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Historic spot in Santa Barbara gets new trees

New palm trees have gone in to fill in the historic median on State Street at Los Olivos St.
Santa Barbara Beautiful
New palm trees have gone in to fill in the historic median on State Street at Los Olivos St.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - It my not be widely known but the center medium of State Street above Mission Street has historic protections.

Santa Barbara Beautiful has stepped up to fund two new Jelly Palms to complete the row of palms in that drive.

Out of compliance trees were removed.

The work took place this morning by Wilson Environmental Contracting.

The trees are on State Street at Los Olivos Street and also at Constance.

Some of the existing trees in the row of palms are decades old including one that was planted in 1924.

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