This area has been designated extremely dry. A wildfire is raging 80 north of here. This week broke the record for number of days above 100 degrees - it is now 145. Finally, high temperatures have dropped into the mid-upper 90s - and the mornings are in the 70s.  Dry continue. Another bush in my yard died. The mountain preserve at the end of the street is parched  Cacti have turned black.