A Riverside County couple has been fined for digging up and burying dozens of protected Joshua trees to make room for a home they were building, officials said.

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A California couple has been fined for digging up and burying dozens of protected Joshua trees to make room for a home they were building, officials said. Jeffrey Walter and Jonetta Nordberg ...