LOS ANGELES—The City of Los Angeles has selected a team to design the final 12 miles of the Valley portion of the Los Angeles River Greenway. Once completed, the greenway will make it possible for Angelenos to walk and bike from Canoga Park to Elysian Valley. Mayor Eric Garcetti and the Bureau of Engineering announced [...]
MAYOR GARCETTI AND SUPERVISOR KUEHL ANNOUNCE $6 MILLION INVESTMENT IN L.A. RIVER VALLEY GREENWAY Mayor Eric Garcetti and County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl announced a joint investment of $6 million in the Los Angeles River Valley Greenway. The funding will make the project shovel-ready by enabling completion of design on 12 miles of gaps in its [...]
The Mayor and CM Huizar are organizing an event on the Sixth Street bridge on October 3rd! Neighborhood Council members (and community members) are invited. Please feel free to share and check out our Facebook event! This is going to be a very special evening - we hope you can make it. The current bridge will be demolished in the coming [...]
The LA Corps offers kayaking tours at a reduced price of $30.00. The 1 - hour guided kayaking tours are offered Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 9:30am, 11:30am, and 1:30 pm. Kayaks and safety gear are included. The Program ends September 20th. Parking/Registration is located at 6300 Balboa Blvd, Van Nuys, 91316. The park is [...]
As another step in the ever-evolving LA River revitalization efforts, the half-mile Zev Yaroslavsky LA River Greenway Trail, named in honor of the outgoing county supervisor, officially broke ground last Saturday in Studio City. Touted as an important “missing link” in the LA River Greenway, the new stretch from Whitsett Avenue to Coldwater Canyon will [...]
Join us under the Broadway Bridge for picnics, play and the 40th anniversary of the LA cult classic Chinatown. As always, you can expect good food, good people and good fun. Before the film screening, we will have Tom Explores Los Angeles talk about his adventures in the Owens Valley that speak to the issues [...]
This week, the Los Angeles River welcomed the first groups of kayakers of the season. Led by organizations such as the LA Conservation Corps and their Paddle the River Program, kayakers can join groups paddling down two stretches of the 51-mile river, including the Sepulveda Basin, an area north of the Sepulveda Dam where the [...]
