The Santa Ana River enters Orange County about two miles west of Prado Dam, at Green River Golf Course in Corona, ... hacked through a forest of bamboo-like arundo, ...

Orange County residents know the Santa Ana River as little more than a concrete or rock-lined channel, ... or giant reed, a bamboo-like invader that vexes conservationists.

"The non-native species like the bamboo. It's terrible." Weiser said the Riverside County Fire Department is seeking a state grant to provide funding to make changes to the Santa Ana River bottom.

The Santa Ana River, born of snowmelt and natural springs near Big Bear Lake, flows through Southern California as one of the region's most scenic rivers — until it hits Orange County.

The Santa Ana River offers lessons in local ecology, environmental stewardship and connection. Most of us have childhood memories that capture our enthusiasm and appreciation for water in the heat ...

Ten years ago, street gangs and homeless people claimed the Santa Ana River Bikeway as their own. Graffiti marred the concrete walls along the urban pathway. Makeshift homeless camps cropped up ...

COLTON >> What had once been a rapidly moving section of Santa Ana River was reduced to a pond with many fish.Many of them were the endangered Santa Ana sucker that were being forced into a ...

Riverside City Fire Department firefighter Gabriel Sanchez carefully walks through bamboo shrubs as firefighters battle a brush fire burning in the Santa Ana River bottom near Anza Narrows Park in ...