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Sep 8 4:57 pm
  • LBUSD

As LBUSD classes try to beat the heat, parents call for more action

Mike Guardabascio

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.

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Sep 6 6:55 am
  • weather

California facing chance of blackouts amid brutal heat wave

Robert Jablon, Associated Press

California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state with triple-digit temperatures.

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Sep 5 10:57 am
  • heat wave

Labor Day brings more hot temperatures, and 6th straight Flex Alert

City News Service

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. 

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Sep 4 8:42 am
  • heat wave

Authorities again issue Flex Alert as brutal heat continues for 5th day

City News Service

Triple-digit highs are expected to last through most of the week, with no significant cooling until Saturday.  

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Aug 31 10:03 am
  • heat wave

California power grid operator braces for long heat wave

John Antczak, Associated Press

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.

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Aug 28 1:31 pm
  • heat wave

Brutal late-summer heat wave coming to Southern California

City News Service

Long Beach will see highs in the upper 80s, rising to 89 and 91 next weekend.

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May 14 4:26 pm
  • heat wave

Hot weather to linger into Sunday across Southern California

City News Service

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.  

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Apr 7 5:58 pm
  • heat wave

Long Beach shatters temperature record amid statewide heat wave

The Associated Press

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.

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Jun 14 2021 1:11 pm
  • heat wave

California faces significant early season heat wave

The Associated Press

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.

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Oct 13 2020 10:17 am
  • heat wave

Long Beach to open cooling centers today as temperatures rise

Staff Reports

Temperatures are expected to reach the low 90s today in Long Beach, according to the National Weather Service.

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