LA River Stories
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Cecilia Dominguez - The Great River “Not until I started having children and a grandson who loves the river...that I realized we really got to go out out there and take care of it.” video platform video management video...
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John Kemmerer - Federal Aid “We just hope that by bringing federal resources to the table and again pulling our efforts across agencies that we can provide some sort of boost to local representatives and local governments.” video platform...
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Daniel Sifuentes - The Great River “In order to have any kind of change or for anything to get better you've got to have backend from the infrastructure, the city of Los angeles.” video platform video management video solutions...
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"Then they made the football [soccer] fields and the park changed...I noticed that people started worrying about preserving the river." Excerpted from a video interview with Irene Barahona from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"There is a never ending circuitry of energy running around our residency and some nights I never want to sleep." Excerpted from a video interview with Mike the Poet from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"Clean it, green it, dont you concrete it..." Excerpted from a video interview with 3rd grade students of New Castle Elementary (Reseda) from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"I want to raise two kids... exposed to nature as a normal thing not just living lives where you're just in the city." Excerpted from a video interview with Abby Loces from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"One of the things that we ask them to do is to make the river a special project area for the federal government..." Excerpted from a video interview with Paula Daniels from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"It was ultimately to get people to know that the river existed in Los Angeles and that they should claim it as their own." Excerpted from a video interview with Larry Frank from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"Its a Mediterranean climate and theres a lot of wildlife that would flourish if the watershed would replenish itself." Excerpted from a video interview with John Wolfe from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"Once I started learning how to identify the different types of plants and leaves I was able to teach my family about it." Excerpted from a video interview with Arroyo Green Team of the Highland Park Audobon Center from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"My dream was to take the concrete out the river." Excerpted from a video interview with Lauren Frye from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"You are history, fill my cup with your laughter and good times, please stay close to me, sing me the hymns of olden times..." Excerpted from a video interview with musician Lyla Matar from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"When I was a kid it really wasn't a river. We never knew it was a river it was just this concrete thing that had flood water in it." Excerpted from a video interview with Martha Matthews from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"Educated participation in a planning process can translate into good progressive policies for the city." Excerpted from a video interview with Miguel Luna from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"I was inspired by things not because of what they are but because of what they could be." Excerpted from a video interview with Elliot Kwon from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"I know a place where we can dip our toes, in the river, the place they make the videos" Excerpted from a video interview with band The Congregation from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"We can never step into the same river twice. L.A. shine shine lets pretend the sun will never die." Excerpted from a video interview with band Broken English from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"It can do a lot to ease tensions and it can do a lot to inspire people." Excerpted from a video interview with Jeff Greenberg and Bob Forrest from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"Most people see it as a concrete drain but I think its a thing of the past now." Excerpted from a video interview with Matthew Passmore and Ryan Rogers from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"It's a shame that people are so careless and that all this trash ends up in the river where there are all these plants and fish and trees." Excerpted from a video interview with Jason and Yohan from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"I feel like its very important for me to feel that sense of nature and sanctuary right here--It makes me whole." Excerpted from a video interview with Peggy Soto from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"I finally figured out the center of L.A. is the L.A. River." Excerpted from a video interview with Sandra Ellen Bacall from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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"The L.A. River is still something that people go to and want to hang out by and I hope that maybe this process of revitalizing the river stretches the whole way." Excerpted from a video interview with Ozomatli from StoryShare: L.A. River April 30th, 2011
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Michael Pisano - Two Paychecks from the StreetAbout 10 years ago, my dogs and I became one of those "two paychecks from the street" stories when I lost my job and was illegally evicted from my Franklin Hills home...
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Claudia Cruz - What a Great PlaceI strongly remember walking hand in hand with my mother and uncle on Brooklyn Avenue/ Chicago Street (now Cesar Chavez Avenida) greeting all the store owners with great, pearly white smiles and faces...
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Yvonne Bartlebaugh - Before It Was Carpeted with CementRegrettably, I now live out of state and can not come in person...I probably will never be able to see your broadcast. But I hope someone old enough may have similar...
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Kathleen Kimbrough - FrogtownI was raised in a house on the top of a hill to the West of the river. I had a beautiful view of the river, "Frog Town" and the rail yard day in and day...
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Gil P. - A Lot of Crazy ThingsI'm a photographer/Los Angeles explorer. I've seen a lot of things by the river and have taken pictures of a lot of things from wildlife, graffiti, people showering in the river, images...
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I was born in Los Angeles and have lived here most of my life. I didn't know much about the LA River until I took a mind altering Jenny Price led LA River tour in 2007. That tour and my...
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