My niece recently moved from the Midwest to the South. When she and her husband bought a house, they became first-time palm tree owners. Their tree, the focal point of their backyard, survived several ...

A 55-year-old Bakersfield man who was found unresponsive atop a palm tree underneath palm fronds last week died, the Kern County coroner's office reported Friday. Fermin U. Ortiz Leiva was found at ...

A tree trimmer was rushed to a hospital in extremely critical condition after part of a 50-foot palm tree's "skirt" — the dried fronds that hang from the trunk — fell on him. Phoenix firefighters ...