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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The city of Whittier is now facing a lawsuit related to a controversial plan to chop down more than 100 trees, including scores of ...
Residents are fighting back after city officials voted to remove the large ficus trees lining the streets of Uptown Whittier. The mature ficus trees were planted in the 1960s and provide a canopy of ...
A redevelopment plan for Uptown Whittier's Greenleaf Avenue, seen here in 2020, would remove dozens of ficus trees. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) It appeared that the fate of towering ficus trees ...
Whittier residents love their trees, which had me reflecting on a quote, which over time has been attributed to Mark Twain. “Whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting over.” Ok, there’s debate ...
The lawsuit alleges the city of Whittier failed to carry out required environmental review when it approved a revised business district refresh that entails the removal of more than 100 trees. City ...
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 ...
WHITTIER, Calif. (KABC) -- For many Whittier residents, the small town charm of the city's uptown area is not only the mom-and-pop shops along Greenleaf Avenue, but it's also the trees that line the ...