In January, I recognize the blessing of living in Southern California each time I step into my backyard and see a navel orange tree laden with fruit. As winter sets in, imbibing a daily dose of juicy ...

It’s the mother tree, the tree from which all navel oranges in the United States trace their roots. Planted in 1873 by a Riverside woman, the parent Washington navel orange tree has lasted 148 years ...

Driving west Friday morning on Riverside’s Arlington Avenue, I see the two-story boxy shape, a peak at the top, from a block away. Momentarily I think it’s a church. Then I recognize what I’m seeing.

The parent navel orange tree in Riverside, the one from which all seedless oranges in the United States trace their origins, has been pumpin’ out oranges for 148 years, as I wrote last week. “It’s ...

Exactly 120 years ago, on April 24, 1902, George F. Seger, a Canadian-born real estate agent who also served as the city of Riverside’s superintendent of streets, spent several hours removing soil ...