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Ten friends, including journalists Anthea Raymond (public radio) and Bettina Boxall (Los Angeles Times), paddled down a two-mile stretch of the Los Angeles River between Atwater and Elysian Valley last weekend. Gary Leonard was along to shoot photos, which are posted at the Huffington Post.
Geography
Floating a stretch of the L.A. River
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