Downtown Los Angeles bakes at record 113 degrees

Downtown Los Angeles bakes at record 113 degrees

JOHN ANTCZAK,Associated Press Writer

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's blistering fall heat wave sent temperatures to an all-time record high of 113 degrees in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, and many sought refuge at the beach.

Downtown hit 113 degrees for a few minutes at about 12:15 p.m., breaking the old all-time record of 112 degrees set on June 26, 1990, said Stuart Seto, a weather specialist at the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. Temperature records for downtown date to 1877.

Electrical demand was much higher than normal for this...