LA Times: A winter heat wave, late frosts and mandatory water restrictions devastated this year's Leona Valley cherry crop.
A winter heat wave, late frosts and mandatory water restrictions devastated this year's Leona Valley cherry crop.
Dave Shields started the engine of his tractor on a recent weekday and began toppling the hundreds of drought-stricken cherry trees he and his wife planted 15 years ago in this north Los Angeles County foothills community.
A winter heat wave, late frosts and marauding...