Four-year-old Adrian Martinez cools off with his mother and younger sister at the fountain in downtown L.A.’s Grand Park. The temperature reached 101 degrees, tying the city’s record for the date set in 1970. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
A woman feeds ducks and other birds while staying cool at Echo Park Lake. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A pedestrian cools off as he walks past the Sweet Butter in Sherman Oaks. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Duke, a miniature dachshund, paddles through a cool stream flowing into Legg Lake at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area in El Monte. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Esau Garcia, 18, is beat by the heat as he naps against his girlfriend, Mia Silva, 17, in Sun Valley Park. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Under a fierce sun, lifeguards Alex Kwok, 20, left, and Gabriel Fernandez, 23, clean the pool at the Hansen Dam Aquatic Center. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Julie Gonzalez, 8, of El Monte goes with the flow of a stream feeding into Legg Lake at the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Ulysses Alvarado, a utility worker, pours water on his head at a job site on Ventura Boulevard. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
