Drink plenty of water, stay in the shade and expect crowds by the beach this weekend; meteorologists are warning that Santa Monica will soon be in the midst of a
Thursday was hot; Friday will be more of the same.
The Southern California coast was sweltering under an early-season heatwave this week; the temperature in Santa Monica got up to
Los Angeles firefighters and water-dropping helicopters stopped a fire that burned about 50 acres of brush and grass on the Sepulveda Pass along Interstate 405 early Wednesday.
The fire erupted