LOS ANGELES - Utilities urged customers to ease up on electricity use and officials opened cool shelters as California continued to swelter under a heat wave at the start of Labor Day weekend.
Meanwhile, cloudbursts laced with lightning unleashed downpours in the mountains and deserts, leading to flash flood watches and warnings. Firefighters also watched for lightning-sparked wildfires.
The steamy conditions were expected to continue into midweek
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