Calif. redwood confirmed as tallest tree (AP)

" REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Researchers have confirmed that a redwood named Hyperion in a remote Northern California forest is the world's tallest tree. Steve Sillett, a forestry professor at Humboldt State University, recently climbed Hyperion and measured it at 379.1...

Calif. redwood may be tallest live thing (AP)

" 2 hours, 32 minutes ago REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - A redwood in a remote Northern California coastal forest has been tentatively measured as the world's tallest living thing. The tree called Hyperion stands at 378.1 feet, eight feet taller than the previous record...

Singer Joan Baez takes up residence in L.A. tree

"Reuters - Folk singer Joan Baez and a woman who once spent two years perched atop a giant California redwood took up residence on Wednesday in a tree in a Los Angeles community garden that is threatened with demolition."