Beverly Hills has just cut down many ficus macrocarpa, also known as Indian laurel fig, trees, and a total of 87 more there are scheduled for destruction. Our own city of Whittier has cut down healthy ...

These indoor trees can double as a statement-making interior design element. Katarzyna Bialasiewicz/Getty Images Ficus trees, also known as fig trees, are popularly grown as houseplants to add height ...

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 ...

All the ficus trees on a three-block stretch of Greenleaf Avenue in Whittier will be ripped out to make way for the construction of a promenade under a city-approved plan. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles ...

The Whittier City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with an uptown redevelopment project set to remove over 80 ficus trees, which has caused passionate community outcry. A community rally to ...

SEAL BEACH – Ficus or no ficus? The City Council voted at its last meeting to plant 25 new ficus trees on Main Street, replacing older trees that are not ficus. The goal is to create a uniform canopy ...

Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

Merchants and residents of the lower 24th Street corridor are under attack — from above and below. By ficus trees. Problematic ficus trees are increasingly becoming a headache for area denizens, with ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Often when it rains, there are reports of ficus trees falling in San Francisco. The city now has decided to relax the rules to make it easier to remove ficus trees. A large ...