They were doing the line dance when what sounded like firecrackers split the air. Because the sound was to be expected at a Chinese lantern festival, no one immediately noticed the demise of a fig tree that for 144 years had watched skyscrapers built around it and a freeway carved out beside it; that saw…
via 144-Year-Old Massive Fig Tree in Plaza Where Los Angeles Was Founded Collapses — KTLA
The Northern Herper 