One was a day to honor the Pomona, Roman goddess of fruit and trees. It is commonly believed that this is where the tradition of bobbing for apples came from. The Roman church dedicated November 2 ...

When an inmate ran up a heroin debt that he couldn’t pay, prosecutors charged, Lerma ordered three Pomona gang members to murder him. Named after the Roman goddess of fruit, Pomona grew rich ...

The mosaic depicts the four seasons and scenes from Roman mythology ... Summer: Ceres, goddess of agriculture, carrying a sickle. Autumn: Pomona, goddess of the orchard, carrying a pruning ...

"If Michael Lerma wills it," Kahan told the jury, "you will die." Named after the Roman goddess of fruit, Pomona grew rich from the citrus groves that flourished in the Southern California sun.