Updyke later admitted to poisoning the sacred oak trees in January 2011 following the Tigers' 22-19 win over Oregon in the 2011 BCS championship game. “Let me tell you what I did,” Updyke said.

A public visitation day was held Saturday at the Sacred Oak in Oley Township ... Spatz said that he doesn’t buy into the legends of the tree having healing powers — a story that dates ...

the tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California. For the Native tribes in the area, the oak played a central and sacred role in ...

While the Jurupa Oak is ancient, it’s no feeble thing ... of Jurupa Valley cannot release the location of the tree because it is sacred to Native Americans in the area. But if the ...