The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — Some 10,000 mourners turned out for the funeral of five firefighters who died trying to save a home from a raging wildfire, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger eulogized them for bravery.
Now, the man charged with being the arsonist who started the fire is going on trial on murder charges Monday and the search for an impartial jury may be difficult.
Prosecutor Michael Hestrin said it could be at least two weeks before any testimony is heard in the trial of Raymond Lee Oyler, who is charged with setting some two dozen fires including the deadly Esperanza fire in 2006 that killed the five well-known firefighters.