Highs between 105 and 110 degrees are expected across broad swaths of the San Fernando, San Gabriel and Santa Clarita valleys, as well as communities in lower mountain elevations, said Joe Sirard, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service’s Oxnard office.
The weather service is forecasting heat advisories and excessive heat warnings through Tuesday and is warning against heat illness.
People crowd the beach as fog drifts ashore at sunset at Huntington Beach on Monday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The sun sets behind an oil drilling platform off the coast of Huntington Beach on Monday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A beachgoer drags a cooler across the sand at Huntington Beach on Monday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Bill Morris of Wilmington takes his dinghy for a paddle at Cabrillo Way Marina on Labor Day. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Blanca Herrera of Compton sunbathes on a boat in San Pedro on Monday as temperatures soar. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Craig Sylve of Long Beach carries a bag of ice on his head at Cabrillo Way Marina in San Pedro on Labor Day. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Carlos De Jesus, 10, plays the trumpet with the Harry Bridges Marching Bulldogs in the Labor Day parade in Wilmington. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Runners complete "Conquer the Bridge 13," the annual 5.3-mile run-walk across the Vincent Thomas Bridge, on Labor Day. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Iliana Guardado, 3, covers her ear as the Labor Day parade passes on Avalon Boulevard in Wilmington. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A pedestrian with a cool drink walks along Melrose Avenue on Friday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
USC wide receiver Mario Williams cools off in the mist of a sideline fan during the Trojans' home opener against Rice at the Coliseum. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Aaron Zaretsky reacts as he stands under a water jet in the splash pad at Cucamonga-Guasti Regional Park on Saturday in Ontario. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
The heat wave seems to have its jaws on Southern California as visitors, reflected in a "Jaws" movie poster, visit TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Saturday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Vendors sell cool fruit to customers during the heat wave along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on Saturday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Vasilis Sakellaridis tries to stay cool within his homeless encampment along Selma Avenue during a heat wave in Hollywood on Saturday. "Sometimes you just have to get a jug of water and dump it on your head," Sakellaridis said about trying to stay cool. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Cristy Gerth, from Dallas, enjoys the shade of an umbrella during the heat wave along Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood on Saturday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Passersby get some cool mist from a fountain at the Cerritos Civic Center. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The image of a pedestrian drinking is reflected in a shop window on Melrose Avenue. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Traffic streams down the San Diego Freeway in Long Beach as people make the Labor Day weekend getaway. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
The sign above a Melrose Avenue shop indicates the distance in miles to desert cities, though the Palm Springs figure is not far off from the Friday temperature there. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
The blazing sun silhouettes visitors in Signal Hill on Thursday after another hot day across Southern California. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
David Orantes, left, and Julio Ruiz play soccer in the hot sun at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times)
Crisel Alvaro, 9, of Los Angeles, cools off in the splash pad at Magic Johnson Park in Willowbrook. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
Blanca Bonoso hung a hammock to cool off at Magic Johnson Park in Willowbrook on Aug. 31. "This is a nice place, it is too hot in the apartment," said Bonoso. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
Anaheim
A catfish on a string is visible underwater as Luis Hernandez fishes for more amid hot temperatures in the 90s at Santa Ana River Lakes in Anaheim. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
A beachgoer shelters from the hot sun under an umbrella at Junipero Beach in Long Beach as an intense weeklong heat wave brought high temps throughout much of Southern California. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Sailboats race past the Queen Mary as a sea breeze cools the Port of Long Beach. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
People take a boat ride at Echo Park on Aug. 30 as forecasters are predicting record-setting temperatures for the Labor Day weekend. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
Venice
Bodybuilder Ike Catcher lifts a woman at Muscle Beach in Venice on Saturday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
A wakeboarder gets air at Marine Stadium in Alamitos Bay in Long Beach on Sunday. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
An air tanker drops its load of fire retardant on the Gulch fire burning along San Gabriel Canyon Road near the San Gabriel Dam. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
Julian Moreno, of Phoenix, Arizona, cools off in the surf on the first day of a heat wave in Santa Monica. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)
P!nk shares incredible news about her world tour with a picture of the singer in a cheek-baring leotard and diamante jacket. Find out more and see pictures here...
WARNING: This story contains discussion of intimate partner violence and suicide.Three family members in Harrow, Ont., south of Windsor, died of gunshot wounds in June, the Ontario Provincial Police announced on Saturday.Carly Walsh, 41, and her children, Madison, 13, and Hunter, 8 — who were found dead in their home on June 20 — died of gunshots wounds, OPP Sgt. Ed Sanchez said in a video posted to OPP West Region's social media accounts.Sanchez also said that Steve Walsh, Carly's husband and t
President Biden gave the most important TV interview of his career Friday. Biden spoke to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News for 22 minutes during a campaign trip to Wisconsin. The conversation came with his presidency in real peril. There has been profound agitation among Democrats over Biden’s disastrous performance at his June 27 debate with…
BONFIELD, ONT. — Ontario Provincial Police say they found a large amount of lobster that had been dumped along a highway east of North Bay. Police say they received calls about lobster on the shoulder of Highway 17 in Bonfield on Tuesday. They say it was disposed of "for unknown reasons." Officers are reminding the public that it's illegal to litter or dump items along the highway. They say it can also cause safety issues when it attracts wildlife to the road. Police are asking anyone with infor
Non-MAGA America seethes at Trump's lies, bluster and authoritarianism. But neither Biden nor any younger, healthier Democrat directly moves to shut down his appeal at its root — toxic whiteness.
Meghan McCain, the daughter of the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), said President Biden will not be elected to another term “one way or another.” “Joe Biden can step aside for another candidate or lose in historic numbers in a few months — but one way or another he will not be President soon and…