With excessive heat setting in this week, local cooling centers are opening to offer people a way to get out of the dangerous conditions. The Cities of Sacramento and Elk Grove will open three locations starting Wednesday afternoon. In Sacramento they are at the Hagginwood Community Center on Marysville Boulevard and the Hart Senior Center on 27th street. Elk Grove and Cosumnes Community Services District will open a cooling center at the Wackford Community Complex on Bruceville road. All three will be open from noon until 8pm Wednesday through Friday. Masks are required and will be provided for those who don't have one.
Here is a list of all the local cooling centers opening this week:
SACRAMENTO COUNTY
Sacramento - open Wednesday through Saturday starting at noon until 8pm
- Hagginwood Community Center (3271 Marysville Blvd)
- Hart Senior Center (915 27th St.)
Elk Grove - open Thursday and Friday June 17th and 18th
- Wackford Community Complex (9014 Bruceville Road)
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
Lodi - open
- Salvation Army (622 N. Sacramento Street)
Manteca - open 24 hours, 7 days a week
- Homeless Emergency Center (555 Industrial Park) always open
Tracy - open Monday – Friday 8am to 7pm and Saturday 10am to 6pm
- Tracy Transit Station (50 E. Sixth Street)
Stockton - hours of operation varies per location
- THE SPOT Youth Respite And Women’s Center (729 N. California Street) open everyday from 8:30am until 5pm
- Gospel Center Rescue Mission (445 S. San Joaquin Street) open daily from 8am until 8pm
- Stockton Drop In Shelter MEN ONLY (411 S. Harrison Entrance) open daily from 7am until 3:30pm
Click here for a map of all the local cooling centers and public libraries
For those looking for a way to cool off in water, these City of Sacramento spray parks are open daily from 10 am to 8 pm:
- Magnolia Park - 251 Greg Thatch Circle
- Witter Ranch Park - 3795 Saintsbury Drive
- Golden Poppy Park - 5765 Tres Pieza Drive
- Valley Oak Park - 2780 Mabry Drive
- Wild Rose Park - 5200 Kankakee Drive
- Natomas Regional Park – 2501 New Market Drive
- Jefferson - 1990 Roma Court
- Shasta - 7407 Imagination Parkway
- McClatchy – 3500 5th Ave.
- Oki - 2715 Wisseman Drive
- Artivio Guerrero - 6000 61st St.
- Muir - 1515 C St.
City of Sacramento residents with questions can call 2-1-1 and County residents can call 3-1-1 for more information.