LA River - Student Work
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This mural was created by Brenda Ramos, senior at LA Leadership Academy. It is the final assignment for the Departures LA River Project. Click below to view the mural....
This mural was created by Renee Rivas, junior at LA Leadership Academy. It is the final assignment for the Departures LA River Project. Click below to view the mural....
This mural was created by Arthur Salcedo, senior at LA Leadership Academy. It is the final assignment for the Departures LA River Project. Click below to view the mural....
The Great Wall mural was part of a summer job program that helped keep troubled teens off the streets and help teach them responsibility. The mural consisted of different historical events that impacted the race or religion of all the...
By Amanda Gonzalez As KCET project producers meeting Ed Reyes was a real treat. The interview was very interesting and very inspiring; Reyes spoke of change and his process of becoming a politician. His reply, "I was disillusioned," when he...
We visited one of the four Swift Water Rescue teams in Los Angeles. The four rescue teams are scattered throughout the city of Los Angeles in a strategic manner in order to optimize efficiency. They are not only a city...
The Los Angeles River used to be a place that I thought was full of trash. I was with the KCET Departures two years ago and we actually went down in the LA River to help clean it. Even though...
The man Leo Limon, or just known as "Leo" is a very interesting man. What he does is he spray paints pictures of cats on storm drains in the L.A. River. Leo told us that he grew up in Cypress...
It was another filming day with the guys. Geo, Angel, Chris and I all got in my dad's van and followed Matt to Marsh Park. There we met George Wolfe, who is writer/editor by day and a LA River activist...
Through out this journey of discovering the L.A. River I have learned many things. With Shelly Backlar I discovered how important it is to remember that with out the river the city as a whole wouldn't have been placed here....
"Los Angeles" Different worlds uniting into one. The beauty of the trees, the way they rock to the wind. The big buildings sit, as every being sings. Different worlds in one city. As everyone loves, we hate as well. Different...
I have lived here in Lincoln heights all my life, never once have I thought about going to hang out at the river. Ever since I have been in the process of learning more about it through this program, I...
So... departures is coming to a close :( but on a lighter note: it's been a wonderful experience :) I've, admittedly, learned more than i've ever cared to learn about the river, which in itself is an amazing accomplishment. I...
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By Mabel Chan Hill Street Cafe is a cafe in a plaza on Hill Street. It initially opened for patrons of Best Western Inn, but it attracts many people young and old. This is the only cafe in Chinatown that...
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