Tree service in Arcadia, California
Oak and sycamore jobs plus roofline trims, from a base in Arcadia
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Empire Tree Care is a tree service in Arcadia. Call or text (626) 493-7629. The city's Ordinance No. 2323 protects both oak and sycamore trees, and its protected tree list names Engelmann oak, coast live oak and sycamore. So before anyone picks up a saw in an Arcadia yard, the first question is which tree it is. Arcadia is also where Empire Tree Care is based, so you can ask that on the first call, before anything is scheduled.
The ordinance is strict about what happens next. Protected trees may not be removed, relocated, damaged, or have their protected zones encroached upon unless an Oak Tree Permit is granted, and that is the city's rule. If you have an oak you want to keep, oak tree trimming is the job to ask about. If a tree on your lot has died, ask the city whether it is a protected tree before you set a date for removal. Any permit question is one for the city.
Fire clearance is the other reason Arcadia homeowners call. The Fire Department's brush fire page advises thinning a 15-foot space between tree crowns and removing limbs within 15 feet of the ground. It also advises pruning branches and shrubs within 10 feet of a stovepipe or chimney outlet, and removing dead branches that extend over the roof. Those are the city's own recommendations, and the work they describe is fire safety tree trimming at your roofline.
Pickup day matters when branches pile up: the city collects trash, green waste and recyclables on Wednesdays, city-wide, so it helps to know that before a job date is picked. The job itself is simple. You call, agree on a day for the estimate, and Empire Tree Care looks at the tree with you. When the work is done you walk through it together and then get the invoice. Pasadena jobs are on the Pasadena tree service page.
How Bulky item pickups works
- Single-family accounts get four bulky item pickups per calendar year, and each multi-family unit gets two.
- A mattress must be wrapped in a sheet, blanket or plastic to be picked up.
Checked October 2026 against arcadiaca.gov.
What Empire Tree Care does in Arcadia
- Oak tree trimming: Trimming for an oak you plan to keep standing
- Fire safety tree trimming: Branches over the roof and near the chimney are the roofline work
- Tree removal: Removal starts with which tree it is, so the first call settles the species
- Dead tree removal: A tree that has died, quoted by phone once you know what species it is
- Brush clearance: Overgrown brush cut back around the house so the ground is open again
- All 35 services
Before you call, read how Empire Tree Care prices a tree service job.
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Monrovia, Pasadena, Temple City, Sierra Madre, San Marino, and the rest of the San Gabriel Valley.
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Call or text
Call or text (626) 493-7629. Hours are Mon-Sat 6 AM to 9 PM, closed Sunday. Say what the tree needs.
Get one price
You get one price back, and it holds once the work starts. Jobs start at $500.
The work gets done
Empire Tree Care does the work on the day you set, then walks the job through with you before the invoice. Same day sometimes.
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