Lyft Offering Free Rides To Bay Area Cooling Center
As a heat wave remained draped over the San Francisco Bay Area, ride-sharing giant Lyft has announced a free ride program to cooling centers.
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As a heat wave remained draped over the San Francisco Bay Area, ride-sharing giant Lyft has announced a free ride program to cooling centers.
Looking to cool off at a beach this weekend? There's plenty of options in the Bay Area, but you need to be aware of their restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pacifica's mayor is urging people to stay away from the city's beaches this weekend as temperatures rise around the Bay Area.
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) declared a statewide Stage 3 power emergency Friday evening as excessive heat drove up electricity use and set records across the Bay Area, forcing rolling blackouts across the state until the power grid stabilized.
As the sun bakes the Bay Area, local doctors agree on one thing: you probably aren't drinking enough water.
The National Weather Service said the Bay Area will experience a prolonged heat wave from this weekend through the middle of next week, and has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for inland areas in the East Bay and South Bay.
Temperatures around the Bay Area and along the Monterey Peninsula are expected to spike this week, with above-average seasonal temperatures Tuesday and Wednesday, the National Weather Service said.
Residents in Contra Costa Countycan cool off during this week's hot weather at partially reopened lobbies at county buildings in Antioch, Pleasant Hill, Hercules and Richmond.
With temperatures rising into the triple digits across much of the Bay Area, a big concern for seniors is how to stay cool while still abiding by social-distancing requirements.
For the second day in a row, the heat is still on. A Pleasanton homeowner's air conditioning unit is all turned off, and that's quite a predicament during this pandemic.
A high pressure system stalled off the Northern California coast turned up the heat again on Tuesday a day after temperatures soared to record levels across the shelter-in-place San Francisco Bay Area.
A heat wave expected to kick in late Monday morning for the Bay Area will linger through Thursday night, with record-setting temperatures possible, forecasters said.
The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Watch for the Bay Area starting on Memorial Day and extending through much of next week.
A high pressure system parking over the Pacific Coast was sending temperatures soaring early Tuesday, elevating wildfire fears in the Northern California.
A high pressure system stalled over the Bay Area Thursday, triggering a heat warning from San Francisco fire officials and sending temperatures well above the seasonal averages.
Northern California residents awaited the arrival Wednesday of a high pressure system from the Pacific Ocean that was forecast to send temperatures soaring and drape a layer of unhealthy smog over the Bay Area.
Scientists are blaming unprecedented heat wave this summer for reduced salmon populations in parts of Alaska.
Relief in the form of nearly 200 electric fans is on the way for thousands of students struggling with the heat this past week in Oakland.
City Hall in San Jose is only 14 years old, but the building's cooling system is apparently out of date.
With highs expected to approach 110 degrees due to the heat wave, football players at Liberty High in Brentwood staged their practice before sunrise on Thursday.
A high pressure system stalled over Arizona early Wednesday turned up the heat in the Bay Area with temperatures forecast to soar into triple digits adding to the already tinder-dry wildfire conditions.
Climate scientists predict that scorching, triple-digit temperatures will become increasingly common across the Bay Area over the next few decades.Climate scientists predict that scorching, triple-digit temperatures will become increasingly common across the Bay Area over the next few decades.
A heat advisory was in effect for the inland portions of the Bay Area this weekend. What makes this heat wave unique is that the Bay Area is not seeing a significant cool down in the evening hours.
A study from an environmental science group says that as the planet gets warmer, people are definitely going to feel it. And for some, it could be life-threatening.
