Call me heretical, but sometimes I feel that way about L.A.’s palm trees. The difference is that there is almost nowhere that you won’t see a palm tree, including right out my back door.

A century later, it’s hard to imagine LA without these trees. But Angelenos might be right to start trying, because many palm trees live about 100 years. “They're senior citizens,” says Donald Hodel, ...

Donate now. Southern California’s palm trees are almost as iconic as our beautiful beaches and sprawling national parks, but their giant prickly fronds aren’t nearly as popular. They litter ...

Sky high palm trees have been synonymous with picture-perfect ... "I am sympathetic to the aesthetic history of LA, and I'm not of the mind that we should eradicate palms from the entirety of ...

Palm trees also don't lend much shade to an area that tends to become hot and dry for a prolonged amount of time in some seasons — like the arid period that preceded the LA fires in January.

Lush green palm trees still standing in Los Angeles despite the raging wildfires consuming California have sparked wild ...

Many of the palm trees that line local boulevards today were planted in the run-up to LA’s first time hosting the Olympics in 1932, as a beautification effort intended to tout the region’s ...

Palm trees in particular are often safe from fires, as often fires occur at ground level - far from a tree's canopy. On top of this, photographers in LA have captured images of several palm trees ...

Fragrant eucalyptus trees, indigenous to Australia, sway in the breeze along roadways and in groves. Stately palm trees, lining neighborhoods, are a defining emblem of Los Angeles. The two trees ...

A man has been caught on a Ring camera video setting a palm tree on fire in Los Angeles ... hanging palm frond in West Hollywood, a part of LA that has so far been spared from any major fires ...