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He helped protect the L.A. River. Now he wants to see it transformed - Los Angeles Times
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He helped protect the L.A. River. Now he wants to see it transformed

George Wolfe, an environmental activist, was among the first to paddle a boat down 51 miles of the L.A. River in 2008, when the stunt risked fines and jail time. The trip inspired proposals for turning the concrete-lined channel into a natural and recreational resource. But today there are few visible signs of a transformed waterway.

By Jackeline Luna
 and Maggie Beidelman
California
Jackeline Luna

Jackeline Luna is a former senior producer for video series. Before joining the Los Angeles Times, she interned for Politico, ABC7 and the Mercury News. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a master’s in journalism in May 2018.

Maggie Beidelman

Maggie Beidelman is a former senior video director for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining The Times in 2019, Beidelman helped launch AJ+, the digital media channel of Al Jazeera Media Network, where she produced the award-winning series “Untold America.” Beidelman has her master’s in documentary film from the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.

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