Brown lawns loom this summer in California

Thursday, May 7, 2015

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. -- It was with more hope than accuracy that the founder of this Orange County city picked the name Garden Grove in 1874 for what was little more than an open plain under the sweltering Southern California sun.

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