Avoiding mulch volcanoes goes a long way in keeping trees healthy, as well. The main issue with this type of mulching is that ...

“Try our smoked ribeye,” read the small, hand-painted sandwich board sign on the sidewalk out front. And if there’s any hand-painted sentiment more likely to win my attention, I can’t think of it.

SAN RAMON — Contra Costa County prosecutors are charging a landscaping company owner with improperly training a worker who was killed by the cutting wheel of a tree stump grinder during a job in 2018.