In this episode of Look At This!, Desmond Shaw takes us to the sprawling Los Angeles River, a popular recreation spot that runs from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach.
Well, that was a throw-back. To some old-school style of proper, concise, thorough-yet-brief, fully informative reporting. Pretty well done, for a guy in a helicopter.
This news caster did an awesome piece. Informative, interesting well laid out. Just don't see such professionalism in reporting these days. Job well done
@@BoltRM I think the bike paths are next to the top of the banks. From this faraway shot it looks quite thin. I rode the San Gabriel River bike route from Santa Fe Dam near Monrovia to Seal Beach, very nice ride. The bike path was about one car lane wide.
Thank you for recognizing the indigenous people that protect and live with the river. It is so Amazing to hear Native language on the news. Great history of the River. Thanks again
I ride the river often and became a homeless land. You can see lots of trash mounts all over the stretch starting in Long Beach and regularly groups blocking the path with tents or just smoking their stuff.
@@amyhayutin1738 terrible situation supported by many people that have no business on making decisions in our government. Casualties are inevitable when common sense is not applied.
Beaucoup kudos to Desmond Shaw on his report. It was exceptionally well done. You never hear reporters report this well anymore, but it is even above and beyond the best ones I've ever heard--and I've been listening to news reports since the mid-1960's. He didn't miss a beat. I don't ever remember handing out anything but criticism to news reporters in my 61 years, but this was exceptionally well done.
Nah, he just needs to take over this news channel! I wish all news channels were like this: current, relevant information coupled with a minute of historical context. Imagine how much better informed we'd all be. Each time we report on an event in the world, explain the backstory on that region and what led to the event.
About 60 years ago, when this "river" was new. My husband and buddies went water skiing in this "river". Also we did in what was known as Lake Los Angeles. Time flies.
Loved this video, I live in Ohio and would have never known about this little piece of history. Im also a big fan of the investigative helicopter journalist, very effective presentation of facts. Unbelievable that he's piloting the helicopter simultaneously
Now THAT is some Professional and Informative Reporting! Well-Done! I don't even live in LA. I've been there once in my entire life for only 48 or so hours, but what a news piece!
Thanks, Desmond, and KCAL. Over the past few years I've got more involved with the LAR and people trying to preserve and develop it for public safety and recreation. This teaches a lot. Cheers!
@@myview5840Why don't more people understand this? It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Left southern California years ago...for a place that's green. ❤❤
Thank you to the individuals who worked together and gave this old Los Angeles County resident something that I've never seen before. When going to downtown L.A., all I ever remember was seeing was the little concrete canal in the middle which had a "charco de aqua" appearance.
See all that suburban sprawl? That's why you got a housing crisis in California and people leave. Allow people to build mixed use buildings in their land.
They call that a river? It’s a concrete irrigation canal with trees growing out of the middle of it. “Let’s take the kids down to the LA river and sit on that sloped concrete bank and have a picnic, Hon!”
At the head of the river there is relatively small portion that's kept natural and is used for rec. Otherwise, we don't even call it a river, we call it the flood control. These flood controls have worked for decades and allowed LA to grow on the flood plains. There is talk of upgrading portions of the flood control to provide for recreation, but there are a lot of issues, not the least being that it still controls flooding.
@@seeharvesterSure they’d not prefer growing conditions without the concrete? If trees like things, just like people like things, I’m guessing they’d not like concrete all that much, though your more stoic tree might just press on in spite of concrete. You are a genuine philosopher, sir. Thanks for your thoughts. Like those of the media narrator, much appreciated. 😎
As a small child in the early 60's the neighborhood boys used to climb the fence and go play in the L.A. River. What a wonderful change that it is now used. Back then it was illegal to enter the river bed in the city of Los Angeles.
I remember going there as a kid in the 70's and we didnt want to get cought there....juvenile fun back then. The threat of a flood was what kept us from roller skating there. But we did it anyway. 😋
Yep, I was 'busted' in the river as a kid in the late '50's. Back then the sides (at least around the Compton area) were made of cement filled gunny-sacks stacked up on a slope and the bottom was just sand with the 'river' (actually a creek) running through the middle. Buddy and I walked it several miles, all the way to Long Beach, where the 'river' ended as a waterfall dropping down 10-20 ft onto rocks which were covered when the ocean tide came in. Great times to be a kid 😊
it was illegal for good reason before the clean water act there was some really bad dumpers along that river some factories just draining real toxic stuff directly into the river. people forget that a majority of the environmental laws are from things that happened in california on a large scale
Way, way back in the day I used to go crawdad fishing in the creeks next to Canoga Park High School. Interesting to find out they are tributaries to the Los Angeles River.
During the Great Depression, my mom was a little girl, and her and her sister would go crawdad hunting in the river. It was practically the only time they had meat. I guess it was a real river at one time. In the 1960s I’d ride my bike in there. Can’t do either today.
I was a just a lttle bitty kid and I remember some friends and I were playing on the Canoga Park High School football field. A gang of high school age kids chased us. I got caught and the big kids threw me into the crawdad creek. I thought I was going to get eaten up by crawdads. I survived but it made for vivid imaginaiton of crawdads seeking revenge for all the crawdads that had been caught and eaten. @@dagnytaggart5216
And for those of you not familiar with LA, the river bed when dry houses all the homeless, trash, raw sewage, motor homes all at a zero dollar per month rental fee. Such a wonderful place to visit.
Oh, that´s nice. I just wondered why they called this a "river", but it seem´s, this is the explanation. That´s exactly the way how I imagine a so called "river" in a big american city. Today you´ve got some "rivers" out of their bed in some streets, don´t you?
Over the years it's gotten many trees 🌳 and other stuff growing in my opinion it need to be cleared eventually it'll be overgrown I grew up by Griffith Park we used to ride our bicycles in water as kids memories
I agree that this was a well executed piece of journalism, well written, fact filled, unbiased and informative. To call that a river is still the butt of many jokes.
I remember water skiing in the LA River in the early ‘70s. I also remember falling and not getting my head wet, but my eyes burned from the fumes above the water. After big rains hundreds of sports balls would float down the river to the Pacific. My guess there was a sports factory up river somewhere.
So glad they rewilded it. It has now been transforned into park as well. What is sad is that most of LA still is too focused on draining water to the sea instead of rehydrating the land. Rainwater is the free way to reverse subsidence, dropping watertables, etc as well as regreen, reduce pollution, add shade, walkability, bikeability, etc thru bioswales. Its a cheaper way to expand infrastructure while reducing irrigation costs, new parking lot installations, reduce brownouts, irrigation water strain, etc. Bioswales are basically planted, sunken mulched pits that have water drain into them, like a raingarden except bioswales are typically surrounded by paving instead of lawn. They employ biology to quickly absorb water into the ground so mosquitos are avoided. Bioswales should be the next goal of cities.
This was the wisest information I've heard. As a former resident of Hermosa Beach I always thought those cement troughs were aqua ducts bringing water to LA....never knew that was once an actual river. Loved the beach cities...but don't miss LA at all.
Congress dictated the flood control, hence the concrete liners. The respective landowners (municipalities) along the river could have done what you suggested, but that costs money. Apparently those municipalities did not have the funds, or didn’t want to spend the funds (until very recently) for the amenities you mentioned.
I used to boogie board down it by Fish Canyon in the late 70’s , we noticed that there is a shooting range so close that you can see bird shot in the stream bottom and can even feel the hot led hit … wonder if all that led in water ended up in Miller beer ?
What I can never forget is a helicopter flying over the LA River trying to save a teenage boy who had slipped into that raging river, the teenager tried his best to be saved as the rescuers tried their best to grab him and lift him out of there. Unfortunately everyone watching the news that day saw a teenager drown. I just hope his loved ones never saw that newscast. It was so terribly sad.
Very cool for us New Yorkers to see I have always heard of this river & seen it in like every action movie and always wanted to see it and while on our 20 day journey from Las Vegas to SanFran down to LA. I finally had the pleasure to see it a lot on our LA . Sight seeing end of trip. By the way this by far the best trip ever ! Lots of driving in our mini van with our 13 year old triplets
Wow looks like a canal completely unnatural bet when its not flooded the unhoused really takes over, its probably good its getting a good flooding to clear it out and clean it up a bit.
Plants are amazing- all it takes is a crack in the concrete for them to get started. In the vid they also mention they added some natural habitat areas in the channel.
I know that some sections are being rewilded and replanted, but this area could've just had some pioneers make use of some cracks in the concrete. I'm glad more cities are finally starting to undo the damage done to our wetlands and floodplains. They're not only critical habitat for local species, but they help with both drought and floods, and filter our fresh water.
Looks like they need to clean out that giant viaduct.......when ya got trees growing on concrete, there's a problem. I remember walking in that concrete river decades ago. Hearing you talk of kayaking and such makes me wonder if we're talking the same river, lol. Apparently some things have changed in the last 50 years.
I remember hearing a story about 30 years ago about some kid on a motorbike that was chased by a cop driving a detached semi cab that he had commandeered from a civilian. Not sure what the kid did, but the cop literally drove off a bridge into the LA River to continue the pursuit. Them some biker wielding a shot gun followed after them and the truck exploded with the cop inside. Surprised they didn't include that in this history.
That was the best brief explanation of the LA river I've ever heard.
I agree. Great video KCAL 9 News!
Yeah, he brought it!!!
Indeed! Most excellent. 😊
Now this is something I want to watch. I don’t care about Taylor Swift
To hear Native language & people being recognized is amazing.
Give Desmond a raise I have never been so enthralled by a river. No stuttering and delivered every line like he was in a conversation. Amazing work
If there was a category in the Oscars for regular news presenters, this reporter deserves the award. Brilliant!
Emmys
He should do the Oscars. His concise to the point talking should wrap up the entire show in less than an hour.
Well, that was a throw-back. To some old-school style of proper, concise, thorough-yet-brief, fully informative reporting.
Pretty well done, for a guy in a helicopter.
This news caster did an awesome piece. Informative, interesting well laid out. Just don't see such professionalism in reporting these days. Job well done
Indeed. I’m amazed how they are restoring it back to a more natural state. It looks incredible with the trees
What a great teaching moment about the river's history teamed up with the graphics, that newscaster gets an A++, no opinion, just historical facts!!
Amen
They said bike paths were conceptualized for it, did they build the paths?
@@BoltRM I think the bike paths are next to the top of the banks. From this faraway shot it looks quite thin.
I rode the San Gabriel River bike route from Santa Fe Dam near Monrovia to Seal Beach, very nice ride. The bike path was about one car lane wide.
Thank you for recognizing the indigenous people that protect and live with the river. It is so Amazing to hear Native language on the news. Great history of the River. Thanks again
Right?!? I was like WOAAA this guy rocks!
*Desmond is the real MVP of the LA River.*
I ride the river often and became a homeless land. You can see lots of trash mounts all over the stretch starting in Long Beach and regularly groups blocking the path with tents or just smoking their stuff.
@@nononsense852 I was wondering how many people and camps got wiped out by the flooding.
@@amyhayutin1738 terrible situation supported by many people that have no business on making decisions in our government. Casualties are inevitable when common sense is not applied.
Helicopter reporter and L.A. "river" historian. A true renaissance man.
Great report, give that man a raise. Finally, someone with command of the spoken word.
Merry Christmas KCal!
Beaucoup kudos to Desmond Shaw on his report. It was exceptionally well done. You never hear reporters report this well anymore, but it is even above and beyond the best ones I've ever heard--and I've been listening to news reports since the mid-1960's. He didn't miss a beat. I don't ever remember handing out anything but criticism to news reporters in my 61 years, but this was exceptionally well done.
Desmond needs his own channel.
Nah, he just needs to take over this news channel! I wish all news channels were like this: current, relevant information coupled with a minute of historical context. Imagine how much better informed we'd all be. Each time we report on an event in the world, explain the backstory on that region and what led to the event.
Can't tell people too much about the past, they might start noticing things.@@nonconsensualopinion
About 60 years ago, when this "river" was new. My husband and buddies went water skiing in this "river". Also we did in what was known as Lake Los Angeles. Time flies.
Glad to see it with water in it. Yay!
What a great report! So succinct and interesting! Even as we're flying above it.!
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Loved this video, I live in Ohio and would have never known about this little piece of history. Im also a big fan of the investigative helicopter journalist, very effective presentation of facts. Unbelievable that he's piloting the helicopter simultaneously
Now THAT is some Professional and Informative Reporting! Well-Done! I don't even live in LA. I've been there once in my entire life for only 48 or so hours, but what a news piece!
Wouldn't it be refreshing for the national news on major networks to be done this well , as they once were in decades past ?!
water must be polluted🚱💦
Thanks, Desmond, and KCAL. Over the past few years I've got more involved with the LAR and people trying to preserve and develop it for public safety and recreation. This teaches a lot. Cheers!
What a beautiful river. So natural looking....
😂
@@AST4EVER Turds on Water! Get your tickets now!
@@howardb.6205are they yours 😂
Its a concrete eye sore, that doesn't allow ground water to refill
@@myview5840Why don't more people understand this? It's the ugliest thing I've ever seen. Left southern California years ago...for a place that's green. ❤❤
Thank you to the individuals who worked together and gave this old Los Angeles County resident something that I've never seen before. When going to downtown L.A., all I ever remember was seeing was the little concrete canal in the middle which had a "charco de aqua" appearance.
See all that suburban sprawl? That's why you got a housing crisis in California and people leave. Allow people to build mixed use buildings in their land.
@@jonatand2045 that is not why people are leaving CA, LOL. I wish they would stay though because they ruin wherever they go to.
Today it was raging! I passed by it on the freeway and it looked like an actual river. Stay safe L.A
Looks like an actual river if you ignore the concrete banks.
that's cool. when i lived there in the 70's no one went near the river. awesome that it will have trails all the way to long beach.
They call that a river? It’s a concrete irrigation canal with trees growing out of the middle of it. “Let’s take the kids down to the LA river and sit on that sloped concrete bank and have a picnic, Hon!”
Yup...perfect obsevation.
I couldn't believe they said it was a "popular recreation area".....wtf
At the head of the river there is relatively small portion that's kept natural and is used for rec. Otherwise, we don't even call it a river, we call it the flood control. These flood controls have worked for decades and allowed LA to grow on the flood plains.
There is talk of upgrading portions of the flood control to provide for recreation, but there are a lot of issues, not the least being that it still controls flooding.
the good reporting doesn't change the fact that it is ugly, polluted, and captures dystopian urban vibes
Desmond Shaw, you killed it. great story
great piece of writing
Can we just take a minute to appreciate nature's ability with concrete here?
Trees like concrete. You should see what they did to my driveway.
@@seeharvesterSure they’d not prefer growing conditions without the concrete? If trees like things, just like people like things, I’m guessing they’d not like concrete all that much, though your more stoic tree might just press on in spite of concrete. You are a genuine philosopher, sir. Thanks for your thoughts. Like those of the media narrator, much appreciated. 😎
@@seeharvestergood one😂
My thought when I first saw it, had scroll down this far to find someone thinkin the same thing.
As a small child in the early 60's the neighborhood boys used to climb the fence and go play in the L.A. River. What a wonderful change that it is now used. Back then it was illegal to enter the river bed in the city of Los Angeles.
I remember going there as a kid in the 70's and we didnt want to get cought there....juvenile fun back then. The threat of a flood was what kept us from roller skating there.
But we did it anyway. 😋
Yep, I was 'busted' in the river as a kid in the late '50's. Back then the sides (at least around the Compton area) were made of cement filled gunny-sacks stacked up on a slope and the bottom was just sand with the 'river' (actually a creek) running through the middle. Buddy and I walked it several miles, all the way to Long Beach, where the 'river' ended as a waterfall dropping down 10-20 ft onto rocks which were covered when the ocean tide came in. Great times to be a kid 😊
it was illegal for good reason before the clean water act there was some really bad dumpers along that river some factories just draining real toxic stuff directly into the river. people forget that a majority of the environmental laws are from things that happened in california on a large scale
Finally something worth listening to.
All that water going straight into the ocean. Good thing SoCal doesn't need water.
They don't bc CA is now drinking their own sewage 😂
The Indians managed nature so much better than these engineers
Way, way back in the day I used to go crawdad fishing in the creeks next to Canoga Park High School. Interesting to find out they are tributaries to the Los Angeles River.
During the Great Depression, my mom was a little girl, and her and her sister would go crawdad hunting in the river. It was practically the only time they had meat. I guess it was a real river at one time. In the 1960s I’d ride my bike in there. Can’t do either today.
I was a just a lttle bitty kid and I remember some friends and I were playing on the Canoga Park High School football field. A gang of high school age kids chased us. I got caught and the big kids threw me into the crawdad creek. I thought I was going to get eaten up by crawdads. I survived but it made for vivid imaginaiton of crawdads seeking revenge for all the crawdads that had been caught and eaten. @@dagnytaggart5216
The improvement in the river since the 1980s is almost unfathomable.
Most of the L.A. River isn’t even one fathom
@@Quartermaster323 Fathom that! 😉
@@Sylvan_dB A deep thought🤔
And for those of you not familiar with LA, the river bed when dry houses all the homeless, trash, raw sewage, motor homes all at a zero dollar per month rental fee. Such a wonderful place to visit.
Oh, that´s nice. I just wondered why they called this a "river", but it seem´s, this is the explanation. That´s exactly the way how I imagine a so called "river" in a big american city.
Today you´ve got some "rivers" out of their bed in some streets, don´t you?
Nah. None of those sentences in that comment from you happen to be the truth. /
only river i have seen with trees in the river, but no trees outside the river
Over the years it's gotten many trees 🌳 and other stuff growing in my opinion it need to be cleared eventually it'll be overgrown I grew up by Griffith Park we used to ride our bicycles in water as kids memories
Welcome to the desert. Wherever there's water, stuff grows like crazy.
I'm surprised that they let the trees stay, seems like that's going to cause problems with roots cracking the concrete
@@Yarbayeah.. we need more concrete in L A....and less trees 🌳 even though they are the source of oxygen you breathe.
You are trying so hard to be sarcastic, at the WRONG TIME 😂😂😂@@angelicafreund8551
Looks more like a cement storm drain than a river.
Really seriously...maybe they have never actually seen a natural river...untouched by army corps of engineers.
That's why they tried to make us 'TRY to see it as actually Good! It's a cement storm drain. RIvers dont have concrete as the river bottom,, LOL
Open air sewer drain.
Yes.
Did you not watch the video and just jump to the comments? lol
I agree that this was a well executed piece of journalism, well written, fact filled, unbiased and informative. To call that a river is still the butt of many jokes.
Guy went above and beyond
Great history lesson, thx for taking the time
this was the most informative video that put LA county in a good light I've ever seen
This guy explaining needs a medal.
Gosh that desman shaw is good at what he does!! One of the best reporters I know and I know many!!!
Awesome piece of L.A. history shared. I appreciate you, bud!
Although only 51 miles long, it has the same vertical drop as the entire Mississippi River
Nice to see it actually full of water💧 I never saw it that full when I lived in Southern California!
That guy is incredible. Need a channel of him just explaining things in such a concise and informative manner.
Thank you so much!!!! This piece was quick but told the story...the history, the floods, the control, the uses and it's future. Well done!!!
Was gonna mouth off about how this happens all the time, but your presentation and data is very cool so never mind. Nicely presented.
I remember water skiing in the LA River in the early ‘70s. I also remember falling and not getting my head wet, but my eyes burned from the fumes above the water. After big rains hundreds of sports balls would float down the river to the Pacific. My guess there was a sports factory up river somewhere.
Hell yeah, new Look At This!
Most people think the LA River is a sewer runoff that is nasty AF....change my mind.
Reminds me of Phoenix's canals, just filled with trash.
You are correct about that! I won't try to change your mind😃😃😃
it was until the clean water act forced the dumpers to stop it was still toxic as hell for another 20 years
There were homeless encampments in it over the summer. Pretty sure it's still just as polluted with trash and unprocessed sewage. @@imchris5000
So glad they rewilded it. It has now been transforned into park as well. What is sad is that most of LA still is too focused on draining water to the sea instead of rehydrating the land.
Rainwater is the free way to reverse subsidence, dropping watertables, etc as well as regreen, reduce pollution, add shade, walkability, bikeability, etc thru bioswales. Its a cheaper way to expand infrastructure while reducing irrigation costs, new parking lot installations, reduce brownouts, irrigation water strain, etc.
Bioswales are basically planted, sunken mulched pits that have water drain into them, like a raingarden except bioswales are typically surrounded by paving instead of lawn. They employ biology to quickly absorb water into the ground so mosquitos are avoided.
Bioswales should be the next goal of cities.
This was the wisest information I've heard. As a former resident of Hermosa Beach I always thought those cement troughs were aqua ducts bringing water to LA....never knew that was once an actual river. Loved the beach cities...but don't miss LA at all.
@@angelicafreund8551
And the cement is a monolithic scar.
@@b_uppy and I do believe I understand what you mean by monolithic...
Congress dictated the flood control, hence the concrete liners. The respective landowners (municipalities) along the river could have done what you suggested, but that costs money. Apparently those municipalities did not have the funds, or didn’t want to spend the funds (until very recently) for the amenities you mentioned.
@@davidturk6170
California congress did this? Likely aided and abetted by a cement company drumming up business, or perhaps an engineering firm.
Love how the trees find a way,be cool to see a lot more of them
Sounded like a real history lesson! Great job Desmond.
Living in the US South, I am just not used to seeing concrete ditches called a river...sorry, that is no longer a river, just a ditch, with parks.
Yeah, in Tennessee we wouldn’t call that a river.
Absolutely 💯 %....I saw the cement canals when I lived there...never considered that they were once a natural river.
I often take my ski boat out on this beautiful river for various watersports such a water skiing and wake boarding.
You do Not!
@@JustMe-gs9xi haha
5 stars to KCAL and Mr. Shaw on this great reporting.
I used to boogie board down it by Fish Canyon in the late 70’s , we noticed that there is a shooting range so close that you can see bird shot in the stream bottom and can even feel the hot led hit … wonder if all that led in water ended up in Miller beer ?
What I can never forget is a helicopter flying over the LA River trying to save a teenage boy who had slipped into that raging river, the teenager tried his best to be saved as the rescuers tried their best to grab him and lift him out of there. Unfortunately everyone watching the news that day saw a teenager drown. I just hope his loved ones never saw that newscast. It was so terribly sad.
Dude just read out the best two minute brief I’ve ever heard and dropped it like it was nothing
"Grease" would be my favorite movie it was featured in. Looks great for a kayak.
So nice to see water for Los Angelinos. I hope it stays that way, even though I know no one is a fan of driving in the rain.
Very cool for us New Yorkers to see I have always heard of this river & seen it in like every action movie and always wanted to see it and while on our 20 day journey from Las Vegas to SanFran down to LA. I finally had the pleasure to see it a lot on our LA .
Sight seeing end of trip. By the way this by far the best trip ever ! Lots of driving in our mini van with our 13 year old triplets
Dang man, I am so sorry you had to endure that hell.
Great work! Loved the history and I lalalalalove our LA river ❤
hats off to the newscaster in the sky, i learned quite a bit about the 'western river'
I've never witnessed such beauty in my life.
The San Gabriel river and the spreading grounds are also a marvel of water use engineering
Was it just me or was that an incredible lowdown of the L.A. river...
I always enjoy informational shorts about the area we call home.
Thanks Desmond, great report.
Wow looks like a canal completely unnatural bet when its not flooded the unhoused really takes over, its probably good its getting a good flooding to clear it out and clean it up a bit.
very talented being able to fly a helicopter and give the history of the Los Angeles Rivier.
A story so nice, I watched it twice.
I love this story. An instant classic.
If it's completely lined with concrete what are those trees growing in?
Plants are amazing- all it takes is a crack in the concrete for them to get started. In the vid they also mention they added some natural habitat areas in the channel.
Perhaps just the banks are concrete and not the bed of the river.
Plants will grow out of any crack available.
I know that some sections are being rewilded and replanted, but this area could've just had some pioneers make use of some cracks in the concrete. I'm glad more cities are finally starting to undo the damage done to our wetlands and floodplains. They're not only critical habitat for local species, but they help with both drought and floods, and filter our fresh water.
@@nickmartin123456 Yes I agree we must restore the damage we've done to nature where possible
That was cool 😎
The best news segment ever heard.
best documentary ever!! and it only last a minute.
Steepest 51 mile elevation drop from head to mouth of any river makes it very dangerous during storms because of the water's speed...Crazy fast!
That's some pretty good reporting there, kudos!
Far from the most beautiful river! You got that right!!
Excellent report, he does a great job of laying out the story.
Desmond Shaw 🏆🥇
That was very interesting and informative. Great to see a report out of LA that wasn't about criminals.
Nicely done LA River vlog. Thanks
Desmond does a great job!!🎉🎉
Looks like they need to clean out that giant viaduct.......when ya got trees growing on concrete, there's a problem. I remember walking in that concrete river decades ago. Hearing you talk of kayaking and such makes me wonder if we're talking the same river, lol. Apparently some things have changed in the last 50 years.
Greatest looking concrete structure with dirty water, LA should be proud
Yeah..so disgusting and so sad. It could be beautiful..
Nicely done! Great brief history of how the LA river has become what we see today!
Excellent history lesson. Thanks!!
I remember hearing a story about 30 years ago about some kid on a motorbike that was chased by a cop driving a detached semi cab that he had commandeered from a civilian. Not sure what the kid did, but the cop literally drove off a bridge into the LA River to continue the pursuit. Them some biker wielding a shot gun followed after them and the truck exploded with the cop inside. Surprised they didn't include that in this history.
Yeah, that incident was crazy, surprised he didn't bring it up. I remember watching the whole event unfold on live TV back in the early 90s.
@@JustPlaneNutzRCThat's nothing. I remember the giant ants..
@@nomadmarauder-dw9re 🤣😂
Yeah that was crazy times for sure. I think he was trying to save the world or something weird like that.
Great explanation. Glad to see some restoration is in the works. Sure could use some rewilding.
Wow! I wasn’t expecting to learn anything. Kudos to those who did the research and kudos to him for presenting it so well.
Great and nice brief history lesson of the LA River in just 2 minutes. Awesome
Forgot to talk about the homeless camps and glass all over the trail
This is what we Angelenos call, "nature" today. 🤣
As a Native American I am very impressed with your pronunciation. Great history lesson 👍🏽
That was so informative and fun to listen to.
Watch out for THEM !! 🐜
Well said...
Looks amazing!🤔😏😊👌
Great, good news story. LA and the natural world living together!