I’ve always wanted a smudge pot — sure, that’s a bit strange, but it’s a feeling that gets stronger every time I pass a certain building on Holt Avenue across from the old City Hall in Ontario. Last ...

A California man was arrested for allegedly stealing hundreds of heaters used to prevent citrus trees from freezing. The 29-year-old man was accused of taking the heaters, known as smudge pots, from ...

A large supply of smudge pots — heaters used for the past 100 years to prevent citrus from freezing on frosty nights — proved too enticing for a 29-year-old Calimesa man, authorities say, who is ...

REDLANDS – Smudge pots and axes, bells and a milk can. Even a miner’s pick. No, not Aisle 7 at Ace Hardware. These are the inanimate objects that often animate some of the stiffest football rivalries ...

Can you imagine a more romantic or exciting feature motion picture than one about smudge pots? Those important, though thoroughly disliked, objects also known as orchard heaters were agricultural ...

Smudge Pot: Oil-burning heaters used to prevent or reduce frost damage in orchards and vineyards. Typically consisting of a wide base topped by a chimney, smudge pots may be lit when frost threatens.

Southern California’s temperate climate provided ideal conditions for establishing a thriving new citrus industry in the late 1800s. New citrus growers were lured to the region with advertisements of ...

REDLANDS >> Redlands East Valley has one of the most potent offenses in the Inland Empire, but on Friday night the Wildcats showed they know more than one way to get it done. Special teams became a ...

Q. I am 85 and born in Los Angeles. I remember growing up when there were frost warnings that smudge pots were lit to protect the orange trees. Then there was talk of the smudge pots contributing to ...