UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.

Southern California is bracing for its first big warmup of the summer as high pressure builds over the region this week. Temperatures on Monday are expected to remain either below or near normal,

At 1:10 p.m. on Thursday, the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA issued an updated beach hazards statement in effect until Saturday at 11 p.m. The statement is for Catalina and Santa Barbara Islands, Ventura County Beaches,

Laguna Beach police said they identified the suspect as a 13-year-old boy, who was arrested on suspicion of felony reckless burning of forest land.

NWS San Diego forecasts a short cooling trend with a deepening marine layer in Southern California before a weekend warm-up.

Marine mammal researchers are investigating how sea lions were affected by the longest toxic algal bloom on record off the coast of Southern California. Some sea lions are now being released back into the wild.

The National Weather Service issued Beach Hazard Statements for Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties that will remain in effect through Sunday evening.

"If the rate of warming stays the same, the rate of our adaptation has to happen quicker and quicker, especially for the most extreme heat waves, which are changing the fastest," Neelin said in a statement.