Sticky summer weather in the Southland

With Monday’s midday temperature at 97 degrees, Paulette Davalos, 3, second from right, enjoys a refreshing dip with her dad, Francisco Davalos, during swim lessons at the Chaffey College Aquatics Center in Rancho Cucamonga.

(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

June 29, 2015 2:38 PM PT

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High pressure in the desert continues to expand, keeping temperatures above average and pulling up monsoonal moisture.

Francisco Valenzuela of Huntington Park sits in the shade and fans himself with his hat at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles.

(Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

A women shields herself from the hot summer sun with a parasol in downtown Los Angeles.

(Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

Joaquin Soto, 7, and his cousin Zoe Valdez, 2, cool off in the Grand Park fountain in downtown Los Angeles.

(Christina House / For the Los Angeles Times)

Jeanette Erazo talks with her daughter Mackenzie, 2, as a man dressed as Elmo looks on at the beach in Santa Monica. Erazo was trying to escape the heat of downtown Los Angeles, where she resides.