The Riverside County coroner released findings on the August death of Yahushua Robinson, 12. A Senate bill would create rules for California schools on what physical activities can be allowed during extreme weather.
With a global average temperature of 58.96 degrees, the year was nearly one-third of a degree warmer than the previous hottest year on record, according to officials.
Temperatures will be up to 15 degrees above normal this week, peaking Wednesday and Thursday, with a heat advisory for the Bay Area before a cool trend Friday.
As summer heat worsens, voters back mandatory cooling standards for buildings and expanded federal disaster aid, a new Berkeley IGS/Los Angeles Times poll finds.