A trio of body boarders swirl in the surf as they simultaneously catch a wave at Seal Beach. Temperatures continue to soar throughout the Southland with expected cooler weather by the weekend. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
A lifeguard watches over the weekday crowd at Seal Beach. Temperatures continue to soar throughout the Southland with cooler weather forecast for the weekend. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Guadalupe Torres, 57, wipes his face as he works placing asphalt on Hill Avenue in Pasadena, where temperatures reached triple digits Tuesday. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
Martina Perez, 94, rests outside her Pasadena home. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A body surfer braves a huge wave at the Wedge, off Newport Beach, caused by large south swell that hit Southern California beaches. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A surfer rides down a wave at the Wedge off Newport Beach. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A crashing wave at the Wedge off Newport Beach throws a body surfer in air. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A fisherman dozes off in the shade at Lincoln Park in Lincoln Heights. See full story(Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Maria Mendez, left, Alicia Dominguez, Eva Cardenas and her son Juan Rodriguez, 7, shield themselves from the sun while walking on Van Nuys Boulevard in Panorama City. See full story(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
Firefighters from the Orange County Fire Authority and the Laguna Beach Fire Department swiftly attack a one-acre brush fire off State Route 133 in Irvine near Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. A request for air cover was canceled because of the quick response. See full story(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Joi Lipari, left, and her niece, Andrea Abello, said it was too hot in their Dana Point home, so they decided to beat the heat off by floating on their big purple inner tube in Dana Point Harbor. See full story(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A man and his daughter stroll by the water at Lincoln Park in Lincoln Heights. See full story(Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Ignacio Salazar exhales while removing signs in front of a store that was formerly a laundromat on Van Nuys Boulevard in Panorama City. See full story(Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
