In Memoriam: Cuong Chau
Rec and Parks held a memorial service Aug. 13 for beloved employee Cuong Chau, Sr. Recreation Director II, who died July 6. He was 50 and had served the City officially for 24 years...
Police Dept. Citywide took part in National Night Out.
On Aug. 1, several divisions of the LAPD took part in National Night Out, a nationwide event that brings community and law enforcement together for building the neighborhood...
LACERS Sets Temporary Hours – 7 a.m. – 1 p.m.
LACERS welcomes all current and Retired City employees to its new headquarters at 977 N. Broadway. Temporary hours are now in effect...
LACERS Open Enrollment For 2024 Is Coming
LACERS Health Benefits’ Open Enrollment is planned for Oct. 16 – Nov. 16, 2023...
In Memoriam: Bernard Wilson, Retired Chief of the LA Airport Police Dept.
Bernard Wilson, Retired Chief of the LA Airport Police Dept. and longtime Officer, passed away June 14 in Nashville. He was 70...
Restoring the Vision Theatre brings a beacon of light to Leimert Park.
A vision of hope, art and life is nearing completion in South LA’s Leimert Park – the impressively restored Vision Theatre Performing Arts Center. It’s a project of Cultural Affairs, Public Works/Engineering, many other City departments, and countless community activists who have long dreamed of reopening it.
Young man dreams of becoming an LAPD Officer. Now he is one.
Some 25 years ago, a young Francisco Duarte met and told then-Chief Bernard Parks that Francisco’s dream was to become an LAPD Officer...
Freelance fire photographers, Alive! contributors are honored.
On Aug. 29, Fire Chief Kristin Crowley and senior staff honored the incredible freelance and department photographers who help tell the department’s story of heroism and the realities of firefighting...
Ryan Jensen saves life of a 9-year-old boy.
On Sept. 5, the LAFD’s Board of Fire Commissioners recognized Apparatus Operator Ryan Jensen for helping save the life of a nine-year-old boy during a structure fire in Sun Valley in March...
Club CEO Robert Larios joins City’s celebration of Mexican independence.
The City marked Mexican Independence Day Sept. 15 with an El Grito celebration downtown outside City Hall and in Grand Park...
