Expect no relief from holiday hot spell

Thousands in the region are without power, and temperatures are expected to remain in triple digits before easing off Tuesday.

Day Five of the year’s longest heat wave sent people fleeing to the beaches this holiday weekend as thousands were left without power in their homes and the promise of relief was still days away.

Late Saturday, power was restored to about 1,600 Eagle Rock households that had been without power since Friday night and to 2,500 in the Los Feliz area that lost power earlier Saturday. Citywide, roughly 5,700 customers lost power Saturday, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials said. Roughly 4,500 of Southern California Edison’s 4.8 million customers were without power Friday.


Temperatures are expected to remain in the triple digits throughout the weekend in many areas. Today, temperatures are expected to reach 95 downtown, 102 in Pasadena, 109 in Woodland Hills and 108 in Riverside. Woodland Hills reached 112 degrees Saturday, the high for the Los Angeles Basin, weather officials said.

No real relief will be felt until Tuesday, when night temperatures are expected to drop from the 70s into the 60s, according to Bill Hoffer, a spokesman for the National Weather Service.

“As the temperatures remain high at night it puts a lot more strain on the system,” DWP spokesman Joe Ramallo said. “And you don’t have a chance to cool down the equipment. It’s the equivalent of running a car at 100 mph for 24 hours.”

LA Times