CALIFORNIA — Heat wave: A skateboarder was silhouetted as he jumped high at the skateboard park during sunset on Wednesday, in the Venice Beach section of Los Angeles. An unusually early and long-lasting heat wave brought more triple-digit temperatures Wednesday to a large swath of the U.S. West, raising concerns that such extreme weather could become the new normal amid a decades-long drought.
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