Visitors sweat it out at Pomona pumpkin patch in triple-digit October heat

Triple-digit heat can’t squash the fun at this #Pomona pumpkin patch. Pomona and other parts of Southern California are under an excessive heat watch through the first weekend of October. Pumpkins don’t fare well in heat, so a new crop is brought in daily for Cal Poly Pomona’s Pumpkin Fest. About 100 Cal Poly Pomona students were hired to help with Pumpkin Fest. The pumpkin patch has been a Cal Poly Pomona tradition for 31 years. The pumpkins are grown by students at the university about 30 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.