San Francisco Chronicle: The wildfire crackling over dry chaparral and engulfing homes in Santa Barbara is an ominous sign for the Bay Area, which experts say is ready to burn after two years of drought. Raging along an 8,600-acre stretch of coastline in the Santa Ynez Mountains, the 4-day-old Jesusita Fire has destroyed about 75 homes and forced the evacuation of more than 30,000 people. It is an example of how dry shrublands are throughout California, which is enduring a third straight year of …