On this week’s SGV Connect, Kris interviews Dan Lafferty, Deputy Director and Paul Alva, Assistant Deputy Director at the L.A. County Department of Public Works about the Bassett High School Stormwater Capture Project.
Currently, DPW is reaching out to the community about the project and is encouraging residents and other stakeholders to
complete a survey to help them best prioritize what the project will look like.
Located in the city of La Puente, the project is part of a partnership with Bassett Unified School District (BUSD) to divert urban runoff and rainwater into infiltration galleries underneath Bassett High School athletic fields. In addition, a pocket park at the corner of the school athletic field is being proposed as a joint use feature with the community.
Residents fear storm could trigger mud, debris flows in Bobcat Fire burn area
MONROVIA, California (KABC) Southern California’s first storm of the season is expected to bring rain and snow to the region on Monday, elevating concern about possible mud and debris flows in burn areas and road closures due to snow.
Homeowners in Monrovia are taking the approaching storm seriously, filling dozens of sandbags with gravel amid fears the storm could unleash torrents of mud and debris.
Residents of neighborhoods surrounded by charred hillsides made by the Bobcat Fire are building barricades to protect their homes from storm damage.