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 ...
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 ...
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Editorial: After the fires, must we get rid of our flammable eucalyptus and palm trees? Maybe not
Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, Southern Californians have been encouraged, for years, to rip out water-guzzling lawns. They have also been urged to forgo nonnative, ...
OTHERS SAY: After the fires, must LA get rid of flammable eucalyptus and palm trees?
Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent wildfires, southern Californians have been encouraged for years to rip out water-guzzling lawns. They have also been urged to forgo non-native, ...
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Wildfire rages in Los Angeles, forcing 30,000 to evacuate
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -A rapidly growing wildfire raged across an upscale ... Burning up the hillside. The palm trees - everything is going," Festa said from her car. Before the fire started ...