Departures is KCET's hyper-local web documentary, community engagement tool and digital literacy program about the cultural history of Los Angeles' neighborhoods.
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Hundreds of years ago, the Los Angeles Basin's river and tributaries sat at the center of daily life for our first ancestors, the Tongvas Indians. They understood the river's changing, mercurial nature and built their homes and town centers above its flood plains. Yangna, sitting just a few miles from the river near Spring Street, was the largest Tongvas village. It was a center for commerce, governance and religious ceremonies, and it is the birthplace of Los Angeles.
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