Over a period of several decades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encased the Los Angeles River in concrete to protect the region against the kind of flooding that had surprised and damaged the ...

Aerial footage shows an LA firefighter being lowered from a helicopter to rescue a man clinging to a wall in the rain-swollen Los Angeles River. Primary Menu Sections. US News.

Narrator: With L.A. County's new River Master Plan, Los Angeles is asking big questions about the future of the river that runs through it. The plan envisions transforming the flood control ...

Off Duty Travel; Kayaking the Los Angeles River, an Improbable Eden A paddling tour on the L.A. River is surprisingly challenging and bucolic—and best followed by riverside margaritas ...

FOLAR, or Friends of the Los Angeles River, a 20-year-old nonprofit credited with igniting interest in restoring the river to a more natural state, is also voicing concern.

The Great Los Angeles River Cleanup will mark its 34th annual outing. "Being held for the first time in recent years at the conclusion of the River's summer recreation season," the huge volunteer ...

Los Angeles Fire Department rescued the man when he jumped in the River to save his dog. LAFD Daniel Castillo. Both were then hoisted into the helicopter and brought to solid ground, and the fire ...

Fifty-one miles of territory. Thousands of years of evolution. How to grasp the complexity of the Los Angeles River, its history and its geological diversity in a single sitting? Well, there's an ...

The Los Angeles River's two recreation zones, 1.7-mile Elysian Valley and the 2-mile Sepulveda Basin, will be open sunrise to sunset this year from Memorial Day through Sept. 30.

Dramatic video captures a man desperately hanging on to survive after being swept into a turbulent Los Angeles River on Wednesday. Authorities received reports of a person in distress just south ...

The Los Angeles River master plan will encourage residents to turn around and embrace the river as part of their homes." Solis said access to parks "is critical to the health and well-being of ...

In one, major Western cities – including Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Phoenix – would take the vast majority of the water cuts if Lake Mead levels were to plummet further, because these cities ...