A unique public art project has transformed a nearly mile-long flood control channel into one of the largest murals in the county.
Local artist Elisa Torres had splashes of paint on her overalls as she climbed down the precarious metal steps set into the wall of this flood control channel. She was putting the finishing touches on a mural along a nearly one-mile-long stretch of the channel.
“This structure is usually overlooked,” said Torres. “All the design is based on local nature, the native species, flowers, insects, and there’s no people in this bureau at all. I really wanted people to focus on the native habitat that we have here because I feel like that often gets overlooked.”…