At 121 degrees, Woodland Hills hits all-time high temperature for L.A. County
As a historic heat wave left Southern California broiling, Woodland Hills on Sunday recorded an all-time high of 121 degrees, which the National Weather Service said was the hottest temperature recorded at an official weather station in Los Angeles County.
As fire ‘engulfed everything’ around campers, an air rescue like no other in the Sierra
There was also an unexpected silver lining in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic.Huntington Lake Fire Chief Christopher Donnelly said it was a blessing in disguise that the fire — which he had anticipated for years due to brush overgrowth — happened during the outbreak. Though hundreds of residents were evacuated, more than 10,000 people usually visit the Huntington Lake area during Labor Day weekend.
“Thank god for COVID,” Donnelly said.
A crowd of over a thousand people gathered at Ocean Beach on Saturday night to celebrate what would have been the 34th year of Burning Man, leading Mayor London Breed to shut down all parking lots in the area for the remainder of the weekend.
“This was absolutely reckless and selfish,” Breed tweeted on Sunday morning. “You are not celebrating. You are putting people’s lives at risk. You are putting our progress at risk. No one is immune from spreading the virus.”
Loud music and flickering colored lights emanated from the shore, where the crowd was seen partying that evening. Multiple prohibited bonfires dotted the sand in spite of a Spare the Air alert, which was issued as a result of the heat wave and is in effect through Monday.