Photos: Southern Californians endure scorching heat wave

Omar, a person experiencing homelessness, splashes his face with water from a bucket filled by an open fire hydrant as southern California faces a heatwave, in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on September 4 2024. Californians were being warned on September 3 to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state. The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113F (45C) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Visitors and vendors gather at Griffith Observatory, with the Hollywood sign in the background, on September 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. A powerful heat wave is impacting Southern California with an excessive heat warning today through Friday affecting much of the region away from the coastline. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 04: A person walks while wearing a sun hat past a sign warning of hot asphalt temperatures for pets on September 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. A powerful heat wave is impacting Southern California, with an excessive heat warning today through Friday affecting much of the region away from the coastline. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)Pasadena, CA, Wednesday, September 4, 2024 -Heat waves rise from the hot pavement as people walk along Arroyo Seco outside the Rose Bowl as temperatures hit the mid 90’s. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Irvine, CA – September 05: A construction worker takes a quick break to wipe his brow while digging a trench with a shovel amidst a heat wave in Irvine Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 04: Visitors and vendors gather at Griffith Observatory, with the Hollywood sign in the background, on September 04, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. A powerful heat wave is impacting Southern California with an excessive heat warning today through Friday affecting much of the region away from the coastline. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)A pedestrian crosses a street in downtown Los Angeles on September 4, 2024, as Southern California faces a heat wave. Californians were being warned on September 3 to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state. The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113F (45C) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)A road worker drinks water on a construction site as southern California is facing a heatwave, in Los Angeles, California on September 4 2024. Californians were being warned on September 3 to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state. The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113F (45C) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)Construction workers wear clothing that covers as much of their skin as possible to protect it from the sun on a construction site as southern California is facing a heatwave, in Los Angeles, California on September 4 2024. Californians were being warned on September 3 to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state. The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113F (45C) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)Omar, a person experiencing homelessness, splashes his face with water from a bucket filled by an open fire hydrant as southern California faces a heatwave, in the Skid Row neighborhood of Los Angeles, California on September 4 2024. Californians were being warned on September 3 to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state. The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113F (45C) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)Irvine, CA – September 05: A construction worker takes a quick break to wipe his head while digging a trench with a shovel amidst a heat wave in Irvine Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Irvine, CA – September 05: A construction worker takes a quick break to pull down his face mask to get relief from the heat while digging a trench with a shovel amidst a heat wave in Irvine Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Irvine, CA – September 05: Construction workers carry materials and dig trenches amidst a heat wave in Irvine Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)A woman hides from the sun in the shade of her umbrella as she walks in the street, southern California is facing a heatwave, in Los Angeles, California on September 4 2024. Californians were being warned on September 3 to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state. The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113F (45C) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)People sit at a table listening and playing music in Lincoln Heights Senior Center, which has been turned into an augmented cooling center, as southern California faces a heatwave, in Los Angeles, California on September 4 2024. Californians were being warned on September 3 to prepare to swelter as a fearsome heatwave settles over the western US state. The mercury was forecast to top out at a scorching 113F (45C) in parts of Los Angeles later in the week, marking the high point of an already hot summer. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)