Your SoCal weather report for Monday, Aug. 5: More heat and elevated risk of fires

Good morning and welcome back to Monday. We've got some clouds and fog around the L.A. area, and later today, our heat wave continues.

Along the coast you can expect today's highs to be around 75 degrees and up to 85 degrees in Long Beach and 86 degrees in Costa Mesa.

It will be another sizzling day in the valleys where highs will be in the upper 90s to low 100s — up to 109 degrees in western San Fernando Valley, Inland Empire and the high desert. These areas are under an excessive heat warning until 8 p.m. Tuesday.

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The Coachella Valley will reach up to 117 degrees.

Tonight's lows will drop to the low 70s for interior areas, around 60s for the coast and in the low 80s for the deserts.

This day in history

On this day in 1957, the national show "American Bandstand" debuted.

Things to do

• 'Clue': Wear your best Professor Peacock or Colonel Mustard getup and head down to the Ahmanson for the most fun you can have in 75 minutes. The whodunit Clue references the movie and the original board game, of course, but the actors and staging find so many other great bits even around those well-known moments. The whole production really delivers on leaning into physical comedy. John Shartzer as Mr. Green stands out and Mark Price as Wadsworth really amps up his performance throughout the show.

Check out our full list of things to do this week.