These indoor trees can double as a statement-making interior design element. Ficus trees, also known as fig trees, are popularly grown as houseplants to add height and make a simple yet impactful ...

Look closer, and the graphic zeroes in on the Greenleaf Promenade project in Uptown Whittier, which could see more than 100 ...

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 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 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Residents are fighting back after city ...

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 ...

Susan Cervantes, founder of Precita Eyes Muralists, sits on one of the ficus stumps she saved in 2021. Susan Cervantes has made a new home for two of the 126 ficuses that once lined 24th Street. As 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 ...

Wendy Klenk never considered herself a political person. But when she witnessed a towering and healthy ficus tree being cut down in Beverly Hills last week, something fired up within her. “I’ve never ...