California Travel Tips
California Beaches Having October Heatwave
Published on: October 11, 2015
Southern California’s Beaches are having a heatwave. We snapped photos yesterday at Huntington Beach where lifeguards were busy with unusual crowds and recent shark sightings. “In my 38 years, I’ve never seen as many juvenile great white sharks approaching the beaches as I did this year,” said Lt. Claude Panis of the Huntington Beach Marine Safety Division. Changes in weather patterns have impacted every part of the state:
- Camarillo this week set a record of 108 degrees! Records for the date were also set in Long Beach, Burbank, Santa Ana, Riverside and El Cajon.
- Fort Bragg restaurants have been ordered to use plastic eating utensils and paper plates to save water in a Stage 3 alert.
- Pumpkin growers in the Central Valley and Central Coast have lost prized pumpkins due to the heat.
- Scientists are studying ways to save rare sequoias, the biggest treees on the planet. Weather patterns are putting stress on the giants that are several thousand years old.
- Pistachios nut crops are up to 50% blanks (empty shells) thanks to drought, heat and abnormal West Coast weather.
- 2015 fires have been some of California’s worst: Valley Fire in Lake, Napa and Sonoma Counties ranks as 3rd most damaging ever recorded; Butte Fire in Calaveras and Amador Counties ranks 5th.
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