Longtime City Engineer Gary Lee Moore retires, is replaced by Ted Allen.
On July 29, the City Council held a special farewell to City Engineer Gary Lee Moore on his retirement as the second longest serving City Engineer. Ted Allen, Deputy City Engineer, was approved by the City Council as the...
New dept. creates LA’s first-ever Youth Council to empower young adults.
Since June 2021, City Hall has been getting a lot younger, by design. That’s when the City Council, voted unanimously to create the Youth Development Dept., one of the City’s newest units. A major purpose of the department is to create, manage and develop the City’s first Youth Council...
Phil Orland, retired Rec and Parks employee, Club Board Member passes away at 75.
The Club is saddened to report the death of Phil Orland, active Club Board Member; Retired, Rec and Parks; US Navy veteran; and former RLACEI Board Member. He was 75...
Depts. continue airport art project with installation at Terminal 2/3
“A Universal Shudder,” a series of murals by Eve Fowler on view now at LAX, takes inspiration from the writings of seminal Modernist author Gertrude Stein and...
Lotus Festival Returns
The Lotus Festival returned after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic July 9 and 10 at Echo Park Lake...
In Memoriam: Officer II Houston Tipping
Devonshire Officer II Houston Tipping died Sunday, May 29, of catastrophic injuries suffered three days before in an...
In Memoriam: Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver, the longest current employee at Cultural Affairs’ Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (LAMAG) and longtime museum curator and manager, passed away. She had 29 years of City service...
In Memoriam: Capt. Lee H. Kebler
Retired Capt. Lee Kebler, LAFD; Director, LARFPA; volunteer at the LAFD Historical Society; and former Alive! columnist, died June 26 at 100 years old...
Scenes From a Pandemic: Part 29
Alive! continues its documentation of City employees as they take a multitude of measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic...
New sports program brings growth, equity and inclusion. Thanks, Olympics!
Over the last year, more than 120,000 young LA athletes have said yes to PlayLA Youth and Adaptive Sports, Rec and Parks’ new program to offer equitable opportunities all City youths. The program represents among the biggest additions of sports programs at one time in the 133-year history of Rec and Parks.
