The new Fullerton Community Pool, equipped with a lazy river, two diving towers and a family slide, opened June 11. About 180 people a day have enjoyed getting drenched by the sun and water.

Have we broken the natural contract between humans and rivers? The nature writer debates our relationship with the world’s waterways that inspired his latest book, Is A River Alive?

Photo, right, Sycuan pow-wow dancer. East County News Service. San Diego’s inland region is home to 19 Native American tribes and 18 reservations—more than any other county in America.