Friendship and Service
As I write in this month’s main news story, I very much am humbled and honored to serve Club Members as the CEO of both the Los Angeles City Employees Association and the subsidiary Employees Club of California...
The Future on the Roof
We found out. I speak of the LAPD’s first major solar array, a bold and award-winning look into the future of LA. It sits atop the LAPD Motor Transport Division’s headquarters...
The Drive for Better Safety
Three years ago, Public Works/StreetsLA recommitted to public safety in a big, big way. It created the Commercial Vehicle Training Center to teach and certify its heavy equipment drivers...
‘This Person Is a Person’
When Jessica Mertlich – neither a Club Member nor an LA resident – emailed the Club last November, one of the first thoughts I had was: Angels Flight. I’ll tell you why in a moment...
A Bright and Colorful Future
A long odyssey is finally over … and a new era for City buildings might just be dawning, thanks to the hard work and foresight of our friends at LACERS, the City retirement system...
Celebrating Retirees, Together
Associations can be known by their logos, their matching shirts, or other things. But the best ones are known by their people...
Play Is Serious Business
When Association President John Hawkins and I arrived at the amazing Octavia Lab makerspace, one of the Central Library’s newest offerings, we were set to discover everything about it...
Sustaining a Story
We at Alive! had intended to catch up with the sustainability gurus at StreetsLA’s Center for Green Innovation since it was first created last year at the end of the pandemic...
Seeing a Vision
Have you ever seen a dream being built? That is precisely what we witness in the stunning cover story this month on the Vision Theatre.
Real Stories
Each November, Alive! gets real. I should say, even more real. When we consider which stories to place on our cover, we consider their behind-the-scenes facts of important City projects, their insights...
