Los Angeles — At the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Richard Pose takes a breather from his exercise routine.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — People ascend the steps to the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
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Thousand Oaks — A Ventura County firefighter retreats from advancing flames along Conejo Ridge Road during Monday's extreme heat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times
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Thousand Oaks — A helicopter makes a water drop as a brush fire burns near the 101 Freeway and Hampshire Road on Monday.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times
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Hollywood — Camber Sasser, left, 15, and her sister Darcy, 10, cool off in the fountain at the Hollywood and Highland Center as temperatures in the Southland reached well into triple digits Monday.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Anne Cusack / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Michael Higgins, 64, works on his tan under the relentless sun in Pershing Square downtown. Monday was the hottest day ever recorded in downtown L.A., 113 degrees. "It's so hot, I've had to put cardboard under me," said Higgins, a 31-year L.A. resident. "If it was below 75 degrees I wouldn't be out here," he said.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
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Encinitas, Calif. — A couple of veteran surfers make an unintended tandem ride through the crowd at Swami's surf beach. Six-foot swells from the southwest brought out hundreds of surfers for what one local said was a welcome change from a summer of bummer waves. "There's lots of people out of work today; for a Monday it's pretty bad."
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Oscar Flores of Hollywood goes for his daily speed walk around the Griffith Park Observatory. He said he works out for an hour before work every morning no matter how hot it is. When asked about Monday's heat, he replied with a smile: "I'm from Guatemala. The heat doesn't bother me."
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Universal City — During Monday's record heat, a shopper in L.A.'s fashion district used an umbrella to fend off the sun while shopping.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — Jessica Ramirez, right, pulls her friend Haydee Escalante into the fountain at the Music Center in downtown L.A. The two had gone downtown with friends to conduct some business but took time to get wet because of the heat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Al Seib / Los Angeles Times
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Encino — A man rests in the shade while a woman exercises at Lake Balboa Park during Monday's extreme heat.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles — A squirrel tries to quench its thirst in the Patsy and Forrest Shumway Fountain in Hahn Central Plaza on the University of Southern California campus.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times
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