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The Los Angeles River (Spanish: Río de Los Ángeles), historically known as Paayme Paxaayt'West River' by the Tongva and the Río Porciúncula'Porciúncula River' by the Spanish, is a major river in Los Angeles County, California. Its headwaters are in the Simi Hills and Santa Susana Mountains, and it flows nearly 51 miles (82 km) from Canoga ...
Big Tujunga Creek is a major stream in Los Angeles County in the U.S. state of California. From its headwaters high in the San Gabriel Mountains, it flows generally southwest for 28.8 miles (46.3 km), [4] joining Little Tujunga Creek to form the Tujunga Wash near Pacoima. The stream is sometimes considered as one with the Tujunga Wash, which is ...
Zanja Madre. The Zanja Madre (Spanish: [ˈsaŋxa ˈmaðɾe], "Mother Trench") is the original aqueduct that brought water to the Pueblo de Los Angeles from the Río Porciúncula (Los Angeles River). The original open, earthen ditch, or zanja was completed by community laborers within a month of founding the pueblo. [a] This water system was ...
An L.A. River champion offers a vision for reimagining the waterway — and the city's future. Ian James. October 9, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Melanie Winter floats along the Los Angeles River in the ...
Chicanos and Mexican Americans. The Great Wall of Los Angeles is a 1978 mural designed by Judith Baca and executed with the help of over 400 community youth and artists coordinated by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC). [1]
A salvage crew tries to dig out a gravel truck damaged by flooding along the Los Angeles River on March 2, 1938. The truck was at the construction site of a railroad crossing for Union Pacific ...
Tujunga Wash, south from Victory Boulevard. Tujunga Wash is a 13-mile-long (20.9 km) [1] stream in Los Angeles County, California. It is a tributary of the Los Angeles River, providing about a fifth of its flow, and drains about 225 square miles (580 km 2). It is called a wash because it is usually dry, especially the lower reaches, only ...
The section of Glendale Narrows in Atwater Village, Los Angeles, looking towards Downtown Los Angeles. The Glendale Narrows Elysian Valley Bike Path and pedestrian walkway, a 7.4 miles (11.9 km) section of the Los Angeles River bicycle path and pedestrian walkway, runs along the Glendale Narrows through Glendale, Griffith Park, Atwater Village, and Elysian Valley. [9]