Southwest Still Under Blistering Heat Wave


	Southwest Still Under Blistering Heat Wave

RiotRanger

6-22-2008 7:33 AM

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                        LOS ANGELES - A blistering heat wave blanketing much of the California coast over the past week showed no signs of letting up Saturday as temperatures headed back toward triple digits.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/california_heat"><P>Power was restored Saturday to almost all the 8,000 customers that were blacked out the day before when electrical demand skyrocketed because of the heat, said Terry Schneider, spokeswoman for the <SPAN id="lw_1214074725_0" class="yshortcuts">Los Angeles Department</SPAN> of Water and Power.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/california_heat"><P>"The system is under tremendous strain to meet the energy demand," he said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/california_heat"><P>Temperatures hit record highs up and down the state Friday, including 103 degrees at <SPAN id="lw_1214074725_1" class="yshortcuts">San Jose</SPAN>, 105 at Escondido, 106 at Burbank and 108 at San Luis Obispo.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080621/ap_on_re_us/california_heat"><P><SPAN id="lw_1214074725_2" class="yshortcuts">Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger</SPAN> directed the <SPAN id="lw_1214074725_3" class="yshortcuts">state Office of Emergency Services</SPAN> to be on standby through the weekend.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A8F9D73E-9647-4E67-98E2-F75D35B140B0/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>