A heat wave in the Bay Area and Central Coast will last into the weekend, with an Excessive Heat Warning issued by the National Weather Service for much of the region being extended through 11 p.m. Saturday.

The weather service forecasted inland temperatures as high as 108 degrees in the region Thursday and confirmed as of 2:40 p.m. that normally cooler areas like Big Sur had a reading as high as 104 degrees.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.