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Refuge From the Heat: Three New West Valley Overnight Cooling Centers Provide Critical Relief—and Could Lead to More Help for the Homeless

by Kevin Fitzgerald August 8th, 2019December 16th, 2020

It’s been hot in the Coachella Valley—including a 121-degree day on Aug. 5—and no segment of our community is more threatened by that heat than the valley’s homeless population. It was a 115-degree day on June 11 that helped spur the city of Palm Springs to partner with Riverside County to open an emergency overnight […]