An epic Southern California heat wave crested Sunday with numerous all-time high temperature records set, including a 121-degree reading in Woodland Hills that marked a historic milestone for Los Angeles County. Woodland Hills is one of the hottest parts of Los Angeles and often records extreme temperatures. AdvertisementAs of Sunday afternoon, much of Southern California Edison’s 18,000-plus reported outages were in Los Angeles County, where more than 10,000 customers were without power. The utility did experience some small power outages in West Adams, Reseda, Sun Valley and Pacoima, among other places. pic.twitter.com/ovfBhiRrKj — SEB (@SEBLASD) September 5, 2020Times staff writers Thomas Curwen in Los Angeles and Rong-Gong Lin II in San Francisco contributed to this report.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 07, 2020 00:18 UTC