LOS ANGELES -- The Southland began a new week today still in the grips of a heat wave, but a cooling trend was impending.
High temperatures were expected to again reach or top the century mark today in the San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope valleys.
The National Weather Service forecast partly cloudy skies today and highs of 76 in San Clemente; 77 in Avalon and at LAX; 79 in Newport Beach and Laguna Hills; 86 in Long Beach; 87 in downtown L.