LAPD’s award winning solar array project points to a sustainable future.

A new era of sustainable power generation in the City of LA has begun with the completion of the LAPD Motor Transport Division’s Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Array project...

RCTO Chermaine Fontenette makes a young friend along her collection route.

Club Ambassador Chermaine Fontenette, Refuse Collection Truck Operator, PW Sanitation, kept seeing a young boy waiting when she drove by his house. So finally last summer, she stopped, and a beautiful friendship was born...

Young Joseph Cornejo loves his story in Alive!

He read it here first in Alive! – a story on himself, the first of his young life. Last month, we brought you the story of Joseph Cornejo, 4, and his friendship with Chermaine Fontenette, RCTO, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment out of the East Valley Yard, and Club Ambassador...

StreetsLA’s Commercial Vehicle Training Center puts safety in the driver’s seat.

When it comes to driver safety, there’s no substitute for classroom learning, time in a challenging simulator, and experience behind the wheel. That’s the thinking behind StreetsLA’s Commercial Vehicle Training Center, its comprehensive driving academy and partial licensing center in Van Nuys. The state DMV has authorized the center to test City-employed truck drivers on a DMV-approved course on City property. (The written and medical portions of the licensing process must still be performed by the DMV.)

Tell Us Their Story: A Remembrance of Michael Gene Dooner

Michael Gene Dooner, longtime El Monte resident and Retiree who enjoyed a 37-year career with the City of Los Angeles, passed away peacefully on Nov. 17, 2022. He was 89...

City Crews Step Up to Make for a Successful LA Marathon.

City crews were busy during and after the recent 38th running of the LA Marathon to make for a smooth, safe and successful event...

Sanitation opens one of its biggest ongoing projects

On March 16, the day before St. Patrick’s Day, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment celebrated the completion and opening of the Dual Force Main sewer line...

Sanitation hosted sixth Earth Day event.

On Sat., April 22, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment held its sixth annual Citywide Earth Day LA event at the Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in Playa del Rey...

Sanitation opens its reconstructed N. Hollywood wastewater conveyance facility.

On April 10, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment celebrated the opening of the newly reconstructed North Hollywood Conveyance Facility...

Sanitation welcomes newest class of environmental engineer associates.

On June 7, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment officially welcomed the newest class of 32 environmental engineering associates...