About 70 residents rallied to “save the trees” in Uptown Whittier on Saturday, March 16, at City Hall, decrying a plan to remove and replace several trees as part of the Greenleaf Promenade Project.

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 ...

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 ...

Whittier’s first craft brewery hasn’t even opened, but with the proposal for a second one by a Maywood food service company, there’s now talk that others could flock to Uptown Whittier, attracting ...

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A group of protesters marched through the streets of Whittier on Saturday to fight for the more than 100 trees that stand risk of being removed as part of a project approved by city council members.