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 ...
Palm weevils’ latest victims: century-old date palm trees in front of La Valencia Hotel
Two trees are removed after they were infested with a form of beetle that has been killing palms in La Jolla and throughout ...
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Iowa State Capitol
Among its architectural highlights are 29 types of marble, 12 types of wood (all native to Iowa ... to nurture the tropical plants housed within. Along with palm trees and a waterfall, the ...
Columbus Dispatch4d
Native Plant: American lindens make excellent shade trees for you landscape
OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. When considering shade trees for landscape use, such staple native species as ...
Orlando Sentinel4d
Plant Doctor: Help! I’m confused about the right way to prune my palm trees
Around mid-March when consistently warm weather arrives, trim the plants back as needed while removing cold damage or declining leaves. An improperly-pruned palm with a rocket cut. (Courtesy of ...
Santa Cruz Sentinel3d
After the Moss Landing battery fire, should California limit where battery storage plants can be built?
Next door to a high school in Santa Barbara County. Across California, large battery storage plants are being planned and constructed in dozens of locations at a pace faster than anywhere else in ...
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How to grow California roses – and transform your yard with native, bee-friendly borders
Rosa californica, or the California wild rose, is a beautiful native plant that will add a naturalistic charm to any yard.
California must quickly ban plants within 5 feet of homes in fire-prone areas, Newsom says
Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering the state to speed up its rulemaking for wildfire safety around homes in fire-prone areas that ...
CNN4d
California approves $50 million to protect immigrants and defend state against Trump administration
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws Friday setting aside $50 million to help the state protect its policies from challenges by the Trump administration and defend immigrants amid the ...
The Star5d
Two foreign workers suffer burns in palm oil processing plant fire
NILAI: Two foreign workers suffered second-degree burns in a fire at a palm oil processing plant in Nilai 3 near here. A state Fire and Rescue Department official said the fire which broke out at ...
Mansion Global6d
Avant-Garde House Outside Palm Springs, California, Lists for $7.5 Million
Located in Rancho Mirage—about 11 miles southeast of Palm Springs—the home was designed by architect Robert Stone, who drew inspiration from Southern California’s two most prevalent ...
SFGate4d
Handful of investors quietly purchase private land within Joshua Tree
A handful of privately owned lots within the boundaries of Joshua Tree National Park in the Whispering ... residents about what’s coming to the California desert. The roughly 2-square-mile ...