at the California Endowment in downtown LA. Hello to our new and existing Club Members!
Club Annual Luncheon 2026: Growing Together
The Club’s 97th annual meeting was held at the beautiful California Endowment in downtown Los Angeles. The Club held its 97th annual luncheon Feb. 11 at the California Endowment in downtown Los Angeles. The event was hosted for the second time by Arlene Herrero, Club Chief Business Officer. The theme, “Growing Together,” focused the afternoon […]
Grownup Coloring Contest Winners: March
Once again, the grown up Club Members have blown us away! Alive! publishes its Grownup Coloring Contest only once a year. But when we do, Club Members go above and beyond, and send us some amazing works of art. Thanks for your contributions, and look forward to another Grownup Coloring Contest in the future!
The Wisdom of Nels
Hi Club friends, I had the privilege of hosting a longtime friend recently at Club Headquarters. I thought I would use this space this month to tell you about it. Some people walk into your office and remind you who you’ve always wanted to be. Recently I had the joy of hosting my longtime friend, […]
The Celebration Begins
On Jan. 29, the Library kicked off a party 100 years in the making. As Alive! reported last month, this year marks the 100th anniversary of the iconic Central Library building downtown. A kickoff event for “Central 100: Celebrating a Century of Light and Learning” took place to announce the department’s schedule of related events […]
Good as New
City employees (and LA citizens): The newest and most useful app on your phone (and desktop) might just be City-issued. That would be the new and much-improved MyLA311, modernized in ways in front of and behind the cover, that are useful to both City employees fulfilling the service request and those making the request. The […]
Alive Around The World: Barbados, Philippines, Nashville
Barbados “There are destination weddings — and then there are Barbados weddings,” writes Andrea Wilson, Public Works/StreetsLA. “My daughter Nicky got married in Barbados to a wonderful Bajan guy name Marc on Valentine’s Day. It was a celebration of love on the platinum shores. We expected turquoise water and warm breezes. What we experienced was […]