Winter Freeze Keeps Growers Up at Night

Citrus farmers across California have been up all night since Thursday, when arctic winds began pushing down a cold front that threatens $1 billion in oranges, lemons, tangerines and grapefruit still on trees in the nation’s largest producer of fresh citrus, the Los Angeles Times reports. ABC7 reports that bone-chilling cold and howling winds are expected to whip through parts of the Southland today.