In some parts of Santa Monica, the preferred obscenity is "Oh, fig!" We are cursed with aging ficus trees that City Hall refuses to remove. Note that a ficus is basically a fig tree. Each tree ...

Even though it’s easier than ever to buy plants online, keeping them alive is still a challenge. So we’re digging up everything you need to care for every type of houseplant. Welcome to Plant Week.

The city of Beverly Hills is in the process of cutting down scores of ficus trees to make room for a sidewalk project. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Wendy Klenk never considered herself a ...

A tree falls in San Francisco's Russian Hill neighborhood, but the question is not whether it makes a sound. The question is what can be done to keep such trees from sending splayed branches into busy ...

It's difficult to tell a good ficus from a bad one. The city has determined the specimen on the right is potentially dangerous and must be removed, but the one on the left is fine. Some locals remain ...

Wendy Klenk never considered herself a political person. But when she witnessed a towering and healthy ficus tree being cut down in Beverly Hills last week, something fired up within her. “I’ve never ...

It could cost $1.2 million over the next five years to prune all of downtown’s huge ficus street trees and repair root-caused cracks in the city’s sidewalks, a new report states. That hefty price tag ...