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A California man died Monday after he was trapped 50 feet high in a palm tree he was trimming on a private residence in Bonita, as the Times of San Diego first reported. Emergency crews responded to ...

A man is believed to have died of suffocation Thursday evening after several dead palm fronds fell on him while he was trimming a towering palm tree at a home behind the Boulevard Mall. Las Vegas ...

• Palm trees should be trimmed about once a year. • Hire licensed tree care companies. Nevada doesn’t offer a state-certified arborist license, but it does issue landscape contractor licenses.

SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - There was a tragedy on the job in a Southwest Miami-Dade neighborhood when a worker was electrocuted, authorities said. Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office deputies ...

An investigation is underway after a person was electrocuted in an Oakland Park neighborhood on Monday morning. It happened around 9:30 a.m. on a residential property near the intersection of NE 34th ...

Strong public opposition led the Palm Springs City Council to delay voting on a new policy that would allow city crews to trim the "skirts" of palm trees in the public right-of-way. During Tuesday's ...

PHOENIX (AP) - A man trimming a tree in west Phoenix has been critically injured after getting hit with a palm canopy. Firefighters were called Sunday morning to the area of 40th Avenue and Roosevelt ...

GLENDORA (CBS) — A man was killed Saturday while trimming a palm tree in Glendora, authorities said. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to a 4:47 p.m. report of a distressed ...