Palm Trees or California Dandelions

In this city, no tree elicits more mixed emotions and extreme reactions than the palm. Its promoters praise it as the essence of class and elegance while its detractors call it the California dandeli...

How Palmdale Got Its Name

  Q: I have heard that palm trees once grew in Palmdale and that’s how the city got its name, but I have never seen any palms here. Can you grow palms in Palmdale? — Jack McCarthy Pa...