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Heat waves through Orange County's past found in two summers
A trip through the Orange County Register archives recalls 1934 and 1990 heat waves. In 1934 highs reached 105, with widespread ads for electric refrigerators and a city pool reopening in Anaheim. In 1990 the region hit 106 as window units boomed, wildfires raged near Santiago Peak, and local trials and budget woes framed a hotter era.
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Orange County Register
Garden Grove
Westminster
Midway City
Stanton
Register
Leonard
Leonard Electric
Chandler
C.M. Reod
Friends
Long Beach
Wester Hazleton
Huntington Beach
Anaheim
The
Cleveland National Forest
Silverado Canyon
National Forest
Santiago Peak
Carbon Canyon