COLUMBUS HALL IN CHALMETTE IN ORLEANS PARISH. THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, TAKING NEW ACTION AGAINST THE RISING MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE CORPS HAS ACTIVATED ITS ONE FLOOD FIGHT PROCEDURES AFTER WATER ...

Army Corps of Engineers Col. Brian Sawser oversees debris removal in the Palisades fire burn zone in Pacific Palisades on April 15. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) New soil testing by the Los ...

New soil testing by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has found high levels of lead and other toxic metals at homes destroyed by January's catastrophic wildfires and cleared by ...