For days, police say, Samuel Patrick Groft cruised through the streets of Los Angeles on his bicycle, single-handedly chopping down about a dozen city trees with an electric chainsaw in three ...

"We want to rebuild from the direct empirical experience of the fire." As a procession of construction trucks drives through the blackened streets of Los Angeles County's Altadena neighborhood, the ...

Christmas tree recycling season is here. The city of Los Angeles provides a few options for your tree after the holidays.

The authorities said a man used a chain saw to destroy more than a dozen trees in downtown Los Angeles, an attack that saddened and rattled residents and city leaders. By Jesus Jiménez Reporting from ...

This summer, at least 77 new fan palms have been planted along two blocks of Wilshire Boulevard near the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In 2006, the Los Angeles City Council decreed that the city ...

Vanessa Romo is a reporter for NPR's News Desk. She covers breaking news on a wide range of topics, weighing in daily on everything from immigration and the treatment of migrant children, to a ...