These tall trees may be iconic of LA but they helped fuel the wildfires that leveled whole neighborhoods earlier this year.

As the fires that ravaged Los Angeles in January ebbed, many trees were left standing next to burnt down homes. Here’s why.

Los Angeles without palm trees? After the recent wildfires, some say it’s too risky to keep as many of these stars of the L.A. skyline around.

Photojournalist Stuart Palley turned his camera on the California wildfires and shares his account of devastation and resilience.

On a recent morning, Shultz opened a wooden tray to reveal rows of house finches, a palm-sized bird commonly found in Los Angeles. From one specimen’s spindly leg dangled a handwritten tag ...

If trees had a resume, the trees in Los Angeles would need a serious resume update. A recent University of Southern California study shows that the city’s urban forest isn’t just providing ...

And what more immediately evokes Los Angeles, the state’s most populous city, than a row of lanky palm trees, bowing their heads under a blue sky? “Part of what makes a community feel homey is ...