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Column: Slow the spread of fire? ‘We have to get rid of the palm trees’
Structures, rather than vegetation, served as the primary fuel for spreading flames, but fire-resistant landscaping helps. It ...
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From iconic Los Angeles palm trees and mansions to beach lifeguard stations: 'Everything was on fire'
the Los Angeles Zoo, Griffith Park and the Griffith Observatory. Nearly 1.2 million customers were also without power midday on Wednesday due to burning trees falling on powerlines or Southern ...
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Editorial: After the fires, must we get rid of our flammable eucalyptus and palm trees? Maybe not
Stately palm trees, lining neighborhoods, are a defining emblem of Los Angeles. The two trees are among the most notorious of non-native plants that are highly flammable. In a fire they can go up ...
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California has a palm tree problem
About 8 miles away, a small marker on the edge of Exposition Park notes the history ... the first palm trees were brought into the Los Angeles area and planted around the missions, according ...
No More Palm Trees, and Six Other Ways L.A. Can Protect Itself From Wildfires
Around the world, other communities are experimenting with ideas that Los Angeles could borrow as it rebuilds from disastrous ...
Los Angeles rising: how the city and the industry will rebuild
The Pacific Palisades had a “flavor,” as broker Anthony Marguleas remembers it. The residential neighborhood on the Westside ...