NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- With temperatures soaring throughout Southern California thousands of local residents are heading for the cooler coast. "Just to escape the heat really," said San ...

California's most significant heat wave of summer peaked in most of the Bay Area on Thursday and a cooldown will begin Friday, but not everywhere, and not all at once. Inland valleys and deserts will ...

Temperatures remained high across Southern California on Thursday, Aug. 21, with extreme heat warnings and advisories in place across the region. The peak of the heat wave is expected Thursday and ...

Beach-goers on Labor Day faced a heat wave and hazardous water conditions. A heat advisory is in effect for much of LA and Orange counties. LOS ANGELES - A heat wave and hazardous water conditions ...

Motorists drive west towards the setting sun on a warm afternoon in Long Beach. A warming trend is expected to raise temperatures. throughout Southern California through the weekend. (Luis Sinco / Los ...

As Southern California braced for the most significant heat wave yet this year, firefighters in Orange County were responding to a blaze Wednesday in Laguna Niguel. The Beacon fire was burning near ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...