TOO HOT, EVEN FOR RECESS HIGH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO DIP INTO THE MERE MID-90S.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer SANTA CLARITA Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, - Additional firefighters were assigned Monday to Santa Clarita for the fifth straight day as hot, dry, breezy days continued. School children played indoors again at recess at some local schools where policy prohibits play outdoors when the temperature tops 100 degrees. Pest control pest control n → control m de plagas pest control n → lutte f contre les nuisibles pest control pest n companies are busy keeping answering call of rodents, ants and even snakes coming out in search of food and water. Air conditioning sales are brisk. Today, the National Weather Service promises - as best it can - some relief. After a weekend where the mercury hit 112 degrees in Valencia, and 108 on Monday, today's highs are expected to remain in the double-digits, topping out in the mid-90s, according to the weather service. At Bridgeport Elementary School in Valencia, children played and watched movies in the multipurpose mul·ti·pur·pose adj. Designed or used for several purposes: a multipurpose room; multipurpose software. multipurpose Adjective room rather than go on the sweltering swel·ter·ing adj. 1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry. 2. Suffering from oppressive heat. swel playground for the after-lunch recess. ``They go out in the morning, but, by afternoon, it's too hot,'' said Lori Oster, the school's office manager. Firefighters have been on alert in the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. in particular, said Capt. Mark Savage of the county Fire Department. A spate of high heat and low humidity makes conditions right for brush fires. Officer Wendy Hahn of the local Highway Patrol station said her agency was warning motorists planning to travel over the upcoming holiday weekend to check their vehicles' fluids and belts to guard against stalling in the heat. Motorists, she added, should carry drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. and are advised to turn off their air-conditioning if they get stuck in traffic on steep grades, to keep their cars from overheating Overheating An economy that is growing very quickly, with the risk of high inflation. . CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Students at Bridgeport Elementary in Valencia eat lunch - and then, have recess - in the school's multipurpose room on Monday. John Lazar/Staff Photographer |
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