City Slickers Lose Their Cool Picking Cherries In Brentwood During Heat Wave

By John Ramos, CBS San Francisco:

BRENTWOOD (KPIX) — Cherry-picking time in Brentwood is the one weekend a year when many city slickers get to play farmer. This year, Mother Nature provided weather to add some realism to the romance.

For many in the Bay Area, harvesting their own cherries at U-Pick farms like the Bacchini Fruit Tree is a Memorial Day holiday tradition. Six-year-old Isabella Hastings said it can be a little tricky.

“Because they have to be dark red,” she explained.

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