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How L.A. Helped Decimate California's Old-Growth Redwood Forests
California cut down 95% of its original coast redwood forest – much of it to build Los Angeles.

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Witness to a Hanging: California's Haunted Trees
When a man dies hanging from a tree, is that tree an accessory to the act or a witness? The multiple second lives of the frontier "hang tree" reveal something unsettling about the Golden State.

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How Did L.A. Become a City of Palms? And Other Questions About California's Trees
Q&A with historian Jared Farmer, author of "Trees in Paradise: A California History."