June 25, 1999

'The Los Angeles River: Its Life, Death, and Possible Rebirth'

By NINA C. AYOUB

Gently flows the concrete of the Los Angeles River, banks scarred by graffiti, riverbed dusted with debris, a shopping cart here, a beer can there.

For most of the year, and for most of its length, the river contains little water, writes Blake Gumprecht, a doctoral candidate in geography at the University of Oklahoma. He notes that during a campaign, a local politician once

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