Effort to block relocation of oak tree denied

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

LOS ANGELES -- A judge Tuesday rejected a last-ditch effort by a tree-sitting environmentalist to block the relocation of a 400-year-old oak that stands in the path of a housing construction project.

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