The iconic Beverly Hills palm tree streets have a tourist problem

In recent years, several Beverly Hills neighborhood streets have been clogged by tourists standing in the middle of the road for the perfect shot. City officials and neighbors warn of a glaring safety ...
LAist

Who will save Sunshine? The palm tree may be the last survivor of old Bunker Hill

Near the corner of First and Hill streets is a palm tree sitting all by its lonesome in a pot. Sunshine is a scraggly 50-footer not unlike the region’s other queen palms. But to its biggest champions, ...
San Gabriel Valley Tribune

Palm trees on fire crackle at Riverside’s The Cheech art museum

Grouping of fire paintings is “a meditative space” for some, museum says. And Cheech Marin talks about the two Malibu fires ...
Los Angeles Times

Prepare to say a frond farewell to Los Angeles’ palm trees

Call forth the mourners from far and wide. And remind them to bring their chainsaws. Don’t freak out. This isn’t an alert about any wholesale dying of palms. Not all of them, anyway, and not right ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Shaking the Palm Trees — A New Music Fest Comes to Santa Barbara

Palm Tree Music Festival Montecito is indeed coming to the Santa Barbara Polo & Racquet Club (technically located in Carpinteria) on October 4. It certainly looks like a luxe event, billed as “a ...