In tree-starved downtown Los Angeles, taking a chainsaw to the shade now carries real jail time. Samuel Patrick Groft, 45, was sentenced Wednesday to two years in county jail after authorities say he ...

The charges involve 13 trees that were cut between April 13 and April 19, including one that had a limb chopped off.

The worst of the winter weather is behind us now, and it's time to get out and get a few essential garden jobs done before ...

It decimated magnolias, oaks and other species in wealthy suburban enclaves, rural communities and urban parks.

Samuel Patrick Groft was sentenced to two years in jail after pleading no contest to using a chainsaw to cut down 13 trees in downtown Los Angeles.

A man who authorities said used a chainsaw to cut down 13 trees — primarily in downtown Los Angeles — pleaded no contest Wednesday to vandalism charges and was immediately sentenced to two years ...

NES had a recent history of ongoing planning failures, contract oversight problems and missed performance targets with its vegetation management.

Samuel Patrick Groft, 45, pleaded no contest to several felony vandalism charges in Los Angeles Superior Court after ...