Palm trees in Palm Desert caught on fire Thursday night with local authorities arriving on the scene shortly after.  Thursday night on Fred Waring Drive, a group of palm trees took up in flames ...

That city governments would not just name streets after trees, but plant and care for them, was an idea born in the middle of the 20th century. In Palm Springs, councilwoman and hotelier Ruth ...

Tamarisk trees and underbrush smoldered and flamed up along Tamarisk Row Drive, in the area running parallel to Union Pacific railroad tracks and the I-10 just west of Washington Street.

Palm Canyon lays claim to over 2,500 of these majestic trees, some of which are over 200 years old. The shorter, more trafficked Andreas Canyon Trail loops around the northernmost canyon.

In 2015 the City of Palm Springs did a survey of all the trees in the city. This accounting of the urban forest is available on the city’s website by googling “Palm Springs Tree Inventory.” ...

This time, all these years later and in a different area of the state park, I actually made it to the palm trees: not a mirage, but a lively, breezy haven in the warm desert. On my return hike, I ...