Relief in sight from California heat wave
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080621/capt.90bed273f219460aa81aab3da403e759.socal_heat_cars101.jpg?x=130&y=73&q=85&sig=x2u4v7uJ53ySigDEphmhVg--" align="left" height="73" width="130" alt="Thousands hit the relative comfort of the beach at Santa Monica, Calif., as a crackling heat wave sent the mercury bubbling into triple digits again Friday, June 20, 2008. In parched eastern deserts where oven-like conditions are the summer routine, to urban neighborhoods unaccustomed to temperatures in the triple-digits, Southern Californians sought ways to keep cool. Temperatures in nearby Van Nuys reached 109 degrees in the early afternoon and soared above 100 degrees from the Central Coast southwest across the valleys of metropolitan Los Angeles and east to the deserts. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/us/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_re_us/california_heat)AP - Californians exhausted by a nearly weeklong heat wave looked for relief Sunday from the triple-digit temperatures that have strained air conditioners and power companies.</p><br clear="all"/>
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