Efforts to protect the trees. Janet O’Dea, a founder of Mission Hills Heritage, told NBC 7 last month that she secured the designation for the towering palms back in 2009 but the paperwork was lost.

His “Sunset Boulevard” co-star Nicole Scherzinger described him succinctly. “He is a man ,” she said in a phone interview. But, she was quick to emphasize, Francis is also a sweetheart ...