Where have Southern California’s orange groves gone?

The Bothwell family’s once expansive orange grove in Tarzana has dwindled to just 14 acres, the last remaining commercial citrus grove in the San Fernando Valley. With plans to develop 10 acres into a high-end housing project called “Oakdale Estates,” the legacy of the grove, which stood for a century, is at risk of being lost forever. The potential loss of this historic grove highlights the ongoing struggle between development and preservation of agricultural land in urban areas.

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