Ventura County Firefighters brace for powerful storms

Ventura County Firefighters brace for powerful storms

VENTURA COUNTY, Calif.—Laurie Bennett’s backyard burned in the mountain fire last year, but now she’s bracing for potential flooding. “When it rains, whether we had, you know, fire or not, the water pools down here. And then inundates the driveway. So going to try to mitigate that,” said Laurie Bennett. The Ventura County Fire Department says parts of the county like Ojai may see up to 12 inches of rain. “One of the things that we can see someti…