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LA River:
The long term vision for Rio de Los Angeles State Park hangs in the balance as a key decision by a real estate developer comes to a head this New Years Eve.
Arrival Stories:
"I was actually a cartoonist illustrating for L.A. Reader and the Weekly and the L.A Times when I first came. Did that for about a year but it was a lot of work and not a lot of money."
LA River:
L.A. Conservation Corps' "Paddle the River" wins Project of the Year from The Corps Network.
LA River:
Join us this Thursday, December 15th in observing A Day Without a Bag, an event that encourages shoppers and retailers to forgo single-use, plastic shopping bags in favor of reusable bags.
LA River:
Scott Wilson committed himself to planting five trees per day which formed into the non-profit North East Trees, an organization that for 20 years has planted over 50,000 trees and designed and built over 35 parks in the Los Angeles area.
LA River:
"The river corridor is home to more than one million people, 390,000 housing units, 480,000 workers, 35,000 businesses, and 80 schools."
Venice:
Last week, Land of Departures toured the first half of Departures' collection of oral history interviews with nine prominent Southern California elected officials. That political roll call featured: Compton Mayor Eric J. Perrodin, Compton City Councilmember Yvonne Arceneaux, State...
LA River:
A hand drawn map from 1897 tells the story of the LA River's past and possible future.
LA River:
In any urban setting, it's hard not to notice the presence of signs.
LA River:
Every day should be Park(ing) Day.
Chinatown:
For decades, two late, great, robust institutions were errantly maligned. Both were considered extinct. Both were large and said to have lumbered. Both were thought to have failed to coexist with rivals and then given way to smarter replacements that would become ubiquitous.
LA River:
Sparked in part by a 2008 kayaking expedition led by George Wolfe, the program is a reflection of the public's growing demand for access and recreation to the Los Angeles River.
LA River:
The L.A. River can look to the Cheonggyecheon River in Seoul for inspiration in revitalizing an urban watershed.
LA River:
Like the L.A. River itself -- thanks George Wolfe and friends -- Departures: LA River can be navigated from beginning to end. But the package also features indelible moments that stand on their own, and serve as points of entry like bolt cuts to a River chain fence.
Arrival Stories:
KCET Departures asks, "What's your or your family's Los Angeles arrival story?" Today, we hear from writer, Los Angeles River expert and Los Angeles Urban Ranger senior ranger Jenny Price: "In 1998, I had just finished up my PhD...
LA River:
Is the film, Apocalypse Now a film just about a river? Is the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? Well, neither is KCET.org's Departures: LA River.
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