City Holiday Events 2023

Every year, the City produces and sponsors a variety of events to celebrate the holidays...

LACERS Office Hours Return to 7 a.m. – 4 p.m.

LACERS welcomes all current and Retired City employees to its new headquarters at 977 N. Broadway. Regular hours are now back to normal: 7 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday-Friday...

Open Enrollment for 2024 Ends Nov. 16

There’s still time to make changes to your LACERS coverage for next year! The Open Enrollment period runs from now through Nov. 16...

Ethel Pattison, a longtime Airports employee and model of service and dedication to Los...

We featured Ethel in a cover story from October 2020 as she retired at 93 from the Flight Path Museum during the pandemic. She retired after an official 32 years of City service...

Zoo offers altar to honor memory of beloved pets.

For the third consecutive year, the LA Zoo built its Beloved Pets Ofrenda in observance of National Hispanic Month and Día de Los Muertos...

Lt. Alisha Jordan graduates from FBI National Academy.

Lt. Alisha Jordan, LAPD, graduated from the prestigious FBI National Academy, which provides advanced investigative, management and fitness training to senior Officers who are...

Sanitation introduces new orientation program.

On Sept. 28, Public Works/Sanitation and Environment introduced its new “Beyond Onboarding” orientation program, welcoming 100 new employees. The new program...

Expert succeeds Mercedes Márquez as new Chief Housing/Homelessness Officer.

On Oct. 2, Lourdes Castro Ramírez, Secretary of the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, was appointed by Mayor Karen Bass as the incoming...

Pasadena Transit boss Laura Rubio-Cornejo is new LADOT GM.

On Sept. 19, Laura Rubio-Cornejo was confirmed by the LA City Council as the new General Manager of LA’s Dept. of Transportation...

Annual picnic for African-American law enforcement Retirees returns.

More than 90 people gathered for the annual Ebony Reunion Picnic, held each September primarily for African American former LAPD employees. The picnic was held Sept. 16 in Kenneth Hahn County Park in LA’s Burke-Roche picnic area...