Rich Closson, one of three Santa Barbara residents who appealed the Street Tree Advisory Committee's decision, speaks before the City Council on Tuesday in favor of saving the Italian stone pine ...

Five Italian stone pine trees on a stretch of East Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara have been cut down recently. All but one. The city says the trees had to be cut down because of unleveled ...

You’re in for even more surprises when you start asking questions like “What are pine nuts, and where do pine nuts come from?

The home, which was built in 1921, remains intact after a "gigantic" stone pine tree fell on it in May, Realtor Kevin Wheeler told USA TODAY. "It's half a house for half a million," Wheeler said ...

The Swiss stone pine, shown here, is one of two pine trees that produce edible nuts that are able to grow in Minnesota. The other is the Korean pine.

The Venice Stakeholders Association is initiating a project this week to expand tree wells of 30-year-old Italian Stone Pines on Grand Boulevard and Riviera Avenue at the Venice Post Office.

Walter Passmore stands next to a stone pine tree at Mitchell Park in 2012, the year he was hired to become the city’s first urban forester. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber.

San Mateo County and the city of Half Moon Bay are embarking on a complicated financial transaction to make the 880 Stone Pine property eligible for highly-needed farmworker housing, City Manager ...

Pine trees have been historically significant since ancient Roman times. The health of the needles of the branches of their stone pines in their Forum could allegedly predict the empire's future.