A contractor dug around my live oaks with a backhoe and cut the roots 3 or 4 feet from the trunks. Some of the roots were as large as 4 inches in diameter. Can I save the trees? D.B., Groesbeck ...

Westmont College Assistant Professor of Biology Laura Drake Schultheis led an effort to plant about 45 native coast live oak trees in the same area where the Montecito Tea Fire rushed through in ...