MORE HEAT RECORDS: Record-high temperatures for the date were set in several communities of the Antelope and San Fernando valleys today, with the heat wave getting even hotter in coming days.
An extended, brutal heat wave moved into Southern California on Wednesday, prompting an excessive heat watch that will stay in effect until Monday.As a brutal, extended heat wave bears down on Southern California this week, temperature records were already being set Wednesday - and the hottest days are still ahead.
Woodland Hills on Wednesday set a record for the date at 112 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The previous record was 111, set in 1998.
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