LA Conservation Corps, 1400 North Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA (2026)

09/01/2026

Check out these photo highlights from a recent Career Exploration Workshop we hosted at a Total Wireless store in Compton, powered by Total Wireless x Empower Work!

The workshop featured presentations on a range of important topics designed to help prepare attendees and the young adults in our program for future careers.

First, Jennifer Tan from our HR team shared tips on email etiquette. Daniela Lujan, also from our HR team, led a presentation on LinkedIn, including how to set up a profile and use the platform as a tool for exploring future career opportunities. Ethan Mendez from our Corpsmember Development team then gave an introduction to AI and its potential impact on the workplace.

We wrapped up the day with an insightful career panel featuring our Board Member Rosalie Barcinas, Director of Electrification & Customer Services Policy at Southern California Edison; Richard Clavesilla from IQ Personnel Environmental Staffing; Jorge Melendez from Southern California Edison; and Mia Alarcon, a former Corpsmember who was recently promoted to a staff HR Assistant. The panel was moderated by Maria Cortez from our Corpsmember Development Department.

Shoutout to our Corpsmember Development staff who helped plan and organize these impactful workshops: Ruben Johnson, Ethan Mendez, Jessica Ajanel, and Maria Cortez! This event also would not have been possible without the support of our amazing Executive Management Team: Tamara Muzac-Bravo, Becki Ueno, Bo Savage, and Da’Lana Walker.

A special thank you to all of the Corpsmembers who came out to listen, learn, and engage with our amazing speakers and panelists. It was an incredible day of growth and learning, and we hope everyone walked away with valuable takeaways that will help prepare them for their future careers!

08/27/2026

Thank you, Congresswoman Judy Chu for visiting us last week on the Altadena Crest Trail!

Congresswoman Chu represents Altadena and surrounding communities in Congress, and it was an incredible opportunity to provide her with an update on the work we are doing in her district in response to the Eaton Fire in January 2025.

Our CEO, Tamara Muzac-Bravo, shared with the Congresswoman the many ways we are working to restore the natural landscapes of Altadena and create fire breaks in surrounding communities.

We also discussed how this work creates meaningful opportunities for the young people we serve.

A special thank you to Logan Montel and Jennifer Sedano for joining us. They helped lead and implement more than a year of restoration work on the Altadena Crest Trail following the Eaton Fire, working alongside Corpsmembers to restore and maintain this important community trail and support the landscape’s recovery after the fire. They were also able to share with the Congresswoman the scope of the work and why continued trail restoration is so important for local residents, including maintaining safe and accessible trails and helping address the erosion and debris impacts that can follow wildfire, particularly during periods of heavy rain.

Thank you, Congresswoman Chu, for joining us and for supporting the work we do in and around Altadena every day!

08/25/2026

🎥Check out this new video about our Compton crew making a difference in the Wilmington community within Council District 15 (Councilmember Tim McOsker) through environmental restoration, litter abatement, vegetation management, and public right-of-way maintenance helping create cleaner, greener, and more welcoming public spaces for the community This project was made possible through the generous support of Niagara Cares!

Often-overlooked work like this is essential to keeping right-of-ways clear for residents and preventing litter from entering our waterways. On any given day, the crew fills two or more truckloads with litter and overgrown vegetation.

We’d also like to extend a big thank you to the program staff overseeing this important project. Thank you, Juan Alvarez, Lorena Ochoa, and Brenda Ramos, for all the amazing work you do at the Compton site and for helping make this meaningful project a reality. An extra special thank you to our Crew Supervisors, Dulce Ruiz and Aaron Yarborough, for their leadership and support, and to our Corpsmembers for their hard work and dedication throughout this project!

It takes a village to make a difference, and you all play a big part in making it happen!

08/21/2026

Preparing Corpsmembers for the future takes many shapes and forms at the Corps. In addition to gaining hands-on experience helping the environment and communities across Los Angeles, Corpsmembers participate in trainings designed to support their personal and professional growth.

Last week, across four Corps sites, we partnered with City National Bank to provide financial literacy trainings, giving Corpsmembers valuable tools and knowledge to help them build a strong financial future.

A big thank you to City National Bank for providing financial literacy training at our locations in Compton, South LA, Northeast LA, and the East San Fernando Valley! During the trainings, our Corpsmembers learned about credit and best practices for building and maintaining a strong credit score, student loans, “Buy now, pay later” programs and other practical financial skills they can use throughout their lives.

A special shoutout to our Corpsmember Development Team for helping make these trainings a reality. Ruben, Maria, Ethan, Nikita, and Christie, your support and coordination made these trainings possible!

We’d also like to thank Jennifer Ceballos Zamora from City National Bank for helping bring these valuable trainings to the young people we serve as well as all the City National Bank volunteers who gave their time and spent part of their afternoons connecting with and supporting our Corpsmembers.

08/19/2026

Check out these awesome photos from a recent day of service with volunteers from Ring, an Amazon Company, in the Pacific Palisades. Volunteers joined us for a habitat restoration project, where they cleaned up the area, removed invasive plants, and planted native species.

Small acts like these help make communities more vibrant and resilient. These native plants will help create a more resilient landscape in the event of future wildfires like those we experienced in January 2025.

Thank you to the Corps crew from our Northeast LA Site (NELA) for helping prepare the site for the volunteer day and for working alongside the volunteers throughout the project. A huge thank you to Katja Peppe, the Crew Supervisor on this project, for doing a great job leading the volunteers and educating them about California native plants. Thank you to our CEO, Tamara Muzac-Bravo, PhD, for working alongside the volunteers and sharing about our mission.

Thank you to the dozens of volunteers who came out on a beautiful Tuesday morning to help clean up the neighborhood. A special shout-out to Jamie Siminoff, the inventor of Ring, for helping plant one of the native trees that will help this community recover and for encouraging his staff to join him for the day of service! Thanks as well to our friends at Amazon for everything you do to support the Los Angeles community, and especially to David Ambroz for his continued partnership and friendship.

We’d also like to thank California State Parks for their partnership and support throughout the entire process.

A final thank you to our local neighborhood partners and friends who were instrumental in identifying the location and work for this volunteer day: Valeria Serna, David Card (President, Palisades Forestry Committee), and Randy Young. We appreciate your partnership and everything you do to help make the Pacific Palisades a more resilient community.

The Corps made a commitment to stand by Los Angeles in the aftermath of the devastating 2025 wildfires. This project is one example of that commitment, and we will continue doing our part to support our communities throughout the recovery and rebuilding process.

08/17/2026

Check out this inspiring video about a recent eight-week Wildland Firefighter training that 16 of our Corpsmembers completed in partnership with The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program - FFRP.

Throughout the training, our Corpsmembers and eight Forestry Fire Recruitment Program trainees embraced every challenge with determination, building the skills, confidence, and resilience needed for careers in wildland firefighting, forestry, and environmental stewardship. Their growth is a powerful reminder of what’s possible when we invest in innovative workforce development opportunities and when nonprofit partners come together to maximize their collective impact.

Through the FFRP training, participants developed critical skills that our communities urgently need.

As California and communities across the country continue to face the growing impacts of wildfires and climate-related disasters, participants gained hands-on training in wildfire mitigation, forestry, conservation, and emergency response.

This training was more than preparation for a career, it provided a pathway to protect our communities, strengthen our environment, and be of service when it matters most.

The FFRP training would not have been possible without funding from the FHLBank San Francisco AHEAD Program and support from Accenture (Accenture US).

Our CEO, Tamara Muzac-Bravo, Ph.D., and FFRP CEO and Co-Founder Royal Ramey are both featured in the video. Their leadership was instrumental in creating this life-changing opportunity for our Corpsmembers.

We also want to extend a special thank you to the Corpsmembers interviewed for this video: Lance Ramos, Lesly Serrano, Gladys Romero, and David Northcutt. Your testimony highlights the importance of this program and underscores the need to continue providing opportunities like this for the young people we serve.

We also want to thank the FFRP and LA Conservation Corps teams who worked behind the scenes to make this program possible. Programs like this do not happen without dedicated people coordinating schedules, developing curriculum, providing instruction, solving challenges, encouraging participants, and making adjustments along the way. A big thank you also to the staff on our Corps team who helped coordinate, organize, and bring this training to life, including Alex Lopez, Denise Haynes, Adrianne Calbreath, Bo Savage and our entire Corpsmember Development Department

And an extra-special thank you to the FFRP instructors, whose mentorship was incredibly transformative for our Corpsmembers, and we can’t thank them enough for the impact they have made. One instructor seen in the video, Lawrence Henderson II, made a special connection with our Corpsmembers and used his personal story to empower our youth to succeed through the program.

We'd also like to appreciate Río Hondo College for their support in providing space for classroom and outdoor components of the training around the campus.

Join us in celebrating our Forestry Fire Recruitment Program graduates! 🎉

08/12/2026

One of our Compton crews is making a positive impact in the Wilmington community within Council District 15 (Councilmember Tim McOsker) through environmental restoration, litter abatement, vegetation management, and public right-of-way maintenance helping create cleaner, greener, and more welcoming public spaces for the community This project was made possible through the generous support of Niagara Cares!

Often-overlooked work like this is essential to keeping right-of-ways clear for residents and preventing litter from entering our waterways. On any given day, the crew fills two or more truckloads with litter and overgrown vegetation.

The best part? All of the Corpsmembers on this crew are working toward their high school diplomas while helping uplift their community. Support from Niagara Cares enables them to earn their diplomas through our program while making a meaningful difference in the communities they serve. That’s what the Corps is all about.

We’d also like to extend a big thank you to the program staff overseeing this important project. Thank you, Juan Alvarez, Lorena Ochoa, and Brenda Ramos, for all the amazing work you do at the Compton site and for helping make this meaningful project a reality. And an extra special thank you to the Crew Supervisor who leads our crew of Corpsmembers, Dulce Ruiz!

It takes a village to make a difference, and you all play a big part in making it happen!

08/06/2026

🚀 Looking for your next job or exploring your career options?

Join the Los Angeles Conservation Corps for a FREE Community Work Readiness Workshop at Total Wireless!

Whether you're a student, job seeker, or young adult, you'll gain practical career advice, job readiness tips, and guidance to help you take the next step.

📅 Tuesday, August 25
📍 Total Wireless, Compton
💲 Free to attend. No catch.

RSVP Online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/career-exploration-workshop-tickets-1996255242167?aff=oddtdtcreator

Scan the QR code or visit the link to RSVP. We hope to see you there!

Powered by Total Wireless x Empower Work

08/04/2026

Our Corpsmembers and staff from East LA are partnering with the City of Sierra Madre to restore and improve Bailey Canyon Wilderness Park (City of Sierra Madre - Government) 🌿

Located along the outer edge of the area impacted by the Eaton Fire, Bailey Canyon Wilderness Park borders a nearby residential community. For this reason, the project focuses on both post-fire rehabilitation and ecological restoration.

Our crews are removing targeted invasive vegetation, constructing naturalized bioswales and drainage channels, implementing erosion control measures, stabilizing trails, and making improvements that enhance stormwater infiltration, reduce future erosion, create a fire break to help protect the surrounding community, and preserve the park's natural character.

In addition to benefiting the environment, this project provides our Corpsmembers with valuable hands-on experience operating construction equipment and developing skills that can prepare them for careers in conservation and land management.

A special thank you to the City of Sierra Madre for its leadership and partnership on this project especially Eric Lozick, the Sierra Madre City Council, and the Public Works team, whose collaboration was instrumental from project development through implementation.

Finally, we'd like to recognize the outstanding work of our East LA team. Logan Montel, Raul Medina, Jennifer Sedano, and their Corpsmembers have done an exceptional job bringing this project to life.

07/31/2026

While the fires near the Lineage Logistics warehouse have been extinguished, the recovery effort in Boyle Heights is ongoing. The LA Conservation Corps remains committed to supporting the community throughout the recovery process.

Recently, some of our East LA Corpsmembers and staff attended the Board of Supervisors meeting to provide public comment in support of continued Lineage funding for unincorporated East Los Angeles. These funds are critical to supporting the local community and its ongoing needs.

A special thank you to Crew Supervisor, Jacob Guerra, and the Corpsmember crew from our East LA Site for joining County Supervisor Hilda Solis to distribute essential supplies and air purifiers to Los Angeles County residents impacted by the warehouse fire. The Lineage Logistics fire has disrupted daily life through weeks of smoke exposure, health concerns, and lingering odors, requiring ongoing community recovery and support efforts.

Lending a hand in times of need is part of the Corps' DNA, and we are proud of our Corpsmembers and staff who have been on the front lines helping neighbors recover and access essential resources in coordination with Councilwoman Ysabel Jurado, Supervisor Hilda Solis and other partners.

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