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California citrus growers assess damage of cold snap

By Take Two Staff
Published Jan 6, 2014
Icicles created by drip irrigation are illuminated by a cars headlights as they hang from an orange tree January 17, 2007 in Orange Cove, California. California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency as an estimated 70% of California's citrus crops have been damaged by a severe cold snap that is bringing below freezing tempuratures to California's central valley. The cold is expected to continue through January 21.
Icicles created by drip irrigation are illuminated by a cars headlights as they hang from an orange tree in Orange Cove, California.
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California citrus growers assess damage of cold snap

Back in December, a deep freeze settled on the state of California. Most of us got away unscathed, but not California's $2 billion dollar citrus crop. A lot of fruit was damaged. The California Report's Central Valley Bureau Chief Sasha Khokha has the story from a packinghouse near Fresno.