Severe pruning — a.k.a. “coat racking” — is never good for ficus and other evergreen trees, but pruning during high heat is even worse. Evergreen trees like the ficus that were heavily pruned outside ...

Ficus trees outside of Universal Studios were suddenly trimmed earlier this week while WGA and SAG-AFRA workers were on the picket line. LA City Controller Kenneth Mejia/Twitter Universal Pictures has ...

The City of Los Angeles is investigating the pruning of trees outside Universal Studios Hollywood that provided shade to SAG-AFTRA protesters who were picketing there amid the ongoing writers and ...

After the actors and writers unions filed a Labor Board complaint against NBCUniversal over alleged infringements on their ability to picket, a city agency has cited the company for illegal tree ...

NBCUniversal is being fined days after the studio heavily trimmed trees along a highly trafficked street used by striking writers and actors actively picketing the studio. On Twitter, Los Angeles City ...

Who are they? A row of ficus trees that were trimmed earlier this week for unclear reasons. On Monday, July 17th, writer and SAG striker Chris Stephens shared a photo of a row of the trees outside of ...

Ficus trees outside Universal Studios were severely cut back in July, reducing shade for striking actors and writers and potentially harming the trees' long-term health. (Chris Pizzello / Invision / ...