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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The big freeze affected the Coastal Bend more than two months ago, but people are still dealing with problems caused by it, especially with tropical plants. The city has crews ...

Over-pruning palms can lead to reduced food production, winter hardiness, and increased nutrient deficiencies and disease. Ideally, only dead fronds and fruit/flower stalks should be pruned, leaving a ...

A California man died Monday after he was trapped 50 feet high in a palm tree he was trimming on a private residence in Bonita, as the Times of San Diego first reported. Emergency crews responded to ...

With their towering heights and lush green canopies, palm trees are a beloved part of Southern California’s skyline. But if they are covered with dead material that gets ignited, sometimes they light ...

A tree trimmer who was killed while trimming palm fronds on an 80-foot tree near the Chula Vista Golf Course in Bonita earlier this week was an Escondido resident who loved his job, according to a ...

The contractor shall provide all equipment, materials, tools, personnel, labor, supervision, and management necessary to ensure that grounds maintenance (tree/palm tree trimming; tree and stump ...

Annual tree-trimming activities within a busy area of the town could be moved to earlier in the summer in an effort to lessen impacts to residents. During its recent meeting, the Town Council ...

A man trimming a palm tree Saturday afternoon in a central Visalia neighborhood was killed when about 2,000 pounds of palm fronds came crashing down on him. When firefighters arrived at the home on ...