Los Angeles County storm water capture systems have shunted enough water from rain-swollen rivers into percolation ponds this rain season to serve the annual water needs of about a half-million people, an official said Monday.

https://www.scpr.org/news/2017/01/23/68360/how-much-storm-water-is-la-catching/

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to spend $59.3 million to buy a piece of land billed as a “crown jewel” in Mayor Eric Garcetti’s push to restore an 11-mile stretch of the Los Angeles River.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-river-revitalization-land-purchase-20170127-story.html