The time has come to remove Visalia’s beloved Sequoia Legacy Tree. Planted in 1936 as a tribute to Sequoia National Park, the tree has been sick for years, as some community members have noted.

“Big Tree mania” set in, William Tweed writes in a 2016 history of the giant sequoia. Pieces of Dowd ... magnificent trees would disappear, too. Nature could be used and used up.

Dozens of people gathered Thursday at the base of the Sequoia Legacy Tree in Downtown Visalia to honor it before it is cut down due to disease. At about 102 feet around, it is one of the largest ...