The Bay Area is narrowly escaping extreme heat this week, but other parts of California won’t be as lucky.
Palm Springs, Needles (San Bernardino County) and El Centro (Imperial County) are forecast to tie or break daily temperature records Thursday amid a scorching Desert Southwest heat wave. Phoenix could tie an August temperature record of 117 degrees.
While the desert heat will slowly wane this weekend, the hot weather will shift to other parts of California…