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Palm trees have been a symbol of Los Angeles for 150 years. The tall, spindly trees line our streets and define our beach-y culture. But L.A. Times columnist Patt Morrison writes that, as climate ...

With their towering heights and lush green canopies, palm trees are a beloved part of Southern California’s skyline. But if they are covered with dead material that gets ignited, sometimes they light ...

A professional palm tree trimmer died Tuesday morning in Phoenix after getting trapped under palm fronds, authorities said. According to the Phoenix Fire Department, officials were called to the scene ...

Los Angeles firefighters rescued a tree trimmer Saturday who was trapped by palm fronds while working on a tree in Sherman Oaks. The man, who was wearing tree-trimming gear, including heavy-duty boots ...

Tree trimmer Jaime Yepiz, 43, was working on a 50-foot palm tree when dried palm fronds fell on him Responders arrived to extricate him from the tree, using chain saws to free him after he was found ...

A tree trimmer was rushed to a hospital in extremely critical condition after part of a 50-foot palm tree's "skirt" — the dried fronds that hang from the trunk — fell on him. Phoenix firefighters ...