Lisa Mowery, Sanitation CFO, is honored as she retires after 30 years of...
Lisa Mowery, CFO, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment, was named one of of the “Women Engineers You Should Know” by the Magazine of the Society of Women Engineers...
Engineer Julie Allen promoted to Sanitation Assistant Director
Julie Allen, who led the effort to design and build the biggest bridge/viaduct project in City history, was promoted in April to Assistant Director of Clean Water at Public Works’ Sanitation and Environment bureau...
Blanca Calderon named to Hispanic engineers association.
In May, Blanca Calderon, Civil Engineering Associate II, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment, was elected to a leadership position...
City responds to climate crisis, giving special attention to underserved areas.
The City’s response to the growing climate crisis – and the way the crisis unfairly affects underserved areas – is heating up, so to speak. LA’s new Climate Emergency Mobility Office (CEMO) is on its feet and hard at work addressing these growing needs. Alive! first reported on the CEMO office in May 2021 after its creation in January that year.
Ambassador program shares the recycling message.
Public Works’ Sanitation and Environment has been re-introducing its Ambassador Program over the last several months. They recently...
Engineering’s Natalie Moore is honored.
Natalie Moore, Engineer on the Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project, is the 2022 recipient of Engineering’s Rory M. Shaw Outstanding Employee Award...
Sanitation’s clothing drive donates 75 tons of clothes to the poor.
On May 5, Sanitation and Environment concluded its spring clothing drive by delivering more than 75 tons of clothe...
Innovating to Lower LA’s Temperature, One City Neighborhood at a Time
Cool Neighborhoods LA – comprised of the Cool Team (transformative repaving and urban forestry) – is an initiative bringing 200 blocks of cool pavement and nearly 2,000 new trees to eight neighborhoods across Los Angeles’ hottest residential areas.
A Marathon of a Cleanup
The end of the marathon meant the beginning for the Public Works/Street Services cleanup team...
Open Houses: Wait ’Til Next Year, Again
Public Works/Sanitation and Environment has postponed its popular slate of open houses again this year due to the coronavirus pandemic...
