“Never in a million years did I think I’d have fake grass,” said Simone Harouche, a fashion stylist who lives in Los Angeles. A passionate green thumb, Harouche tends a lush property of climbing roses ...

Brian Lopes, front, and Derick Caron, installers with Pacific Grass & Turf, roll out sections of artificial grass to be cut and placed last Monday at a client’s home in North Natomas. With the drought ...

Artificial turf, no longer resembling the rubbery, hard AstroTurf of the 1970s, could soon be heading to city parks and athletics fields. Commissioners gave preliminary approval Tuesday to lifting a ...