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Last month at Unique LA hi Tree stood out in a forest of eye catching booths. Designer Tina Rodas creates whimsical leaf jewelry, owl totes, and plush tree shaped pillows. Her felt trees are adorned with happy hearts. With apples on tote bags, mushrooms on coin purses, and woodland creature names Mr. Chameleon, the world of hi Tree turned our day into a dreamy surreal landscape.

Photographer honeybeejen submitted this photo to our LAist Featured Photo pool on Flickr earlier this week asking "What the heck happened here??" It was taken in Claremont, but we sought out the advice of George Gonzalez, Los Angeles' Chief Forester.

In the next few days and weeks, cherry blossoms are about to blanket the branches of local trees with their gorgeous blooms. Last weekend LAist headed out to Encino to the Lake Balboa area to see some early blooms, and today the Daily News has a listing of other places around town where you and yours can enjoy the cheerful springtime sight of cherry blossoms, take a stroll, snap some picks, and get outside.

     

At a February 9th meeting, the Pasadena City Council voted to go ahead with their over ten-year-old plan to remove 43 ficus trees from streets in the area, particularly many on Colorado Boulevard that share the land with popular local businesses.

It's not the nicest way to wake up on what is a holiday for many: A large tree fell over during the rainstorm this morning in Laurel Canyon, "knocking down three power poles, blocking Wonderland Avenue and interrupting electricity to about 1,700 customers," according to the Daily News.

Earlier this month the Pasadena City Council voted to approve a plan to "remove 43 mature trees from along Colorado Boulevard-as well as side streets between Lake Avenue and Los Robles Boulevard" and replace them with younger trees that would cause less damage to city sidewalks.

It's a Christmas Tree, a Hanukkah Bush, or a Kwanzaa Shrub. Call it what you will, but the bottom line is, it's a chopped down tree you hauled home on the roof of your car sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve and it's now a brittle fire hazard taking up space in the house you resolved on January 1st to "Keep More Clean!" You may have also resolved to "Be More Green!" so let's start with recycling that Christmas Tree.

Jerry Peace Activist Rubin followed through with what he said he would do if he had to after a year of battling with the city of Santa Monica over trees. Yesterday, he tied himself to a ficus tree that was being dug up and removed. Santa Monica Police arrested him for "resisting or interfering with a police officer." In a letter posted on the Treesavers' website, a writer says Rubin's actions were a powerful statement, especially in an election year:

Earlier this morning, tree activists from the group Treesavers reportedly chained themselves to ficus trees scheduled to be relocated by the city from 4th Street in Santa Monica. During the protest the Treesaver himself, Jerry 'Peace Activist' Rubin was arrested by police for "resisting or interfering with a police officer," according to Sergeant Renaldi Thruston. As of 2:00 p.m. Rubin, who is running for City Council this November, was still in custody. Treesavers believed the removal of the trees would harm them. In May, Santa Monica cut down over 20 trees on 3rd and 4th streets (see photos here).

If there is anywhere you would expect a Tree Commission to exist, it would be Santa Monica. After the uprooting of 23 trees on 2nd and 4th streets (see photos here), the activist group Treesavers is urging City Hall to form a Tree Commission. The Santa Monica City Council was scheduled to take it up last month, but it was postponed until later this month. "Positive, passionate and polite phone calls supporting the establishment of a Santa Monica Tree Commission should be sent in an ongoing manner,starting today," writes head Treesaver, Jerry Rubin.

After last Friday's urban deforestation of 2nd and 4th Streets in Santa Monica (see photos of it happening here), Treesavers, who advocated to leave the trees as is, are holding an over night protest on the front steps of Santa Monica City Hall beginning tomorrow evening as City Council meets.

       

"I don't know if I'm more sad or more angry," Treesavers founder Jerry Rubin said this morning as he witnessed Santa Monica workers cut down 23 ficus trees on 2nd and 4th Street. He stood on a stump where one of the trees used to stand for over 40 years -- it only took a matter of minutes to cut it down. "We'll be back again, and we won't get caught with our pants down this time. It's sad, I feel guilty. I feel that maybe there were things we could have done more to save these trees."

Love 'em or hate em, the works of Santa Monica activists trying to block the city from moving ficus trees from 2nd and 4th Streets have been successful so far:Protesters obtained a restraining order Friday to stop the destruction of a stand of ficus trees in downtown Santa Monica that the city had planned to remove starting Monday as part of an $8-million downtown development project. Local activist Jerry Rubin got the order approved by...

They're old, they're gray, they steal carbon from the air, they block the sun, they buckle the sidewalks... and they're so ridiculously green it's almost like they're showing off. They are the 50+ ficus trees who have the nerve to stand in the way of progress near the 3rd Street Promenade. And they've got to go. In order to expand the popular shopping district (once known as the Santa Monica Mall), city officials have...

- 13,000 Edison and 63,000 DWP customers have no power. You're not alone. - Calling 3-1-1 is pretty much useless with a surge of calls. We've been on hold for over a half hour. If you have a true fire emergency and 9-1-1 is also a hold, call the Operations Command Dispatch at 1-800-688-8000 (this is the 9-1-1 fire). However DO NOT CALL THIS NUMBER IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN EMERGENCY. - It...

We caught sight of this unfortunate scene at the corner of Lankershim Boulevard and Bloomfield in North Hollywood just a few minutes ago. In typical "breaking news" fashion, several news vans were already there, prepping their reports. We just had our lousy camera phone. Obvious news of the day: It's freakin' windy out! While we do feel badly for the person whose car got a little too close and personal with that fallen tree,...

For a place with not nearly enough palm trees, Arizona still seems to be a beautiful place, somehow. In the low areas the cactus stand proud even if their bottoms are eaten away or their tops are shot at by the bored and lonely. There must have been some rain because the hills are green and the grasses wave in the strong breezes. It's hot as shit but people don't seem to notice. They...