All river needs is money

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa climbed into a backhoe Thursday to demolish the last remnant of an old dairy in Lincoln Heights that will one day be developed into a park fronting the Los Angeles River. Dakota Smith in the Daily News,

But with no money - yet - to build the project, the neighborhood will have to wait for the envisioned baseball field, landscaping and underground irrigation system.

"In times of no money, you plan," said Lewis McAdams, co-founder of the nonprofit Friends of L.A. River, which is helping overhaul the river. "When you get money, you start the plans."