As LBUSD classes try to beat the heat, parents call for more action
With 20% of classes lacking central cooling systems, some parents have considered keeping their kids home or staging a walkout amid this week’s heat wave.
With 20% of classes lacking central cooling systems, some parents have considered keeping their kids home or staging a walkout amid this week’s heat wave.
California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state with triple-digit temperatures.
The high on Monday was projected to be 94 degrees, with temperatures expected to remain elevated throughout the week, according to the National Weather Service.
Triple-digit highs are expected to last through most of the week, with no significant cooling until Saturday.
Be ready to conserve energy. The state’s power grid operator plans to issue Flex Alerts over the weekend and warned there could be shortages if the heat wave worsens.
Long Beach will see highs in the upper 80s, rising to 89 and 91 next weekend.
Saturday saw temperatures soar to 90 in Long Beach and even higher in parts of Los Angeles County, including 97 degrees in Pasadena and Chatsworth, 96 in Van Nuys and 94 in Burbank.
The National Weather Service reported that Long Beach, which hit 100 degrees, shattered its record for the day, last set in 1989 at 93 degrees. Temperature records for Long Beach date back to 1958.
An excessive heat watch was in effect for the Long Beach area, among other areas, on Tuesday, when temperatures are expected to reach a high 89 degrees.
Temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s today in Long Beach, according to the National Weather Service.