LA Feeling The Heat As Temperatures Climb
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Southern California is sweltering in a heat wave that will get even hotter in the days to come.
Downtown LA hit 86°, Van Nuys and Santa Clarita reached 95° while San Bernardino reached 101°.
The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning that runs through Wednesday night.
Santa Monica temperatures were in the high 70s, and beaches were jammed.
A brush fire in the Angeles National Forest in the Burro Canyon area closed Highway 39 for two hours.
Power outages were reported in Orange County, affecting more than 10,000 people in Santa Ana, Tustin, and Orange.
The heat is making work tougher for firefighters battling the Sherpa Fire, which has burned over 7,600 acres and is 45 percent contained.
The Sherpa Fire is affecting air quality in LA and Orange counties, which are under a smoke advisory.
Red flag warnings will be in effect for southern Santa Barbara County starting Sunday at 5 p.m.
People are advised to stay indoors and reduce power use as much as possible through the middle of next week, when the heat wave will peak.
On Sunday evening, Jennifer Kastner reported for the KCAL9 News at 10 p.m. from the Santa Monica Pier.
She said there were still hundreds of people on the pier well after sundown, looking to take advantage of the cool breezes.
Burbank hit a record 107 degree temperature.
KCAL9's Cristy Fajardo was there when the temperature was a much cooler 88 degrees.
Cooler. 88 degrees?
She reported that movie theaters, no surprise, were packed.
Hashtag #Heatwave was trending through most of the day.
Cooling centers are open to the public in LA County, Riverside County and San Bernardino County.
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