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Santa Clarita Tree-Sitter Breaks Molar
Mon Dec 9,11:51 PM ET
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. (AP) - The tree-sitter who's lived in an old oak tree for 39 days saw a dentist Monday who shimmied up his tree and put a temporary cap on a molar he broke eating an energy bar.
"Instead of a house call this is a tree call," said Dr. Ana Michel as she stood near the oak prior to John Quigley's appointment.
Quigley perches 46 feet up in the tree he's trying to save from a developer's road-widening project. Michel met Quigley at a section of tree that provided a level setting for a dental consultation.
Quigley broke the upper left molar last week. Michel said she couldn't install a permanent crown while in the tree. Instead she applied a sedative substance that hardened over the break and soothed the pain.
Afterward, Quigley said, "It feels a lot better."
Los Angeles County has called for the oak to be uprooted so Pico Canyon Road can be widened from two lanes to four to accommodate future development west of Santa Clarita.
The tree was originally going to be cut down. Protests led to a plan to move it, but Quigley and other activists don't think it would survive relocation. Quigley said discussions with the developer, John Laing Homes, were proceeding positively.
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