City leaders and community partners gathered downtown Los Angeles Friday to celebrate tree plantings to replace those that were chopped down by an alleged vandal last month.
Fourteen trees were mysteriously hacked with a chainsaw over several days in April, causing shock and outrage in the DTLA community, and beyond.
On Friday, Councilmember Ysabel Jurado led the replanting ceremony where golden shovels piled dirt on the first of 14 replacement trees. She said thanks to the generosity of the downtown community, the trees will be replaced two to one. “Anytime DTLA has had a downturn, it comes back stronger,” she said…