Leaf blower noise makes me crazy. A peaceful Saturday morning, not much traffic but at a business down the street a landscape crew starts up their gas blowers and the neighborhood has to endure ...

The tidy town of Carmel-by-the-Sea in California was the first to ban blowers, back in 1975, followed by Beverly Hills in 1978. Manhattan Beach, California, made leaf-blowing a criminal offense ...

HOUSTON — A gardener in northwest Houston was shocked when a man pointed a gun at him and ran off with his leaf blower. The whole thing was caught on a Ring camera. It happened on July 23 near ...

Here are some of the quietest leaf blowers and electric and battery-powered lawn equipment from Consumer Reports' tests. These that cut down on noise without skimping on performance.