The drive to save live oak trees situated on the corner of 4th Street and Jeff Davis Avenue continues.
On Saturday, March 4, those in favor of saving two aged oak trees perched at the site of a proposed boutique hotel development at the corner of 4th Street and Jeff Davis Avenue in downtown Long Beach took to the streets to collect more signatures for a petition to save the trees, both of which are estimated to be more than a century old.
So far, more than 2,000 signatures have been obtained for the petition.
The potential removal of the trees has been a flash point in Long Beach, with hundreds of residents in support of saving the trees showing up in standing-room-only crowds during the last several meetings of the Long Beach Board of Aldermen.
At press time mid-month, the fate of the trees was still in limbo, as no official decisions have yet to be made public.
