Sizzling heat wave stifles western US, many record highs still in jeopardy

Following days of record-breaking heat across California, the intense warmth from a long-lasting heat wave will shift its focus to a different part of the West to end the week. Wednesday brought another day of summerlike heat to much of the southwestern United States. Temperatures in places such as Fresno and Sacramento, California, soared to 15-20 degrees Fahrenheit above normal and challenged daily record high temperatures in the process….