Orange County’s cooling centers, opened during the region’s hottest days as a public health initiative, will be opened when the weather hits a lower heat index this year, thanks to sustained pressure from local activists who told county leaders that the current threshold is too high. Currently, these county-operated cooling centers — offering a publicly […]
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Orange County expands access to cooling centers during extreme heat
County leaders agreed to lower the heat index threshold required to open these county-operated cooling centers