Scorching heat wave, elevated fire danger headed to Southern California

NEWS AT 6 I'M KAREEN WYNTER AND I'M SANDRA MITCHELL IN TONIGHT FOR ANOTHER INTENSE HEAT WAVE HITTING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND IT IS BRINGING DANGEROUSLY HIGH TEMPERATURES AND ELEVATING OUR FIRE RISK. ANDY WE'RE ALL FEELING IT. WE HAVE LIVE TEAM COVERAGE OF THE SOCAL HEAT WAVE. >> KIOUS HERE IN STUDIO WITH YOUR FORECAST AND WHEN WE MIGHT SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF. >> BUT BEGIN WITH A SARA WELCH SHE'S LIVE IN UPLAND WHERE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING THROUGH TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPS >> HI CRAIG GOOD EVENING HAS BEEN BRUTAL YOU STEP OUTSIDE AND HE JUST HITS YOU RIGHT IN THE FACE THESE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES ALL DAY LONG. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE THERMOMETER RIGHT NOW HERE IN WE JUST DIPPED BELOW 100 DEGREES HERE AT 6 O'CLOCK TONIGHT. DON'T EXPECT THE TEMPERATURES TO GO MUCH LOWER THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE THIS EXTREME HEAT EXPECTED TO SAY STICK AROUND PROBABLY UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK OR SO EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS FOR SEVERAL AREAS ACROSS THE SOUTHLAND TONIGHT AND THAT COULD SPELL DANGER AS YOU GUYS ARE SAYING IF YOU'RE OUT OF THE HEAT TOO LONG IF YOU AREN'T PREPARED IN CASE OF EMERGENCY. IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH YOU CAN JUMP IN AND OUT OF A POOL TO STAY COOL TODAY ARE SET BY THE AC BUT REMEMBER YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN INCLUDING MAKING SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF WATER ON HAND IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING ANY DISTANCE AT ALL ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEADING OUT TO THE DESERT AND NEVER LEAVE YOUR PETS OR KIDS IN THE CAR. IN THESE CONDITIONS NOW TEMPERATURES INSIDE A CAR CAN SORIN JUST A COUPLE OF MINUTES. >> MAKING IT ON BEARABLE AND DEADLY AND JUST IMAGINE THE HEAT ARE FIREFIGHTERS ARE ENDURING IN THESE CONDITIONS FIGHTING ALL THESE FIRES SUITED UP IN ALL THAT GEAR THESE HOT CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN THE BACKDROP FOR SEVERAL BRUSH AND WILDFIRES THROUGHOUT THE REGION FIREFIGHTERS IN RIVERSIDE COUNTY CONTINUE FIGHTING THE NIXON FIRE. >> THAT PLAY STARTED BACK ON JULY 29 NEAR TO VALLEY ROAD IN RICHARD NIXON BOULEVARD THE CAUSE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION TODAY. BUT MORE THAN 5,000 ACRES HAVE BURNED THERE SO FAR WE'RE TOLD IT'S ABOUT 21% CONTAINED FOR STRUCTURES WERE DESTROYED AND MORE THAN 1700 STRUCTURES NEARBY ARE STILL THREATENED BUT FIRE FIGHTERS AT THIS HOUR, THEY'RE WORKING TO CUT CONTAINMENT LINES AROUND THAT FIRE. WIND HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE THERE IF YOU NEED HELP IN THAT AREA. THERE IS A CARE CENTER SET UP TONIGHT AT HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL IN ONS OF THOUSANDS OF STRUCTURES AS I SAID HAVE BEEN THREATENED BY THAT FIRE. NOW IN THE SEPULVEDA BASIN TODAY, ANOTHER FIRE CREWS ATTACKED A BRUSH FIRE BROKE OUT NEAR WOODLEY AVENUE IN BURBANK BOULEVARD ABOUT 75 ACRES BURNED IN THAT FIRE IT'S UNDER CONTROL NOW WE DON'T KNOW THE CAUSE. BUT FIREFIGHTERS GOT THAT UNDER CONTROL WITHOUT ANY STRUCTURES BEING DAMAGED ANYONE GETTING HURT. AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER FIRE BURNING IN NEAR NEAR NEAR AT A HOT SPRINGS ROAD IN CLINTON KEITH ROAD IT SPREAD QUICKLY THIS AFTERNOON BECAUSE OF THE HIGH TEMPERATURES. BUT AGAIN THANKS TO THE QUICK WORK OF FIREFIGHTERS, NO HOMES WERE BURNED THERE SO AGAIN BACK HERE LIVE AS WE LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURE HERE IN UPLAND GOT 99 DEGREES RIGHT NOW AT 6 O'CLOCK TONIGHT THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE MOST REALLY 5 AND YOU CAN CRANES AND ARE LOTS OF FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE HEADING TO THE BEACH TO COOL DOWN. >> TOMORROW AND IF YOU NEED TO COOL DOWN YOU CAN'T GET THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE ANY AIR CONDITIONING I CALLED TO AN WANT TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE THERE'S PLENTY OF COOLING CENTERS. SET UP ALL THE SOUTHLAND AND TONIGHT HEARING UP WHEN THERE'S A SLIGHT BREEZE SO THAT DOES MAKE THINGS FEEL A LITTLE BIT BEARABLE BUT IT HAS BEEN BRUTAL HERE ALL DAY LONG WE'LL SEND IT BACK TO HOLLYWOOD SARAH WERE SO HAPPY ABOUT THE TEMPS WELL TAKEN. >> AND CHI THESE CONDITIONS SO EXTREME THIS WEEKEND WHEN CAN WE GET A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME TIME WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS BEING A PROLONGED INLAND HEAT WAVE COMING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO AT LEAST ANOTHER 7 TO 10 DAYS OF DEALING WITH THESE TRIPLE DIGITS IN THE SAUCE THEY'RE THERE AND UPLAND THAT THERMOMETER GOING FROM A 100 TO 99. BUT WE SEE MUCH HOTTER TEMPERATURES THROUGHOUT MANY REGIONS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON UP TO A 10607 DEGREES IN MANY VALLEY COMMUNITIES AND WE'LL SEE MORE OF THE SAME AS WE TAKE YOU THROUGH SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY. YOU CAN SEE THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES, EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS, HEAT ADVISORIES AGAIN STICKING AROUND ALL THE WAY THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. WE'LL CONTINUE TO SEE MORE OF THE SAME AND THE SAME IS THIS LOOK AT THE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. WOODLAND HILLS TODAY HITTING A 106 DEGREES PALMDALE 103 RIVERSIDE AIRPORT COMING IN THIS AFTERNOON, A 105 DEGREES THE CHINO AIRPORT COMING IN WITH THE DAYTIME HIGH OF A 102 NOW THE ONE POSITIVE ASPECT OF THE FORECAST FOR TODAY MUCH OF TOMORROW AND DEFINITELY BY MONDAY AS WE'LL SEE A LOT LESS OF THE HUMIDITY IS THE MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SHIFT FURTHER EAST INTO THE 4 CORNER STATES. BUT NONETHELESS, A HOT FORECAST ON THE HORIZON FOR THE NEXT FEW TO 10 DAYS HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. BUT THERE ARE DETAILS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT NOW BE BACK WITH THEM AND MORE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES OVER TO YOU. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU THEN THANK YOU STAY WITH KTLA FOR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF THIS DANGEROUS HEAT HITTING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEKEND. FOR