You don’t need to be an outdoors expert to cut your own tree, but a little planning can mean all the difference.

Cutting your own tree and bringing the tree indoors as close to Christmas as possible will give you the optimum freshness.

As crews worked carefully to cut tree limbs near high-voltage power lines, San Anselmo resident Michael Schwab described what he saw in the early morning hours from his house. "All of a sudden we ...