City worker Brian Armstrong keeps himself hydrated while working to set up a portion of Lancaster Boulevard for the “Celebrating Downtown Lancaster” festival. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Alex Vargas, 9, pulls the arm of his mother, Letty, to go in the pool with him at the Hansen Dam Aquatic Center in Lake View Terrace. His sister Julissa, 12, looks on at left. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Iziar Paz rides her bike in Hansen Dam Park in the San Fernando Valley as the Southland roasts. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Franklin Granados, 5, sits with his parents in the shade of a large tree at Warner Ranch Park in Woodland Hills, where temperatures were in the mid-90s. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
