Torrance Halts Tree Removal Following Sunday Protest SHARE TORRANCE, Calif. — At least a dozen activists, alongside two of Redondo Beach’s elected officials, stood in protest on a median bordering Torrance and Redondo on Sunday. The message was clear: Save "Frankie the Ficus," a tree rooted in a median along Pacific Coast Highway, with a canopy that stretches over two and a half lanes of traffic. What You Need To Know The City of Torrance has postponed the removal of a tree from a center median along Pacific Coast Highway The tree's removal was planned to alleviate cut-through traffic issues in nearby residential neighborhoods