To the editor: With a touch of nostalgia, we bid farewell to a fig tree that stood in the birthplace of Los Angeles for 144 years before collapsing suddenly on March 2.

But no one loathed the new obstacle quite like Matthew Fitzpatrick, who called it “the dumbest tree I’ve ever seen,” and asked, “whose brilliant idea was it to bring this tree back?

A falling tree in west Toledo killed one and injured another. A liability attorney weighs in on whether or not the property owner could be liable.

But no one loathed the new obstacle quite like Matthew Fitzpatrick, who called it “the dumbest tree I’ve ever seen,” and asked, “whose brilliant idea was it to bring this tree back?