Trees are made of wood, so it’s safe to assume that, to some extent, they are flammable—but some pose more of a fire safety issue than others. Fast-growing junipers and eucalyptus, for example, as ...
People use a hose to extinguish a palm tree during the Sunset fire on Vista Street in Hollywood on Jan. 8. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) Faced with more drought and increasingly frequent ...
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, ...