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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Conservation Corps and Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison (SCE), are partnering to reduce the threat of wildfire in and around communities they serve. Edison International Foundation awarded the...
Buzzing weedwhackers and noisy chainsaws could be considered a nuisance. But, in the East Bay hills it’s the sound of relief. CCC Napa Center Corpsmembers are clearing overgrown brush and trees; working right up to the fence line of homes to create a fire break that...
It’s Wildfire Preparedness Week. Time for Californians – who are all too familiar with the threat of wildfire – to double check they are ready. That includes CCC Corpsmembers. Up and down the state crews are training, learning, and practicing for the almost...
Joey Olmeda was tired of dead-end jobs. He wanted to do something meaningful. The Watsonville native found his way to the CCC Monterey Bay Center where he’s now helping build and restore public trails, learning job skills, and is seeing all kinds of career options in...
When you’re in the CCC, you’re family. In some families, being in the Corps is tradition. Carly Rosen grew up hearing stories about Del Norte Center in the early 1980s. Now, she’s creating stories of her own at the Shasta Cascade Center in Redding where Carly is a...
The job is far away and the work is absolutely miserable. But, Corpsmembers are ready to don masks, put in long hours, and make a difference for dozens if not hundreds of Americans whose homes are destroyed. A caravan of Delta and Ukiah Corpsmembers is driving to...
Five months with no cell phone, no shower, and almost no contact with the outside world. Everyday you’re hiking up mile after mile and doing physical, exhausting work. Corpsmember Cece Pineda calls it her favorite experience in the CCC. More importantly, the work...
When Jaime Granados arrived in the middle of the night at the CCC Fortuna Center he had no idea what he would see outside the next day. He left the concrete jungle of the Inland Empire for the redwood forests of Humboldt County. Suddenly – new people, new surroundings...
The CCC Energy Corps is expanding its Corpsmembers’ skill sets. Not only do energy crews upgrade and retrofit lighting, they’re also harnessing the power of the sun. At Norwalk Energy Hub, Corpsmembers improved the grounds at Norwalk State Hospital by installing solar...
Hay, grass seed, and fertilizer. Three simple, but essential ingredients for the earth to heal from a burn-scar. And, the scar left behind by July’s Carr Fire is huge. The Western Shasta Resource Conservation District tasked CCC Corpsmembers to massage into the wound...
