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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 ...

Police are investigating the death of a tree trimmer who they said lost his life after being rescued off a palm tree in west Phoenix. Jaime Yepiz, 43, died of his injuries after he was hospitalized in ...

A 35-year-old tree-trimmer named Roberto Garcia was about 40 feet up a palm tree in Glendora on Saturday when tragedy struck: A ring of dead fronds, which he had been trying to sever from the trunk, ...

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) – A tree trimmer who was rescued from a 50-foot palm tree in Phoenix died from his injuries. Police say 43-year-old Jaime Yepiz died after being taken to the hospital. Phoenix ...

LOS ANGELES – An autopsy was pending today on a 35-year-old Glendora tree trimmer who apparently suffocated when he was pinned against the trunk of a palm tree by a skirt of fronds. The man, ...

The Palm Springs City Council delayed its vote on the new policy, citing opposition to the plan. The policy will be discussed again at a future meeting. Walking along Palm Canyon Road, you'll find ...

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