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    One of Earth’s oldest known plants takes center stage in California development battle

    by Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times Jun 30, 2024 3 minutes
    Environmentalist Aaron Echols, conservation chair of the California Native Plant Society, walks along a dirt path in a canyon across from a hill and where the Palmer oak is located, one of oldest living things on Earth, on Oct. 25, 2023, in Jurupa Valley, California.

    JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — After a contentious five-hour public meeting, environmentalists advocates have persuaded Inland Empire officials to delay development of a project within 400 feet of one of the oldest known plants in the state and the third-oldest in the world.

    “Tonight has been a real learning process,” Jurupa Valley City Planning Commission Chair Penny Newman said at the Thursday meeting. “I think we all need time to process the information we’ve had here tonight.”

    The commission voted unanimously to table the vote. Commissioners said the developers must do more studies into the

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