NBC 7 San Diego

Tree Trimmer Killed While Working on 80-Foot Palm Tree Was Escondido Resident Who Loved His Job

A tree trimmer who was killed while trimming palm fronds on an 80-foot tree near the Chula Vista Golf Course in Bonita earlier this week was an Escondido resident who loved his job, according to a ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arduous job of collecting sap to make palm sugar becoming less common among Cambodians

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Chin Choeun spends nearly 12 hours a day collecting sap from palm trees that he and his wife turn into palm sugar. The 54-year-old boasts of being one of Cambodia's most ...
Seattle Times

AP PHOTOS: Collecting sap to make palm sugar is an arduous, and less appealing, job for Cambodians

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Chin Choeun spends nearly 12 hours a day collecting sap from palm trees that he and his wife turn into palm sugar. The 54-year-old boasts of being one of Cambodia’s most ...
NBC 7 San Diego

After Tree Trimmer's Death in Bonita, Arborist and Trimming Expert Explains Dangers of the Job

After a 39-year-old Escondido man was killed Monday trimming a palm tree in Bonita, NBC 7 decided to take a deeper look into the world of tree trimmers. While climbing a pole, tree trimming instructor ...