Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palm trees on fire during a 2017 wildfire in Ventura. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times) Every July 4th, for most of the past decade ...

It’s a beautiful pink-and-purple evening when we walk out of the Downtown Summerlin movie theater and look toward the city skyline. Strip lights are twinkling, the air is cool, and a row of palm trees ...

Every July 4th, for most of the past decade, I log on to Twitter and start retweeting every photo and video I can find of palm trees accidentally set on fire by illegal fireworks. As with most social ...