TOWN OF YUCCA VALLEY — To hear local leaders tell it, the proposed listing of western Joshua trees as an endangered species would be an economic catastrophe for the high desert Town of Yucca Valley.

TICKABOO VALLEY -- It is the iconic plant of the Mojave Desert, its name immortalized with a national park and a U2 album. But there would be no Joshua trees at all without an easily overlooked moth ...

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...

JERRY COLEBY-WILLIAMS: This is Cassava. (Manihot esculenta). It's quite commonly grown in eastern Australia for its starchy root, but few people realise that the young leaves are really good eating. I ...

Rainstorms have caused roads to flood in Southern California’s high desert region and likely will continue into the evening, forecasters said. California Highway Patrol reports flooding and debris ...

Gunilla and Michel Hamaoui, who live in Woodland Hills, sent me a photo of a tree whose identity they did not know. They also wanted to know how often it flowered. I did not know what kind of tree ...

What do a yucca tree, a tangerine tree and a hellebore have in common? Not much, really, except that, if you live in the San Fernando Valley, you can grow all three of them in your own backyard. Yucca ...