Amber Willard
GRIFFITH PARK -- While some residents will be cleaning city streets
Saturday for the Great Graffiti Paint Out and Community Cleanup, others
will be gathering debris from the Los Angeles River.
"Every little bit helps keep the trash from getting to the beaches and
into the ocean," said Jill Hill, spokeswoman for Friends of the Los
Angeles River, which is sponsoring the half-day cleanup.
Residents are asked to put on work gloves, old clothes and sturdy
shoes Saturday morning to help pull everything from plastic bags to
shopping carts from the river area around Bette Davis Park in Griffith
Park.
If the plastic and metal items can be salvaged, they will be recycled,
Hill said. The rest will be hauled away.
Cleanup crews will meet at 11 sites along the river Saturday morning.
For other locations or more information, call (562) 591-5980 or access the Web site at www.folar.org.
IF YOU GO
WHAT: Los Angeles River Cleanup.
WHEN: 9 a.m. to noon.
WHERE: Bette Davis Park in Griffith Park at Riverside Drive and
Victory Boulevard.
INFO: (562) 591-5980.
