Heat wave breaks 131-year-old L.A. record
Here’s the latest on California’s wildfires and the heat wave:
1:20 p.m.
A blistering heat wave has broken a 131-year-old record in Los Angeles.
The National Weather Service reports that the temperature hit 96 degrees Saturday in downtown Los Angeles.
That beats a record of 95 degrees for the date set in 1886.
Other records for the day fell at the weather service office in Oxnard and nearby Camarillo, both in Ventura County.
Southern California is under an excessive heat warning with
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