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Sticky summer weather in the Southland

With Monday's midday temperature at 97 degrees, Paulette Davalos, 3, second from right, enjoys a refreshing dip with her dad, Francisco Davalos, during swim lessons at the Chaffey College Aquatics Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

With Monday’s midday temperature at 97 degrees, Paulette Davalos, 3, second from right, enjoys a refreshing dip with her dad, Francisco Davalos, during swim lessons at the Chaffey College Aquatics Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

  (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

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High pressure in the desert continues to expand, keeping temperatures above average and pulling up monsoonal moisture.

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

Francisco Valenzuela of Huntington Park sits in the shade and fans himself with his hat at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

A women shields herself from the hot summer sun with a parasol in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

Joaquin Soto, 7, and his cousin Zoe Valdez, 2, cool off in the Grand Park fountain in downtown Los Angeles.

  (Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

Jeanette Erazo talks with her daughter Mackenzie, 2, as a man dressed as Elmo looks on at the beach in Santa Monica. Erazo was trying to escape the heat of downtown Los Angeles, where she resides.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

Charmaine Storino holds Nala, her 6-month-old Chihuahua who is afraid of the water, at the beach in Santa Monica. “I’m trying to slowly ease her in,” Storino said. It was the dog’s second time at the beach.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

Maria Scorciolla takes pictures along the beach in Santa Monica during a visit from New Jersey.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

Youths cool off in the surf in Santa Monica.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Sticky summer weather in the Southland

Jessica Garcia enjoys a bit of shade while selling umbrellas to beachgoers in Santa Monica.

  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

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