Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The Whittier City Council is moving forward with plans to remove dozens of ficus trees in Uptown Whittier, despite significant opposition from residents and ...

For more than thirty years, Uptown Whittier has been the subject of impressive proposals for rehabilitation. Notable progress has not been made despite acknowledging the need, making promises of ...

WHITTIER — Backers of an effort to save more than 100 Uptown Whittier ficus trees from being removed on Greenleaf Avenue as part of a streetscape project kept up the pressure on the city this week, ...

It appeared that the fate of towering ficus trees rooted along a three-block stretch of Whittier’s commercial center was sealed. City Council members in December voted to approve a redesign of the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Residents are fighting back after city ...

The Whittier City Council voted Tuesday to move forward with an uptown redevelopment project set to remove over 80 ficus trees, which has caused passionate community outcry. A community rally to ...