My best friend is 30 years older than me. This is what she has taught me about life
She was 63 years old. I was 33 years old. We shared cocktails at a rooftop bar overlooking Sunset Boulevard…
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Conservationists are turning dead urban trees into lumber
To prevent California's 6 million urban trees from knocking down power lines, running over houses or being left lying in…
Death Valley breaks heat records. August temperatures could also be higher
Death Valley National Park set another record in July. According to the National Weather Service, the average temperature recorded in…
Letters to the Editor: Enjoy the Biddy Mason Park we already have
To the editor: The op-ed on Kevin de León’s plan to rename Pershing Square reminded me that Biddy Mason Park…
Development fight centers on California's oldest plant
An oak palm tree in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be between 13,000 and 18,000 years old. The plant, which…
Whittier to remove 80 ficus trees in bid to boost business
Whittier will move forward with cutting down 83 ficus trees as part of a redesign of its shopping center despite…
Where can you see jacarandas in Los Angeles and Orange County?
What would Los Angeles be like without the almost 30,000 jacaranda trees on the city streets? It depends on who…
Where can you see jacarandas in Los Angeles and Orange County?
What would Los Angeles be like without the almost 30,000 jacaranda trees on the city streets? It depends on who…
Jacarandas now blooming in Los Angeles
Jacarandas have once again burst out with their galvanizing purple-blue blooms, an invitation to feel joy or annoyance, depending on…
Column: In the land of the giant sequoias, the world's largest tree gets a checkup
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK — Around the time of the Han Dynasty and just before the beginning of the Roman Empire,…