Jeremy Lake, with his dog, Emma, seated right, is surrounded by four-legged visitors during an early morning visit to beat the heat at the Silver Lake Dog Park in Silver Lake on Thursday. (Myung J.

October heat wave hits Los Angeles with temps near 90°F and rising fire danger from returning Santa Ana winds.

California's most significant heat wave of summer peaked in most of the Bay Area on Thursday and a cooldown will begin Friday, but not everywhere, and not all at once. Inland valleys and deserts will ...

Water temperatures several degrees above normal span thousands of miles, though they have mostly stopped short of the Pacific Northwest coast. Cool water welling up from the depths is thought to be ...

An autumn heat wave accompanied by gusty winds raised the wildfire risk for Southern California, with forecasters warning that grass and brush are still dangerously dry despite recent rains ...

A statewide Flex Alert will be in effect Monday, July 12, California ISO announced Sunday. This means residents are asked to conserve as much electricity as possible from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. due to ...

A year since California established heat rules for indoor workplaces, labor organizers say employees are still being exposed to dangerously high temperatures on the job. According to survey data ...

LOS ANGELES -- Dry vegetation fueled three wildfires near Los Angeles amid warnings Friday that the risk of new blazes erupting was high as temperatures spike and humidity levels drop during a ...

Temperatures remained high across Southern California on Thursday, Aug. 21, with extreme heat warnings and advisories in place across the region. The peak of the heat wave is expected Thursday and ...

The oppressive heat wave broiling California and much of the West will continue to bring dangerously hot temperatures — and likely more record-breakers — for even longer than forecasters first ...