Los Angeles River. Part 5

new dodger stadium the latino and asian community of the lesion valley that's up on the los angeles river also called from town because of the croaking that sometimes echoes from the river lesion valley is the site of the first urban many parts along the la river this article about joe linton of friends of the los angeles river pushes his bike into the tiny mini bar so this pocket park actually dumping air mattress or trash but actually supports just a few trees a bench and an elegant he didn't appear hearings that strategy today it's been kind of opportunistic and so a lot of the reclaim it have been done have been planting these victories using the power of iraq's to begin to bring back a sense of the river even though the river itself still needs a lot of complex and the rivers change with these small interventions lantern slides onto his mike was a newly planted trees in parks including london a place to track

that's under a bridge of homeless man chances here on the other side of the river in cyprus are those are celebrating the site of the new state hillary clinton says the expanded canal parks along the rivers and having a real for riding one of the biggest challenges is access for a tiny drop tickets not officially open to the public about the county looked the other way though the i've never heard of these people by and watch your everyday but accessed all really lags behind forever is very dangerous and it's raining and so the public agencies that maintained and are justifiably worried about liability for years officials and staying warm the river trying to keep people a way that made it a good hideout for kids gangs and the homeless system in no man's land down here niki caro friends a backwater village walks a stretch of the river in south that water down

here there's something really wrong longest know that's a very safe place down here is they also have a local gangs have tagged the turf their initials are spray painted on the river channel scrawled on holder's etched into young trees than apart agency proposed a mini park on the river in north that water residents next exercise force during gang members would use it to get stronger so signs illustrating yoga poses were installed instead betty car wants to help kids stay out of trouble by making them stewards of the river water officials have no way to improve safety she recommends ripping out more of the fencing so people can get out quickly the more people who come here she says the safer it will be another challenge to making the la river a corridor of parks

freeways they spew some of the highest concentrations of air pollution in la much of the la river is shadowed by this seven ten i'm five one thirty four and one no one freeway is that la city councilman ed reyes that's all the more reason to put parks here this tapestry working folks laypeople other live we have to go to the places that has the greatest effect has the greatest potential to cause roof too great here at the confluence of the la river indian lawyers say they'll also the confluence of the five and the one ten freeways surprise because it's by these states but sense be

their lights flashing down by the river don't settle for the night clinton sees this still silhouette of a heron reflected in the flowing water and he rides a deep in the shadows of the young sycamore is the topic on the banks from the los angeles river fills the set sail at nine point three kpcc