With a late-spring heat wave expected to take temperatures well over 100 degrees in some Bay Area communities Wednesday through Friday, communities began opening cooling centers to help citizens who may not have access to air conditioning cope with the sweltering weather.
Officials in both Contra Costa and Santa Clara counties made clear that despite the state’s reopening and relaxed mask rules that began Tuesday, masks will be required for all visitors inside the cooling centers, regardless of vaccination status.
Contra Costa County
Antioch
EHSD (Employment & Human Services District) Office
4545 Delta Fair Boulevard
8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 16-18
Concord
Concord Senior Center
2727 Parkside Circle
Call 925-671-3320 to confirm hours
Hercules
EHSD Office
151 Linus Pauling Drive
8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 16-18
Martinez
EHSD Office
40 Douglas Drive
8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 16-18
Martinez Senior Center
818 Green Street
Call 925-370-8770 to confirm hours
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill Community Center
320 Civic Drive
12 p.m.-8 p.m. June 16-17
EHSD Office
400 Ellinwood Way
8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 16-18
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Senior Center
300 Presidio Lane
Call 925-252-4890 to confirm hours
Richmond
EHSD Office
1305 Macdonald Avenue
8 a.m.-5 p.m. June 16-18
Santa Clara County
Cupertino
Cupertino Library
10800 Torre Avenue
1 p.m.-6 p.m. June 16-17
Gilroy
Gilroy Library
350 W 6th Street
1 p.m.-6 p.m. June 16-17
Los Altos
Los Altos Library
13 S San Antonio Road
1 p.m.-6 p.m. June 16-17
Milpitas
Milpitas Library
160 N Main Street
1 p.m.-6 p.m. June 16-17
Morgan Hill
Centennial Recreation Center
171 W. Edmundson Avenue
8:00 am to 9:00 pm, June 16-18
Morgan Hill Library
660 W Main Avenue
1:00 pm to 6:00 pm, June 16-17
San José
Camden Community Center
3369 Union Avenue
1 p.m.-6 p.m. June 16-18
Joyce Ellington Library
491 E. Empire Street
1 p.m.-6 p.m. June 16-18
Santa Clara
Senior Center
1303 Fremont Street
1 p.m.-5 p.m. June 16-18
Saratoga
Saratoga Library
13650 Saratoga Avenue
1 p.m.-6 p.m. June 16-17
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