Living in the Wildland-Urban Interface
Susan and Al Maza live in an area called the “wildland-urban interface” and were serious about making their home as fire-safe as possible. This included
July 15, 2013
Author: Ruben Green
Sherman Oaks
An estimated 100-year-old pine tree in Sherman Oaks crashed into a family home early in the morning while the family was in residence. The owner
July 11, 2013
Eucalyptus in Santa Monica
Santa Monica City Hall ordered the removal of a 100-year-old, 100-foot-tall eucalyptus tree after three large limbs fell from the tree within two weeks. The
July 8, 2013
Hurricane Sandy Downs Historic 400-Year-Old Oak
The city of Shelton, Connecticut, recently lost a historic oak tree believed to be at least 400 years old when Hurricane Sandy blew through the
July 4, 2013
Hong Kong’s Heritage Trees are Failing
Hong Kong has removed many of its heritage trees in the past eight years due to typhoons and disease (the government’s definition of natural causes).
July 1, 2013
Trees in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has many old heritage trees, which are being lost at an alarming rate. From 2004 to 2012, a tenth of the urban heritage
June 27, 2013
Malibu Trees
State Parks workers, working to replace rocks that had fallen off the revetments in response to wintertime erosion of the sea wall, removed a coral
June 24, 2013
Windstorm Damage
On December 18, 2012 people in Los Angeles and Ventura County suffered power outages from high winds. In all about 17,000 Southern California Edison customers
June 20, 2013
Santa Monica Trees
Trees in the way of the Exposition Light Rail Line in Santa Monica have been chosen to be either moved to a new location or
June 17, 2013
Tree Damage in Malibu
Approximately 1,800 Southern California Edison customers in Malibu were without power after a Sycamore tree along Ramirez Canyon Road fell onto a power line. Southern
June 13, 2013