Stand-up paddle surfer Kyle Wagstaff of Park City, Utah, waits for a wave amid warm temperatures and partly cloudy skies in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A bicyclist takes a scenic morning ride in Huntington Beach. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
A kayaker shoots along the top of a wave at Point Fermin just before sunrise in San Pedro. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Imam Itani, 7, makes a splash as he slides along the slippery, wet edge of the Gateway Plaza Fanfare Fountain on Harbor Boulevard in San Pedro. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Sunrise shines through some palm trees in San Pedro. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Los Angeles resident Erik Sandona, 12, splashes around at the Exposition Park fountain as temperatures hit the mid-90s Sunday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
Storm clouds and a sunset are reflected in a giant puddle after a summer rain storm in Perris just off the 215 Freeway on August 11, 2012. Severe thunderstorm alerts were posted throughout the afternoon in the Inland Empire and San Diego County. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Shane Boisvenu, 8, of Aliso Viejo beats the heat as he plays in the surging shore break at San Onofre State Beach in San Clemente on Friday. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
Orlando Tirado practices his balance by jumping rope on a concrete wall next to the Silver Lake reservoir along Silver Lake Boulevard in Los Angeles on Friday. An artist who lives in Hollywood, Orlando has been jumping rope for 1 1/2 years and practices two or three times a week. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)
A firefighting aircraft drops fire retardant ahead of a wildfire on Friday. Numerous lightning strikes Friday near the community of Oak Grove in northeastern San Diego County ignited tinder-dry chaparral brush that burned more than 1,000 acres in 24 hours. Residents on Chihuahua Road were told to evacuate but no homes were damaged. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Hot weather drove thousands to the beaches, including a packed Manhattan Beach. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)
Lewis Phan, age 82, from San Clemente takes the cool route across Dana Point harbor with his doggie at the bow Thursday. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Joshua Armigo, of Garden Grove, jumps into a swimming hole, as others cool off in the river, at Malibu Creek State Park. (Katie Falkenberg / For The Times)
Kimyana Flores, left, Davien Wilson-Marquez, center and Jose Marquez Jr. splash to keep cool as Sierra Wilson-Marquez holds the hose at Nickerson Gardens in Los Angeles on Wednesday. (Bob Chamberlin / Los Angeles Times)
Teena Bee carries an umbrella to protect her from the 106-degree heat in Lancaster on Wednesday. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Chase receives a cool shower from his owner in Thousand Oaks on Wednesday. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
Olivia Gohlke swings through the cool, shallow water of the San Luis Rey River while her parents and extended family cool off in inner tubes. It was about 102 degrees at the La Jolla Indian Reservation campground Tuesday where four San Diego families are on their 21st annual weeklong campout. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
Michael Murangi, of Diamond Bar, cools off under a waterfall Tuesday at Raging Water Parks in San Dimas. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Temperatures hit triple digits in many areas Tuesday, though this Canoga Park sign defies belief. (Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times)
