The lone pine tree stands sentinel over Los Angeles from its 1,690-foot perch on Burbank Peak, right at the western edge of the city's largest green space. The tree has had several nicknames over ...

His ruling did not immediately eliminate all hydraulic activity, but the mines did eventually shut down. Before it toppled in the spring of 1911, the Lone Pine at Hirschman Diggins stood as a living ...

But amidst the destruction that killed about one in 12 of the city's residents, one lonely pine tree out of more than 60,000 has clung to life along the ravaged coast.