Along the iconic Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, palm trees line both sides of the roadway. They tower above the tourists and traffic, synonymous with Los Angeles in the minds of visitors. About 8 ...

Can you imagine San Diego without palm trees? I grew up in the San Francisco Bay area and have associated palms with Southern California since I visited my cousins in Pasadena during the 1960s. When I ...

Elegance is a quality that may not be essential to beauty, and yet when elegance is present, beauty is definitely there, too. It is thus appropriate, I suppose, that Hollywood — where elegance is ...

REFUGIO STATE BEACH, Calif. — A severe storm that pummeled California has taken a toll on some of the state’s most iconic trees. Several majestic palm trees that usually flank the Refugio State Beach ...

The Eiffel Tower was not, at its birth, universally admired. The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de ...

A severe storm that pummeled California has taken a toll on some of the state’s most iconic trees. Several majestic palm trees that usually flank the Refugio State Beach just north of Santa Barbara ...

"A lot of times they start because electric wires are crossing through the fronds, and of course what happens is a lot of these trees don't get pruned so there's lots of dry vegetation that will spark ...

MADERA — Say goodbye to the palm and the pine, a pair of trees with a storied history considered a treasure to those live in California's Central Valley. The landmark sits in the center median of ...