October heat wave bakes Southern California
A heat advisory will be in effect in much of the Los Angeles region Wednesday as forecasters said the heat wave poses an elevated risk of wildfire.
People aboard a pedal boat Tuesday at the lake at Echo Park in Los Angeles, where unseasonably warm weather was on tap. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
People walk along Broadway on Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
A skateboarder executes a jump Tuesday while skating along the sidewalk near the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

Brittany Castro, 5, of Santa Ana, plays in a splash pool Tuesday at Mile Square Regional Park in Fountain Valley. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)
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Jose Magana fishes Tuesday under the shade of a tree for largemouth bass at Centennial Regional Park in Santa Ana. (Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times)
On a hot and sunny Tuesday, John Call finds shade under a tree to paint at Kuns Park in La Verne. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Lisa Lungstrum relaxes with her dog, Dara, in the shade of a tree on a hot Tuesday in Memorial Park in Claremont. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Gabriela Poole, left, celebrates her 21st birthday Tuesday with her friends under the shade of a tree in Kuns Park in La Verne. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
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People walk in Elysian Park in Los Angeles on Tuesday. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)

Annalise Gehling, left, and Quincie Bean eat at Cafe Tropical in Silver Lake on Tuesday during unseasonably warm temperatures. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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