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Ted Ross, ITA General Manager, Honored by City Council

Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez and the Los Angeles City Council honored Ted Ross, General Manager, ITA, on June 6 for being selected as the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2018 CIO of the Year. The Chief Technology...

LAPD Hockey Team takes Vegas championship.

An incredible breakaway goal with only four seconds left crowned the LAPD headquarters hockey team as the Vegas 911 Cup champs...

Library gathers all staff together for first time in dept. history.

On Nov. 14, Library closed all 73 libraries so that staff could gather together for the department’s first ever staff development day, held at the Convention Center. The day included keynote addresses that everyone attended...

Jan Perry retires from a 28-year City career.

Economic and Workforce Development staff gathered for a Parisian-themed celebration Dec. 18 to bid au revoir to General Manager Jan Perry, who completed her tenure at the end of the year...

Black Personnel Association hosts events during Black History Month.

On Feb. 20, LAABP partnered with LAPD’s Oscar Joel Bryant Foundation for the annual Black History Month Food Festival in Grand Park, hosting numerous food vendors/trucks from the surrounding community...

Club celebrates 15 years of sponsoring City teams in this legendary desert footrace.

The 34th annual Baker to Vegas Challenge Cup Relay was held across the desert March 23-24.This amazing footrace is an annual event for public safety organizations throughout the world...

Todd Gaydowski, longtime historian, passes away.

Roy “Todd” Gaydowski, Records Management Officer in the City Clerk’s Office and noted historian, passed away April 12...

Five Animal Control Officers promoted to elite rescue team.

Five Animal Control Officers have been promoted to the elite Specialized Mobile Animal Rescue Team (SMART) at Animal Services.

Brenda Barnette retires as GM.

Brenda Barnette, General Manager of Animal Services, announced that she would be retiring from the position in mid-May. Dana Brown, who has served in the City for more than 30 years, including at Animal Services, was...

Animal Services Officers deploy at South Lake Tahoe to help save animals during the...

As the Caldor Fire devastated the South Lake Tahoe area last August, people and their homes weren’t the only victims. Animals needed to be rescued, too...