Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A man cut down 12 trees and part of another in downtown Los Angeles over the course of seven days last year. He ...

As police investigate the destruction of mature trees in downtown Los Angeles, the blatant vandalism has reignited concerns about the city's decline. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times) Downtown Los ...

A 45-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison for using a chainsaw to cut down trees in the downtown Los Angeles area last year. Samuel Patrick Groft pleaded no contest to nine felony counts ...