California cities bake in winter heat wave

Winter doesn’t even give way to spring until March 20, but California has been baking in summerlike heat as temperatures soared to record highs.

Downtown Los Angeles, with mountains to the east still capped in snow from a storm last week, topped out at 93 degrees, 24 above normal, on Monday. That broke the 1996 record of 89 for March 8, the National Weather Service said.

A 112-year-old mark fell in downtown San Francisco when the temperature hit 82, besting the record of 78 set in 1892. Sacramento tied its 1953 record for the date with a high of 80.

They were among dozens of locations up and down the state reporting highs at record levels. San Diego missed tying its record by one degree but at 84 was 18 degrees above normal.

High pressure created a warming Santa Ana wind condition and summerlike weather as offshore air flow out of the northeast pushed back the cooling ocean influence.

At Los Angeles’ Venice Beach, few gathered on the hot sand but plenty of people bicycled and skated on the boardwalk.

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“I wouldn’t usually come out here, but it’s such a nice day,” said Billy Bomb, a guitarist performing for passers-by.

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To the east at Big Bear Mountain Resorts in the San Bernardino Mountains, skiers hit the slopes as midmorning temperatures hovered in the 50s.

“It’s warm. We’ve got packed snow in the morning, but it’s softening as the day goes on,” said Brad Farmer, public relations director.

An increasing sea breeze Tuesday was forecast to bring temperatures down by 7 to 10 degrees.