These tall trees may be iconic of LA but they helped fuel the wildfires that leveled whole neighborhoods earlier this year.

Los Angeles without palm trees? After the recent wildfires, some say it’s too risky to keep as many of these stars of the L.A. skyline around.

In the charred landscapes left behind by the Los Angeles wildfires, a persistent sign of life has transfixed locals: trees. On lots where houses have been reduced to piles of rubble and cars to ...