there’s always a risk for trees coming down. That’s what happened Monday at Steele Lane Elementary School in Santa Rosa. A giant tree in front of Steele Lane Elementary came down around 11:30 ...

That is, this tree is so big you can scarcely look at it all. It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron ...

Residents gather around the Legacy Tree giant sequoia during a ceremony honoring the tree before it was cut down due to a fungal infection in downtown Visalia, on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2025.