Southern California heat could break records Thursday

LOS ANGELES — This week’s hot spell will reach a climax Thursday, with highs in several Southern California communities nearing or reaching record territory.
“We might get close,” National Weather Service meteorologist Dave Bruno said when asked about record highs. The candidates, he said, include LAX, downtown LA, Burbank and Long Beach.
“We’re getting close,” added meteorologist Miguel Miller at the NWS office in San Diego, where Orange County conditio