Los Angeles River

DISGUSTING: Thousands Of Raw Sewage Spilled In LA

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.15.2012

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It was a brown, lumpy river that must have reaked to high heavens. Approximately 5,500 gallons of raw sewage spilled into the Arroyo Seco in South ...

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Announcing The Corps Network 2012 Projects of the Year

Levi Novey | Posted 05.23.2012

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Levi Novey

Each year The Corps Network honors Service and Conservation Corps whose accomplishments and projects exemplify the positive role that Corps serve for individuals and communities nationwide.

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PHOTOS: Legalizing Access To The LA River

AP | By NOAKI SCHWARTZ | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: River Project, Los Angeles River, Environmental Law Center, Los Angeles River Kayaking, Army Corps of Engineers, La Conservation Corps, Los Angeles News

By NOAKI SCHWARTZ, Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Paddle beneath an overpass and for a moment the concrete flood-control channel that shackl...

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WATCH: An Homage To The LA River

The Huffington Post | Lucy Blodgett | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Friends of the Los Angeles River, La River Kayak Tours, Los Angeles River, Video, La Around Town, La River, John Hwang, Los Angeles News

For those Angelenos that still view the Los Angeles River as depressing, sewage-like infrastructure -- boy, do we have something for you. Videographer...

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Rock the Boat: Interview With L.A. River Activists Who Made History and a Movie

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Rock the Boat, Friends of the Los Angeles River, Epa, Los Angeles River, L.A. River, George's L.A. River Commute, Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

Rock the Boat is a documentary about a small band of environmental activists who decide to challenge the system and navigate the Los Angeles River,

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Woman Falls 20 Feet Into LA River To Retrieve Pet Bird

Studio City, CA Patch | Mike Szymanski | Email the Author | 2:11pm | Posted 07.21.2011

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A Studio City woman fell 20 feet into the concrete culvert of the Los Angeles River near the Vineland Avenue Bridge Saturday morning trying to rescue ...

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PHOTOS: Could The River Unify Los Angeles?

The Huffington Post | Anna Almendrala | Posted 07.16.2011

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The LA River Field Guide, which was just released a few weeks ago, features "Departures: LA River," an interactive collection of interviews, video, ma...

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Your Comprehensive Guide To The L.A. River

KCET | Posted 07.03.2011

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Whether you're visiting it for the first time or the hundredth, the Los Angeles River has something for everyone to enjoy. Our comprehensive guide wit...

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Canoers Cited For Boating On LA River

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — Members of a Canadian folk-rock band have been cited for canoeing down the Los Angeles River before an approaching storm. Police ...

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The WSJ Explores Los Angeles Noir

wsj.com | NEAL POLLACK | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pick your poison, noir tourist, and the City of Angels will intoxicate with its beauty-on-the-edge-of-gloom aura and time-bubble pit stops. Pop by dow...

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Paris Has Its Seine, Vienna Has Its Danube, London Has Its Thames and We (Lucky Us) Have Our L.A. River

Lisa Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles River, Neckar River, Lisa Adams, Ingrid Calame, Vlatka Horvat, Ross Rudel, Outpost for Contemporary Art, L.A. River, Charles Long, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, Los Angeles, Leo Limon, James Cohan Gallery, Jayme Odgers, Kelly McLane, Lane Barden, Tom Galvin, Whitney Museum, Douglas Hill, Heidelberg, Art La River, La Getaways, Arts News
Lisa Adams

Screw developers. I'm thinking about the L.A. river's ability to offer a haven for thoughtfulness and a deeper way of considering one's transitory time here on this planet.

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EPA Declares River 'Traditional Navigable Waters'

latimes.com | Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Wednesday declared the entire concrete-lined Los Angeles River channel "traditional navigable waters," a design...

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WATCH: Rafting Down The LA River

Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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Via NBC LA: Last month we wrote about the Hidden LA River Tours with Jenny Price, but if a walking exploration of the Los Angeles River is too tame fo...

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PHOTOS: How LA Can Stop Spending $1 Billion A Year On Water

Anna Almendrala | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATE: Below, we had originally quoted Jenny Price as saying Los Angeles spends $200 billion a year for 1 billion gallons of water. In fact, the figu...

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A New Chapter for the LA River

Antonio Villaraigosa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Epa, Compton Creek, Environmental Protection Agency, Antonio Villaraigosa, Lisa Jackson EPA, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles River, Lisa Jackson, Los Angeles, Los Angeles News
Antonio Villaraigosa

There was a time when the Los Angeles River ran freely along a flooded plain, and the lands surrounding it were lush and fertile. Now the river is barricaded by concrete. It doesn't have to be this way.

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Stranded Dog Rescued From Raging LA River (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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(Text From AP) LOS ANGELES - A helicopter has hoisted a dog to safety after being stranded more than an hour in the Los Angeles River. A firefighter ...

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Corporation Formed To Help Transform LA River

AP | JACOB ADELMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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LOS ANGELES — A nonprofit corporation was established Tuesday to help advance a decades-long plan to transform 32 miles of the concrete-filled L...

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America's Waterways Need Help - and, Yes, You Can Help

Steve Fleischli | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arlen Specter, Russ Feingold, Los Angeles River, Waterways, Lisa Jackson, Congress, Lamar Alexander, George Voinovich, Dianne Feinstein, Clean Water Restoration Act, Amy Klobuchar, Streams, New York City, Rivers, Clean Water Act, U.S. Senate, Kansas, Commerce Clause, Supreme Court, Clean Water, Max Baucus, Wetlands, Drinking Water, Rapanos, Green News
Steve Fleischli

By some estimates, 60 percent of U.S. creeks, rivers, and streams and tens of millions of acres of wetlands and other sensitive waterbodies have lost federal protection in the last few years due to the Supreme Court's decisions.

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