A professor's casual hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, the Jeffrey pine ... dying in places they used to live before," Safford said.

The hike resulted in a new elevation record for the Jeffrey pine, now California's highest recorded tree. (Hugh Safford, UC Davis ... but they’re also dying in places they used to live before,” ...

The sagging branch had given rise to a new tree. I did what we do nowadays and searched and searched and searched the web to understand what I’d seen. The trees were southern live oak.

Designed by acclaimed mid-century architects Buff & Hensman and built in 1961, this treehouse-like home with sweeping city ...