Cooling Centers To Open In Desert Communities
Coachella Valley temperatures up to 110 degrees are possible over the next few days, making for the hottest weekend so far this year, a meteorologist said today.
“This weekend, we’ll get up around normal summertime highs — 110 and maybe a little higher,” National Weather Service meteorologist Gregg Martin said. “It will be warm and dry.”
In Death Valley, the hottest, driest and lowest spot in North America, the high at Furnace Creek is expected to hit 112 degrees today.
More than a dozen cooling centers will offer an escape from the heat to residents across the Coachella Valley. Although the official kickoff date is June 15, many are already open. But furlough Fridays and weekend closures because of budgetary woes mean they won’t be open for this weekend’s heat. Only Eisenhower Medical Center is open seven days a week.
Where they are:
Cathedral Center: 37-171 W. Buddy Rogers Ave., Cathedral City. (760) 321-1548
Coachella Senior Center: 1540 7th St., Coachella. (760) 398-0104
Boys & Girls Club DHS: 66-150 8th St., Desert Hot Springs. (760) 329-1312
Desert Hot Springs Senior Center: 11-777 West Drive. (760) 329-0222
Indio Senior Center: 45-700 Aladdin St. (760) 391-4170
La Quinta Senior Center: 78-450 Avenida La Fonda, La Quinta.
Joslyn Center: 73-750 Catalina Way, Palm Desert. (760) 340-3220
Palm Desert Community Center: 43-900 San Pablo Ave., Palm Desert. (760) 568-9697
Palm Springs YMCA: 3601 Mesquite Ave. (760) 320-6430
Thermal Senior Center: 87-229 Church St., Thermal. (760) 399-0081
Eisenhower Medical Center lobby: 39-000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage. (760) 340-3911
James O. Jessie Desert Highland Unity Center: 480 Tramview Road, Palm Springs. (760) 323-8271
Mizell Senior Center: 480 South Sunrise Way, Palm Springs. (760) 323-5689
The Golden Rainbow Center SAGE: 700 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite F, Palm Springs. (760) 416-7790
North Shore Community Center: 99-155 Sea View Drive, North Shore. (760) 391-5050 Ext. 223
