P arts of the Bay Area were baking under triple-digit heat on Thursday, with at least seven cities notching new daily records, the National Weather Service said.

By noon, the weather service said temperatures in the hottest spots had risen to 94 in Livermore, and 93 in Antioch and Concord; those communities are generally the three hottest spots in the interior East Bay. In the South Bay, Morgan Hill was 94 and San Jose had reached 88.

California's most significant heat wave of summer peaked in most of the Bay Area on Thursday and a cooldown will begin Friday, but not all at once.

Trey Lance's return to the Bay Area led to three straight punts for the Los Angeles Chargers, who went on to lose 30-23 Saturday night to the San Francisco 49ers in the final exhibition game for both teams.

It looks like Trey Lance has sewn up the second-string quarterback spot for the Los Angeles Chargers. In Saturday's preseason game versus the San Francisco 49ers, he completed five of eight pass attempts,

Trey Lance played his shortest preseason game of the year in his return to Levi's Stadium, as the Los Angeles Chargers quarterback was replaced by Taylor Heinicke with 3:30 left in the first quarter against his former team,