It was in the 80s the day we stopped by this park on 1st Street, just west of the 110 freeway. Hot hot hot on the city streets but in this little refuge, cool(er) and green.

It's Vista Hermosa Nature Park, 10 acres of paths and plantings and ball fields, oaks and sycamores and stands of sage, filled with nooks and crannies and even a waterfall and, once you wend your way to the top, this postcard view of downtown.