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  • May

    Monina’s Army

    ‘Army’ and ‘family’ are two words that share a single significant feeling for the Delizo family, Filipino-Americans in Elk Grove whose roots in America and the U.S. Army began in World War II.
  • April

    French grad student studies California biodiversity

    When a doctoral student from the University of Versailles needed to understand how America balances urban development with natural preservation, she visited the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District.
  • Sacramento engineer came to America among Vietnam’s “Boat People”

    More than 30 years ago, 19 villagers escaped Vietnam at night aboard a 19-foot bamboo fishing boat and headed into the open ocean toward Hong Kong. Karl Mai, a 17-year-old high school senior, and a few of his classmates were in that boat – leaving behind everyone and everything they knew for the hope of freedom and a better life.
  • March

    West Sacramento levee road ready for action

    On the surface, South River Road may look like any other newly-paved thoroughfare along the riverfront in West Sacramento, California. But when you look deeper, this two-lane, 2,200-foot stretch of road, separating the Sacramento River from residential neighborhoods, serves a greater purpose other than catering to riverine travelers—it has the potential to save thousands of lives during a high water event.
  • New gates for Corps' New Hogan Dam spillway

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District is in the process of refurbishing three Tainter gates at New Hogan Dam in Valley Springs, California.