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 ...

The decision to save a little more than a third of the ficus trees in a one-block area on Greenleaf Avenue in the Uptown area already is under attack. Two factions are frustrated with City Council’s ...

It appeared that the fate of towering ficus trees rooted along a three-block stretch of Whittier’s commercial center was sealed. City Council members in December voted to approve a redesign of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

ANAHEIM – A neighborhood spat is sprouting over whether to remove 11 towering ficus trees that have been around for 60 years. Some residents of Pine Way, Wilhelmina Street and Janss Street want to ...

Palm Beach has renewed a program to waive fees for hauling away ficus while encouraging the planting of pest-resistant ...

Huntington Drive is in for a dramatic facelift next year under a city plan to cut down 35 decades-old ficus trees that business owners blame for damaging sidewalks and buildings, leaving messy ...