SANTA CRUZ –The city of Santa Cruz is considering prohibiting the use of gas-powered leaf blowers within city limits and is seeking the public’s feedback about its draft ordinance through an online ...

Los Altos became the first to oust the noisy power tools in 1991 – a policy sparked by noise complaints that was duplicated ...

Q: As I understand it leaf blowers are illegal in Santa Monica? They kick up dust and make a horrible noise. I always see the police drive right by them, why aren’t they stopping those things? Are the ...

CITYWIDE — For years, marijuana dispensaries in the city of Los Angeles spread like wildfire; without a workable city ordinance in place regulation became impossible and enforcement was nonexistent.

SANTA CRUZ — When it comes to clearing fallen leaves from sidewalks and driveways in Santa Cruz County, the time appears ripe to trade in that gas tank for a battery pack. Or two. In a move that ...

WEBVTT KICK UP A LOT OF DUST...BUT NOW SANTA CRUZIS CONSIDERING RULESAGAINST IT.THERE'S ANINDEPENDENT TASKFORCE LOOKING ATPOSSIBLE SUGGESTIONSAND REGULATIONS ONHOW AND WHEN LEAFBLOWERS ARE ...

Ask anyone if they dislike leaf blowers and you’re certain to get an affirmative answer (excluding landscapers, of course). We came from a town denser than Santa Fe and were subjected to the drone of ...

This Christmas, ask Santa for an electric leaf blower, mower, or chainsaw. Come summer, we’ll all thank you. The little engines in gas-powered landscaping equipment generate a disproportionate amount ...

Before you get too excited about leaf blowers being 60% off, we should probably acknowledge the elephant in the yard: Many experts say you should “leave the leaves” because raking and blowing them can ...

Thanksgiving provided my household with a welcome break—less from work than from noise. In our suburb, it was a respite from the infernal din of leaf blowers. The recent climate conference in Egypt ...