Dry weather has firefighters ready for battle

Saturday, April 20, 2013 - 01:01 in Astronomy & Space

In L.A. County, tests show brush is drying out fast this year because of lack of rain. In Ventura County, firefighters say the parched conditions are more typical of June or July.Southern California is marching toward its fourth-driest year since 1877, and that has firefighters increasingly girded for battle.

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