A man works out under the blazing sun Wednesday at Venice Beach. A spring heat wave is expected to intensify over the next few days before cooler temperatures return this weekend.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
The heat is on.
A spring heat wave has descended on the Southland with temperatures expected in the high 90s through Friday.
Visitors to Angels Gate Park in San Pedrofly kites as the sun sets on a scorching hot day in Southern California on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2022.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Visitors to Angels Gate Park in San Pedro shoot baskets as the sun sets on a scorching hot day in Southern California on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2022.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Glenn Tawa, of San Pedro, left, and Kenny Miyamoto, of Torrance, head out on their paddle boards at Cabrillo Beach on Thursday morning.
(Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)
(Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times)
A beachgoer blends into the scene at Venice Beach on a warm and sunny Wednesday afternoon.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
Beachgoers in Santa Monica enjoy temperatures in the low 70s Wednesday as temperatures elsewhere in the Southland climbed into the 90s.
(Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times)
A woman sips an iced drink Wednesday as a spring heat wave is expected to intensify over the next few days before cooler temperatures return this weekend.
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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