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But it comes at a price: dangerous heat driven by \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/category/environment/climate-change/\">climate change\u003c/a>, accompanied by sky-high electric bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A CalMatters analysis shows that many California cities with the biggest recent population booms are the same places that will experience the most high heat days — a potentially deadly confluence. The combination of a growing population and rising extreme heat \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/07/extreme-heat-report-insurance/\">will put more people at risk of illnesses\u003c/a> and pose a challenge for unprepared local officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As greenhouse gases warm the planet, more people around the globe are experiencing intensifying heat waves and higher temperatures. An international panel of climate scientists recently reported that it is “\u003ca href=\"https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/\">virtually certain\u003c/a>” that “there has been increases in the intensity and duration of heat waves and in the number of heat wave days at the global scale.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters identified the California communities most at risk — the top 1% of the state’s more than 8,000 census tracts that have grown by more than 500 people in recent years and are expected to experience the most intensifying heat under climate change projections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results: Lancaster and Palmdale in Los Angeles County; Apple Valley, Victorville and Hesperia in San Bernardino County; Lake Elsinore and Murrieta in Riverside County; and the Central Valley cities of Visalia, Fresno, Clovis and Tulare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2050, neighborhoods in those 11 inland cities are expected to experience 25 or more high heat days every year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://cal-adapt.org/tools/extreme-heat/\">data from researchers\u003c/a> at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Colorado Boulder and UC Berkeley. A high heat day is when an area’s maximum temperature exceeds the top 2% of its historic high — in other words, temperatures that soar above some of the highest levels ever recorded there this century. (The projections were based on an intermediate scenario for future planet-warming emissions.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these places facing this dangerous combination of worsening heat waves and growing populations are low-income Latino communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing much more rapid warming of inland areas that were already hotter to begin with,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an extreme contrast between the people who live within 5 to 10 miles of the beach and people who live as little as 20 miles inland,” he said. “It’s these inland areas where we see people who…are killed by this extreme heat or whose lives are at least made miserable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-graphics-heat-housing.netlify.app/heat-days-lookup?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_0&parentTitle=More%20extreme%20heat%20%2B%20more%20people%20%3D%20danger%20in%20these%20CA%20cities%20-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fenvironment%2Fclimate-change%2F2024%2F09%2Fcalifornia-extreme-heat-population-growth-inland-communities%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While temperatures are projected to rise across the state, neighborhoods along the coast will remain much more temperate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Long Beach, for instance, are not projected to experience significantly more high heat days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco will average six days a year in the 2050s, exceeding 87 degrees, compared to four days in the 2020s. In contrast, Visalia will jump from 17 days exceeding 103 degrees to 32 — more than a full month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the growing inland populations, the cooler coastal counties — where more than two-thirds of Californians now live — are expected to lose about 1.3 million residents by 2050, according to the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High temperatures can be deadly, triggering heat strokes and \u003ca href=\"https://hms.harvard.edu/news/climate-change-fueled-weather-events-linked-worsened-heart-health#:~:text=Certain%20types%20of%20extreme%20weather,increased%20risk%20of%20heart%20disease.\">heart attacks\u003c/a> and exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/climate-change-and-asthma/\">asthma\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039694/\">diabetes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidney.org/press-room/new-study-heat-waves-climate-change-pushing-kidney-patients-to-er\">kidney failure\u003c/a> and other illnesses, even some \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/priorities/climate-infectious-disease.html\">infectious diseases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003222\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a pink shirt and sun glasses sits in a folding chair with a board in her lap.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassandra Hughes sits on a folding chair alongside her car in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/upload/Impacts-of-extreme-heat-to-California-s-people-infrastructure-and-economy-by-California-Department-of-Insurance-June-2024.pdf\">extreme heat contributed to\u003c/a> more than 5,000 hospitalizations and almost 10,600 emergency department visits over the past decade — and the health effects “fall disproportionately on already overburdened” Black people, Latinos and Native Americans, according to a recent state report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City and county officials must grapple with how to protect residents who already are struggling to stay cool and pay their electric bills. Despite the warnings, many local governments have failed to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_201520160sb379\">A 2015 state law \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379\">required municipalities\u003c/a> to update their general plans, safety plans or hazard mitigation plans to include steps countering the effects of climate change, such as cooling roofs and pavement or urban greening projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But only about half of California’s 540 cities and counties had complied with new plans as of last year, according to the environmental nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.climateresolve.org/ounce-of-prevention/\">Climate Resolve\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The California dream or a hellish reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An exodus from California’s coastal regions is a\u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/whos-leaving-california-and-whos-moving-in/\"> decadeslong trend\u003c/a>, said Eric McGhee, a policy director who researches California demographic changes at the Public Policy Institute of California. People are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/how-has-remote-work-affected-migration-around-the-state/\">moving away from the coasts,\u003c/a> especially the Los Angeles region and Bay Area, to elsewhere in California and other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 104,000 people moved from the Bay Area to the Sacramento area, the Inland Empire and the San Joaquin Valley in 2021 and 2022 and about 95,000 moved from Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County to those same inland regions, according to data collected from the \u003ca href=\"https://usa.ipums.org/usa/\">Census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGhee said most people moving inland are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-population-shifts-may-lead-to-new-income-divides/\">low-income and middle-income Californians \u003c/a>looking to expand their families, find cheaper housing and live comfortably — and they’re willing to sacrifice other privileges, like cool weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is “becoming more expensive, more exclusive in the places that are least likely to experience extreme heat,” Swain said. As a result, he said, “the people who are most at risk of extreme heat” — those with limited financial resources — “are precisely the people experiencing extreme heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/scZs5/10/\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Bernardino County city of \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/victorville-ca?redirect=true#demographics\">Victorville\u003c/a> — which is 55% Hispanic and has median incomes far below the state average — is among California’s fastest-growing areas, adding more than 12,500 new residents between 2018 and 2022. Nearby Apple Valley and Hesperia grew by about 3,000 and 6,000 people, respectively, while Lancaster, Palmdale and Visalia added between about 10,000 and 12,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Victorville on an August day that reached 97 degrees, Eduardo Ceja wiped sweat from his forehead as he worked at Superior Grocers store, retrieving shopping carts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work is often grueling in this Mojave Desert town. He sometimes drinks five bottles of water to stay hydrated as he works, with the concrete parking lot radiating the heat back onto his skin. When he’s done pushing carts, he recovers in the air-conditioned store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ceja, 20, moved to nearby Apple Valley about a year ago, around the same time the new grocery store opened. He used to sleep on his parents’ couch in the San Gabriel Valley town of Covina, east of Los Angeles, which is often more than 10 degrees cooler than Apple Valley on summer days. But he wanted a place to himself at a low cost, so now he pays $400 a month for a bedroom in his brother’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since he moved here, he’s observed many businesses, including his own employer, expanding or opening in Apple Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I notice a lot of people from L.A. are coming here,” he said. It makes sense to him. “Out here, the apartments have more space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003221\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing glasses and a black shirt stands outside by a tree.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Valley Mayor Scott Nassif on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/apple-valley-ca/#demographics\">Apple Valley\u003c/a> Mayor Scott Nassif has seen his desert town grow and get hotter over his lifetime. When he moved to the area in 1959, only a few thousand people lived there. Now it’s home to more than 75,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif remembers only a few days that would reach above 100 degrees and multiple snowstorms in the winter. Now, snowstorms are rare, and weeklong heat waves above 110 degrees are commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extreme heat “is noticeable,” he said. “I don’t think there was a day under 100 in July.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif attributes the town’s growing population to its good schools, a semi-rural lifestyle and affordable housing for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the high desert town of Hesperia, growth is evident. Banners advertising “New homes!” are posted throughout the town, luring potential buyers to tract home communities. Residents are cautiously eyeing a new development, called the Silverwood Community, that has recently broken ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The massive, 9,000-plus acre development is authorized for more than 15,000 new homes, according to its website. A video on its website coaxes potential buyers: “True believers know the California dream is within reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003220\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a residential area and surrounding dry land.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Silverwood project, a community development under construction, in Hesperia on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/hesperia-ca#demographics\">Hesperia\u003c/a>, which is almost two-thirds Hispanic and also has median incomes far below the state average, is anticipating continued growth as housing costs soar in other parts of California. Its planning includes rezoning some areas to allow for higher-density housing, which could bring more affordable housing, said Ryan Leonard, Hesperia’s principal planner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people are willing to make a commute to San Bernardino, Riverside or Ontario — a 45-minute to an hour commute — they can afford to buy a home here when they might not be able to afford that same home down the hill,” Leonard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Summer electric bills soar to $500 or more\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the California towns at most risk of intensifying heat, people are already saddled with big power bills because of their reliance on air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, households in Lancaster, Palmdale and Apple Valley pay on average $200 to $259 a month for electricity, compared to a $177 average in Southern California Edison’s service area, according to California Public Utilities Commission data as of May 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summer months, average power use in these communities nearly triples compared to spring months, so some people’s bills can climb above $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And their bills are likely to grow as climate change intensifies heat waves and \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240722-public-advocates-office-q2-2024-electric-rates-report.pdf#page=5\">utility rates rise\u003c/a>: Californians are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/05/californians-electricity-rates/\">paying about twice as much\u003c/a> for electricity than a decade ago. The state’s rates are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/electricity-price-rate-pge-19429422.php\">among the highest in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diane Carlson moved to \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/palmdale-ca#demographics\">Palmdale\u003c/a>, north of Los Angeles, 30 years ago. The housing was much cheaper, and she wanted to move where her children could attend school near where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, she’s felt the temperatures in Palmdale rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said her electric bill during the summers used to average about $500, a significant chunk of her household budget. About four years ago, though, she had solar panels installed on their home, which cut her bill in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t not run the air conditioner all day, even if you run it low,” she said. “You wouldn’t survive otherwise. The heat is too oppressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With multiple days in the summer reaching at least 115 degrees, Carlson is conscious that there may be a future where Palmdale isn’t livable for her anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Will it get as hot as Death Valley?” she wondered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, reached \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-03/death-valley-sets-another-record-for-july-august-also-expected-to-be-above-average\">record temperatures\u003c/a> in July, averaging 108.5 degrees; the high was 121.9, tying a 1917 record. In comparison, Palmdale by 2050 is projected to have 25 days where the maximum temperature exceeds 105, up from nine days in the 2010s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said she’d consider moving to the East Coast, where she’s originally from. But she’d face hurricanes rather than the heat. It all comes down to making a decision: “Which negatives are you willing to deal with?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003217\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\" alt=\"A man rides a bicycle past a house with a tent, table, several products and a woman standing in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street vendor sells fans and mini pools in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hughes, who lives in subsidized housing in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/lancaster-ca\">Lancaster\u003c/a>, said surviving the heat means constantly checking the weather forecast and strategically cooling her home to keep electricity costs low. “I have air conditioning, a swamp cooler and two fans,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a day when the temperature doesn’t reach triple digits, the air conditioner might stay off; she opens the windows and turns on the fans instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003216\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\" alt=\"An infrared thermometer showing 137.3 degrees on the display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An infrared thermometer showing street surface temperature reaching 137 degrees in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local leaders say they know more must be done to protect their residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lancaster opens cooling centers in libraries for residents who need respite from the heat. During heat waves, residents ride buses for free, and city programs provide water and other resources to homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it adequate? Of course, it’s not adequate,” Mayor R. Rex Parris said. “If you’ve got people who don’t read or don’t get a newspaper sitting in a sweltering apartment, the information is not getting to them, and we know it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parris said air conditioning is necessary for families to stay cool in the hot desert summers, but with utility costs so high, it’s becoming a luxury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003218\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\" alt=\"A wire sculpture of a woman holding a leaf.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wire sculpture on a light pole in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, he said the city is prioritizing hydrogen energy, which could lower electric bills in the long term. A new housing tract will be powered by solar panels and batteries that store power, backed up by hydrogen fuel cells, which will be cheaper than if the homes drew energy entirely from the grid, said Jason Caudle, head of Lancaster Energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif, the Apple Valley mayor, said his town helps residents finance costly rooftop solar panels that can cut their power bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Educating our public on how to save on their electric bills is a big thing because you can’t live up here without air conditioning,” Nassif said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cooling centers aren’t enough to protect people\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a Saturday morning in Visalia, as temperatures climbed to 99 degrees, Maribel Jimenez brought her 2-year-old son to an indoor playground to beat the heat. She sat at a kid-sized table with her son, Mateo, as he played with toy screws and blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez, 33, has lived in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/visalia-ca/\">Visalia\u003c/a> her whole life. She grew up on a dairy farm and remembers playing outdoors for hours in the summers. But things have changed. She can’t imagine letting her son play outdoors under the scorching sun. She worries he’s not getting the outdoor playtime he should be getting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely gotten much hotter,” Jimenez said. “You can’t even have your kids outside. We want to take him out to the playground, but it’s too hot. By the time it cools down in the evening, it’s his bedtime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other times, she and her family go to the mall for walks or anywhere where there’s air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as he’s out, he’s happy,” she said. “We try our best to protect him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003223\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman sit next to a small child by a fishing pond.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maribel Jimenez and Oscar Olmedo play with their son Mateo in the fishing pond at the ImagineU Children’s Museum in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat on the body can happen quickly and can affect people of all ages and health conditions. Once symptoms of heat stroke begin — increased heart rate and a change in mental status — cooling off within 30 minutes is crucial to survival, said Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many municipalities react to extreme heat by following state or county rules, which often involve opening cooling centers in public places when temperatures rise above a certain level for multiple days in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want people to be in a space where your body can control its core temperature,” Aragón said. “It’s safer to be in an air-conditioned place (that) cools your body down. That’s what cooling centers are for. I tell people, go to the supermarket, go to the library, go to a cooling center, go and just let your body cool down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But community advocates say cooling centers are ineffective because they’re underused. Many people are unaware of them, and others have no transportation to reach them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone is used to that being the answer for what we do when it gets extremely hot,” said Jonathan Parfrey, executive director of Climate Resolve. “We need to expand our imagination to figure out other ways of taking care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victorville has complied with the 2015 state law requiring plans to handle climate change, and Hesperia is in the process of updating its plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Los Angeles County is an example of a local government that has gone above and beyond to comply, Parfrey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has updated its emergency preparedness plans and is in the early phases of developing a heat-specific plan for unincorporated areas, which will include urban greening and changes to the built environment to make neighborhoods cooler, said Ali Frazzini, policy director at the county’s Chief Sustainability office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003224\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\" alt=\"A water park playground area filled with adults and children.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Families playing at the water park area of Adventure Park in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just about preventing deaths and other terrible outcomes of heat waves, although that’s extremely important,” Frazzini said. “It’s really about having livable communities where kids can play outside, and street vendors can run their businesses without risk of overexposure.”[aside postID=\"news_11999014,science_1994107,news_11878134\" label=\"Related Stories\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parfrey said the state plays a role, but “they’re not in charge of the roads or building codes or where you put a water fountain or how you build a local park. All of that has to be done at a local level.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2022, the Newsom administration issued an Extreme Heat Action Plan outlining state steps to make California more resilient to extreme heat. That includes funding new community resilience centers where people can cool down as well as find resources or shelter during other emergencies, such as wildfires. It’s a model that some community advocates prefer over traditional cooling centers that are underutilized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has granted almost $98 million for 24 projects so far, said Anna Jane Jones, who leads the development of the centers for the state’s Strategic Growth Council.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Visalia, Jimenez said her family doesn’t have many options for cool spaces where her young son can be entertained.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At home, the family uses the air conditioner sparingly and keeps the blinds closed. During a heat wave, their power bill can climb to $250. If the bills were lower, she’d use the air conditioner all the time. “We have to do what we have to do,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez and her husband have thought twice about expanding their family and have floated the idea of moving somewhere else, but many of the affordable options, like Texas or Arizona, are even hotter than Visalia.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Global warming is a thing, and the heat isn’t getting any better anytime soon,” she said. “Everybody’s paying the price.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CalMatters identified the California communities most at risk — the top 1% of the state’s more than 8,000 census tracts that have grown by more than 500 people in recent years and are expected to experience the most intensifying heat under climate change projections.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The results: Lancaster and Palmdale in Los Angeles County; Apple Valley, Victorville and Hesperia in San Bernardino County; Lake Elsinore and Murrieta in Riverside County; and the Central Valley cities of Visalia, Fresno, Clovis and Tulare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2050, neighborhoods in those 11 inland cities are expected to experience 25 or more high heat days every year, according to \u003ca href=\"https://cal-adapt.org/tools/extreme-heat/\">data from researchers\u003c/a> at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of Colorado Boulder and UC Berkeley. A high heat day is when an area’s maximum temperature exceeds the top 2% of its historic high — in other words, temperatures that soar above some of the highest levels ever recorded there this century. (The projections were based on an intermediate scenario for future planet-warming emissions.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of these places facing this dangerous combination of worsening heat waves and growing populations are low-income Latino communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are seeing much more rapid warming of inland areas that were already hotter to begin with,” UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s an extreme contrast between the people who live within 5 to 10 miles of the beach and people who live as little as 20 miles inland,” he said. “It’s these inland areas where we see people who…are killed by this extreme heat or whose lives are at least made miserable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://calmatters-graphics-heat-housing.netlify.app/heat-days-lookup?initialWidth=780&childId=pym_0&parentTitle=More%20extreme%20heat%20%2B%20more%20people%20%3D%20danger%20in%20these%20CA%20cities%20-%20CalMatters&parentUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fcalmatters.org%2Fenvironment%2Fclimate-change%2F2024%2F09%2Fcalifornia-extreme-heat-population-growth-inland-communities%2F\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While temperatures are projected to rise across the state, neighborhoods along the coast will remain much more temperate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Long Beach, for instance, are not projected to experience significantly more high heat days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco will average six days a year in the 2050s, exceeding 87 degrees, compared to four days in the 2020s. In contrast, Visalia will jump from 17 days exceeding 103 degrees to 32 — more than a full month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unlike the growing inland populations, the cooler coastal counties — where more than two-thirds of Californians now live — are expected to lose about 1.3 million residents by 2050, according to the California Department of Finance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>High temperatures can be deadly, triggering heat strokes and \u003ca href=\"https://hms.harvard.edu/news/climate-change-fueled-weather-events-linked-worsened-heart-health#:~:text=Certain%20types%20of%20extreme%20weather,increased%20risk%20of%20heart%20disease.\">heart attacks\u003c/a> and exacerbating \u003ca href=\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/c-change/subtopics/climate-change-and-asthma/\">asthma\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10039694/\">diabetes\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kidney.org/press-room/new-study-heat-waves-climate-change-pushing-kidney-patients-to-er\">kidney failure\u003c/a> and other illnesses, even some \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/ncezid/priorities/climate-infectious-disease.html\">infectious diseases\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003222\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003222\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg\" alt=\"A Black woman wearing a pink shirt and sun glasses sits in a folding chair with a board in her lap.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-76-1920x1281.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cassandra Hughes sits on a folding chair alongside her car in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/upload/Impacts-of-extreme-heat-to-California-s-people-infrastructure-and-economy-by-California-Department-of-Insurance-June-2024.pdf\">extreme heat contributed to\u003c/a> more than 5,000 hospitalizations and almost 10,600 emergency department visits over the past decade — and the health effects “fall disproportionately on already overburdened” Black people, Latinos and Native Americans, according to a recent state report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City and county officials must grapple with how to protect residents who already are struggling to stay cool and pay their electric bills. Despite the warnings, many local governments have failed to respond.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://digitaldemocracy.calmatters.org/bills/ca_201520160sb379\">A 2015 state law \u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB379\">required municipalities\u003c/a> to update their general plans, safety plans or hazard mitigation plans to include steps countering the effects of climate change, such as cooling roofs and pavement or urban greening projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But only about half of California’s 540 cities and counties had complied with new plans as of last year, according to the environmental nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.climateresolve.org/ounce-of-prevention/\">Climate Resolve\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>The California dream or a hellish reality?\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>An exodus from California’s coastal regions is a\u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/whos-leaving-california-and-whos-moving-in/\"> decadeslong trend\u003c/a>, said Eric McGhee, a policy director who researches California demographic changes at the Public Policy Institute of California. People are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/how-has-remote-work-affected-migration-around-the-state/\">moving away from the coasts,\u003c/a> especially the Los Angeles region and Bay Area, to elsewhere in California and other states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About 104,000 people moved from the Bay Area to the Sacramento area, the Inland Empire and the San Joaquin Valley in 2021 and 2022 and about 95,000 moved from Los Angeles, Ventura and Orange County to those same inland regions, according to data collected from the \u003ca href=\"https://usa.ipums.org/usa/\">Census\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>McGhee said most people moving inland are \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/californias-population-shifts-may-lead-to-new-income-divides/\">low-income and middle-income Californians \u003c/a>looking to expand their families, find cheaper housing and live comfortably — and they’re willing to sacrifice other privileges, like cool weather.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is “becoming more expensive, more exclusive in the places that are least likely to experience extreme heat,” Swain said. As a result, he said, “the people who are most at risk of extreme heat” — those with limited financial resources — “are precisely the people experiencing extreme heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/scZs5/10/\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Bernardino County city of \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/victorville-ca?redirect=true#demographics\">Victorville\u003c/a> — which is 55% Hispanic and has median incomes far below the state average — is among California’s fastest-growing areas, adding more than 12,500 new residents between 2018 and 2022. Nearby Apple Valley and Hesperia grew by about 3,000 and 6,000 people, respectively, while Lancaster, Palmdale and Visalia added between about 10,000 and 12,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Victorville on an August day that reached 97 degrees, Eduardo Ceja wiped sweat from his forehead as he worked at Superior Grocers store, retrieving shopping carts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The work is often grueling in this Mojave Desert town. He sometimes drinks five bottles of water to stay hydrated as he works, with the concrete parking lot radiating the heat back onto his skin. When he’s done pushing carts, he recovers in the air-conditioned store.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ceja, 20, moved to nearby Apple Valley about a year ago, around the same time the new grocery store opened. He used to sleep on his parents’ couch in the San Gabriel Valley town of Covina, east of Los Angeles, which is often more than 10 degrees cooler than Apple Valley on summer days. But he wanted a place to himself at a low cost, so now he pays $400 a month for a bedroom in his brother’s home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since he moved here, he’s observed many businesses, including his own employer, expanding or opening in Apple Valley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I notice a lot of people from L.A. are coming here,” he said. It makes sense to him. “Out here, the apartments have more space.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003221\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003221\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg\" alt=\"A white man wearing glasses and a black shirt stands outside by a tree.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM-50-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Apple Valley Mayor Scott Nassif on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/apple-valley-ca/#demographics\">Apple Valley\u003c/a> Mayor Scott Nassif has seen his desert town grow and get hotter over his lifetime. When he moved to the area in 1959, only a few thousand people lived there. Now it’s home to more than 75,000 people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif remembers only a few days that would reach above 100 degrees and multiple snowstorms in the winter. Now, snowstorms are rare, and weeklong heat waves above 110 degrees are commonplace.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The extreme heat “is noticeable,” he said. “I don’t think there was a day under 100 in July.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif attributes the town’s growing population to its good schools, a semi-rural lifestyle and affordable housing for families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the high desert town of Hesperia, growth is evident. Banners advertising “New homes!” are posted throughout the town, luring potential buyers to tract home communities. Residents are cautiously eyeing a new development, called the Silverwood Community, that has recently broken ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The massive, 9,000-plus acre development is authorized for more than 15,000 new homes, according to its website. A video on its website coaxes potential buyers: “True believers know the California dream is within reach.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003220\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003220\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg\" alt=\"An aerial view of a residential area and surrounding dry land.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081624_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_70-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view of the Silverwood project, a community development under construction, in Hesperia on Aug. 16, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/hesperia-ca#demographics\">Hesperia\u003c/a>, which is almost two-thirds Hispanic and also has median incomes far below the state average, is anticipating continued growth as housing costs soar in other parts of California. Its planning includes rezoning some areas to allow for higher-density housing, which could bring more affordable housing, said Ryan Leonard, Hesperia’s principal planner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If people are willing to make a commute to San Bernardino, Riverside or Ontario — a 45-minute to an hour commute — they can afford to buy a home here when they might not be able to afford that same home down the hill,” Leonard said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Summer electric bills soar to $500 or more\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>In the California towns at most risk of intensifying heat, people are already saddled with big power bills because of their reliance on air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For instance, households in Lancaster, Palmdale and Apple Valley pay on average $200 to $259 a month for electricity, compared to a $177 average in Southern California Edison’s service area, according to California Public Utilities Commission data as of May 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In summer months, average power use in these communities nearly triples compared to spring months, so some people’s bills can climb above $500.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And their bills are likely to grow as climate change intensifies heat waves and \u003ca href=\"https://www.publicadvocates.cpuc.ca.gov/-/media/cal-advocates-website/files/press-room/reports-and-analyses/240722-public-advocates-office-q2-2024-electric-rates-report.pdf#page=5\">utility rates rise\u003c/a>: Californians are \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/housing/2024/05/californians-electricity-rates/\">paying about twice as much\u003c/a> for electricity than a decade ago. The state’s rates are \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/electricity-price-rate-pge-19429422.php\">among the highest in the nation\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Diane Carlson moved to \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/palmdale-ca#demographics\">Palmdale\u003c/a>, north of Los Angeles, 30 years ago. The housing was much cheaper, and she wanted to move where her children could attend school near where they live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the years, she’s felt the temperatures in Palmdale rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said her electric bill during the summers used to average about $500, a significant chunk of her household budget. About four years ago, though, she had solar panels installed on their home, which cut her bill in half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can’t not run the air conditioner all day, even if you run it low,” she said. “You wouldn’t survive otherwise. The heat is too oppressive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With multiple days in the summer reaching at least 115 degrees, Carlson is conscious that there may be a future where Palmdale isn’t livable for her anymore.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Will it get as hot as Death Valley?” she wondered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Death Valley, the hottest place on Earth, reached \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-03/death-valley-sets-another-record-for-july-august-also-expected-to-be-above-average\">record temperatures\u003c/a> in July, averaging 108.5 degrees; the high was 121.9, tying a 1917 record. In comparison, Palmdale by 2050 is projected to have 25 days where the maximum temperature exceeds 105, up from nine days in the 2010s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Carlson said she’d consider moving to the East Coast, where she’s originally from. But she’d face hurricanes rather than the heat. It all comes down to making a decision: “Which negatives are you willing to deal with?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003217\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003217\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg\" alt=\"A man rides a bicycle past a house with a tent, table, several products and a woman standing in the background.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_23-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A street vendor sells fans and mini pools in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Hughes, who lives in subsidized housing in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/lancaster-ca\">Lancaster\u003c/a>, said surviving the heat means constantly checking the weather forecast and strategically cooling her home to keep electricity costs low. “I have air conditioning, a swamp cooler and two fans,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a day when the temperature doesn’t reach triple digits, the air conditioner might stay off; she opens the windows and turns on the fans instead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003216\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003216\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg\" alt=\"An infrared thermometer showing 137.3 degrees on the display.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_14-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An infrared thermometer showing street surface temperature reaching 137 degrees in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Local leaders say they know more must be done to protect their residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lancaster opens cooling centers in libraries for residents who need respite from the heat. During heat waves, residents ride buses for free, and city programs provide water and other resources to homeless people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Is it adequate? Of course, it’s not adequate,” Mayor R. Rex Parris said. “If you’ve got people who don’t read or don’t get a newspaper sitting in a sweltering apartment, the information is not getting to them, and we know it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parris said air conditioning is necessary for families to stay cool in the hot desert summers, but with utility costs so high, it’s becoming a luxury.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003218\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003218\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg\" alt=\"A wire sculpture of a woman holding a leaf.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081524_CA-Projected-Heat_TS_CM_45-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wire sculpture on a light pole in Lancaster on Aug. 15, 2024. \u003ccite>(Ted Soqui for CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, he said the city is prioritizing hydrogen energy, which could lower electric bills in the long term. A new housing tract will be powered by solar panels and batteries that store power, backed up by hydrogen fuel cells, which will be cheaper than if the homes drew energy entirely from the grid, said Jason Caudle, head of Lancaster Energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nassif, the Apple Valley mayor, said his town helps residents finance costly rooftop solar panels that can cut their power bills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Educating our public on how to save on their electric bills is a big thing because you can’t live up here without air conditioning,” Nassif said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>Cooling centers aren’t enough to protect people\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>On a Saturday morning in Visalia, as temperatures climbed to 99 degrees, Maribel Jimenez brought her 2-year-old son to an indoor playground to beat the heat. She sat at a kid-sized table with her son, Mateo, as he played with toy screws and blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jimenez, 33, has lived in \u003ca href=\"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/visalia-ca/\">Visalia\u003c/a> her whole life. She grew up on a dairy farm and remembers playing outdoors for hours in the summers. But things have changed. She can’t imagine letting her son play outdoors under the scorching sun. She worries he’s not getting the outdoor playtime he should be getting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely gotten much hotter,” Jimenez said. “You can’t even have your kids outside. We want to take him out to the playground, but it’s too hot. By the time it cools down in the evening, it’s his bedtime.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other times, she and her family go to the mall for walks or anywhere where there’s air conditioning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As long as he’s out, he’s happy,” she said. “We try our best to protect him.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003223\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003223\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg\" alt=\"A man and woman sit next to a small child by a fishing pond.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_01-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maribel Jimenez and Oscar Olmedo play with their son Mateo in the fishing pond at the ImagineU Children’s Museum in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat on the body can happen quickly and can affect people of all ages and health conditions. Once symptoms of heat stroke begin — increased heart rate and a change in mental status — cooling off within 30 minutes is crucial to survival, said Tomás Aragón, director of the California Department of Public Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many municipalities react to extreme heat by following state or county rules, which often involve opening cooling centers in public places when temperatures rise above a certain level for multiple days in a row.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You want people to be in a space where your body can control its core temperature,” Aragón said. “It’s safer to be in an air-conditioned place (that) cools your body down. That’s what cooling centers are for. I tell people, go to the supermarket, go to the library, go to a cooling center, go and just let your body cool down.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But community advocates say cooling centers are ineffective because they’re underused. Many people are unaware of them, and others have no transportation to reach them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think everyone is used to that being the answer for what we do when it gets extremely hot,” said Jonathan Parfrey, executive director of Climate Resolve. “We need to expand our imagination to figure out other ways of taking care of people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victorville has complied with the 2015 state law requiring plans to handle climate change, and Hesperia is in the process of updating its plans.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Los Angeles County is an example of a local government that has gone above and beyond to comply, Parfrey said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The county has updated its emergency preparedness plans and is in the early phases of developing a heat-specific plan for unincorporated areas, which will include urban greening and changes to the built environment to make neighborhoods cooler, said Ali Frazzini, policy director at the county’s Chief Sustainability office.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12003224\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12003224\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg\" alt=\"A water park playground area filled with adults and children.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/081724-Visalia-Heat-LV_CM_06-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Families playing at the water park area of Adventure Park in Visalia on Aug. 17, 2024. \u003ccite>(Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight Local)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“It’s not just about preventing deaths and other terrible outcomes of heat waves, although that’s extremely important,” Frazzini said. “It’s really about having livable communities where kids can play outside, and street vendors can run their businesses without risk of overexposure.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"title": "¿Trabaja en interiores durante una ola de calor? Sepa cómo le protegen las leyes de California",
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"headTitle": "¿Trabaja en interiores durante una ola de calor? Sepa cómo le protegen las leyes de California | KQED",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">\u003ci>Read in English\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[dropcap]E[/dropcap]n julio, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992779/extreme-california-heat-wave-poses-danger-even-in-normally-cool-san-francisco\">San José superó los 100 grados\u003c/a> durante varios días. Gilberta Acevedo lleva 10 años trabajando en un Taco Bell de la zona oeste de la ciudad, en ese tiempo ha soportado muchas olas de calor. Pero esta vez, el calor era intolerable para ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“En cuanto entrabas en la cocina, empezabas a sudar”, dijo ella. “Era peor que entrar en un horno”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hacía semanas que el aire acondicionado había dejado de funcionar”, dijo Acevedo. “La cabeza me empezó a dar vueltas y, aunque bebía agua, me daban ganas de vomitar”, explica Acevedo. “Pero llegué a un punto en el que supe que tenía que hacer algo. Peligraba mi salud. Tengo hijos y no puedo seguir trabajando así”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tras pedirle a su supervisor que mejoraran las condiciones en la cocina varias veces y el no ver ningún resultado, Acevedo, junto con sus compañeros de trabajo y con la ayuda del Sindicato de Trabajadores de Comida Rápida de California, organizó una huelga de un día en julio para exigir que la dirección de la empresa hiciera reparaciones e instruyera a los empleados sobre cómo evitar las enfermedades causadas por las altas temperaturas. Poco después de la huelga, la gerencia reparó el aire acondicionado y organizó cursos de capacitación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Necesitamos un lugar seguro para trabajar. Aunque estemos bajo techo, el calor realmente también nos puede afectar”, afirma. Y Acevedo no es la única, ya que trabajadores de todo el estado \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989975/taco-bell-kfc-workers-in-san-jose-walk-out-over-hot-dangerous-conditions\">han tenido que tomar medidas para exigir protecciones contra el calor excesivo\u003c/a> a lo largo de este verano, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/2024-could-be-worlds-hottest-year-june-breaks-records-2024-07-08/\">el más caluroso del mundo jamás registrado\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero ahora hay buenas noticias: California acaba de promulgar \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991314/california-board-approves-long-awaited-heat-protections-for-most-indoor-workers\">protecciones contra el calor para los empleados que trabajan en interiores\u003c/a>. A partir del 24 de julio, la Junta Estatal de Normas de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (o Cal/OSHA por sus siglas en inglés) hará cumplir toda \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">una serie de normas que protegen a los trabajadores de interior\u003c/a>, independientemente de su situación migratoria o laboral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durante casi dos décadas, Cal/OSHA ha tenido protecciones para las \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955907/derechos-laborales-ola-de-calor\">personas que trabajan al aire libre, como los trabajadores agrícolas y los conductores de reparto\u003c/a>, por ejemplo, pero éstas nunca incluyeron a los empleados en interiores. Ahora, los millones de californianos que trabajan en almacenes, oficinas, restaurantes, supermercados y casi todos los demás lugares de trabajo en interiores están legalmente protegidos por el estado cuando trabajan en condiciones de calor excesivo o peligroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED habló tanto con Cal/OSHA como con defensores de los derechos laborales para comprender mejor estas nuevas protecciones en el lugar de trabajo y cómo los trabajadores pueden defenderse si su empleador no cumple las normas y permite un entorno de trabajo peligrosamente caluroso. E incluso si usted no se siente cómodo hablando de estas cosas con su supervisor, usted todavía tiene opciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Cuándo se aplican las nuevas protecciones contra el calor en interiores en California?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas tienen \u003ca href=\"http://(PDF,%20enlace%20en%20ingl%C3%A9s)\">una decena de páginas\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y se dividen en dos secciones:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sus derechos como empleado y las responsabilidades de su empleador cuando las temperaturas en el lugar de trabajo \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Qué debe hacer su empleador cuando las temperaturas \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que estas normas se refieren a la temperatura de la zona donde trabaja, no a la temperatura que hace afuera, en la calle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California tardó mucho tiempo en hacer oficiales estas normas laborales. La Legislatura \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167\">aprobó por primera vez un proyecto de ley que pedía estas regulaciones en 2016\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), pero no sería hasta siete años más tarde cuando Cal/OSHA presentó un borrador de las posibles normas. El borrador tardaría varios meses más en \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980459/california-workers-heat-illness-protections\">pasar por diferentes organismos estatales\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y, finalmente, el 23 de julio, la Oficina de Derecho Administrativo dio el visto bueno definitivo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una trabajadora coloca una pupusa terminada en un plato en un restaurante de Hayward. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cuando las temperaturas alcanzan los 82 grados en el interior de su lugar de trabajo, su empleador debe proporcionarle cuatro cosas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Agua para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Los empleadores deben proporcionar a cada trabajador al menos dos galones de agua al día, lo que equivale a unas dos botellas de agua de 16.9 onzas por hora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta agua debe ser “fresca, pura y adecuadamente enfríada”, dijo Eric Berg, jefe de salud de Cal/OSHA. “El agua debe ser gratuita. Los empleadores nunca pueden cobrar a los empleados por ello”, dijo. “Tiene que estar lo más cerca posible del lugar donde los empleados están trabajando”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador necesita más agua durante su turno, debe poder beber toda la que necesite sin temor a represalias. Si la gente se queda sin agua, es responsabilidad del jefe tener un plan para conseguir más agua antes de que se acabe, no de los empleados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Zonas de descanso para los empleados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>“Puede tratarse de una zona con sombra al aire libre o de un área de descanso interior que sea fresca”, explica Berg. Este espacio debe mantenerse a una temperatura inferior a 82 grados y estar disponible siempre que un trabajador sienta que lo necesita. Estas zonas de descanso también deben ser lo suficientemente amplias como para que los empleados quepan cómodamente y disponer de agua fresca de forma accesible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, añade Berg, estas zonas deben ser espacios que los trabajadores no se sientan desanimados a utilizar, como el despacho del director. “No va a sentirse cómodo descansando en el despacho del gerente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Descanso para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Según las nuevas normas, los trabajadores de California tienen derecho a tomarse descansos preventivos para refrescarse siempre que sientan que están a punto de sobrecalentarse. Este descanso puede realizarse en la zona de enfriamiento designada en cualquier momento durante el turno de un trabajador. Mientras se toman ese descanso, su supervisor tiene que preguntarles si están experimentando algún síntoma de enfermedad por calor. El trabajador puede seguir descansando hasta que se sienta preparado para volver al lugar de trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador siente o muestra \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/extreme-heat/signs-symptoms/index.html\">síntomas de enfermedad por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (como vómitos, desorientación, inestabilidad al caminar o comportamiento irracional), su supervisor debe prestarle de inmediato primeros auxilios o procurarle atención médica. Y si se descubre que alguien está sufriendo una enfermedad por calor, no se le puede ordenar que se reincorpore al trabajo hasta que todos sus síntomas hayan desaparecido y se haya recuperado por completo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Capacitación para empleados y supervisores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Tanto los empleados como los supervisores deben recibir cursos de formación sobre estas nuevas protecciones de Cal/OSHA, que son obligatorias por ley. Los trabajadores deben conocer los síntomas de las enfermedades causadas por el calor, mientras que los empleadores deben asegurarse de que los supervisores estén entrenados sobre cómo vigilar la salud de su mismo equipo y qué hacer durante una emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Una vez que su lugar de trabajo alcanza los 87 grados, su jefe todavía tiene que proporcionarle las cuatro protecciones básicas (agua, zonas de enfriamiento, descanso y capacitación) mencionadas anteriormente. Pero además de eso, también tienen que empezar a adoptar lo que Cal/OSHA llama “medidas de evaluación y control”.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Qué significa esto? En pocas palabras, su empleador tiene que comenzar a llevar un registro detallado de la temperatura en su lugar de trabajo durante todo el turno de trabajo. Los registros tienen que incluir la fecha, la hora y la ubicación específica de todas las temperaturas medidas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y algo importante que hay que aclarar: su empleador no puede limitarse a consultar la aplicación meteorológica de su teléfono y registrar esa temperatura. Tiene que medir manualmente la temperatura del propio lugar de trabajo con un termómetro real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disponer de este registro también puede ayudar a los trabajadores en el futuro si necesitan denunciar un lugar de trabajo inseguro, dijo AnaStacia Nicol Wright, responsable de políticas de Worksafe, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de derechos laborales con sede en Oakland que lleva años abogando por la protección contra el calor en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si el empleado opta por emprender algún tipo de acción legal, podrá solicitar el acceso a los registros que se supone deberían conservarse”, explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algo más a tener en cuenta: si su trabajo requiere que usted use ropa de cuerpo completo a lo largo de su turno, su empleador está obligado a comenzar a llevar un registro de la temperatura antes, cuando es de 82 grados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La ropa de todo el cuerpo sería el equipo de protección o overoles destinados a proteger el producto o proteger al empleado de la contaminación”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “No incluye ropa que permita la transpiración, como un uniforme”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002747\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trabajadores preparando comidas congeladas en Amy’s Kitchen en Santa Rosa en 2022. Las protecciones contra el calor en California para los trabajadores de interior incluyen directrices para los que deben llevar ropa de cuerpo entero. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Está obligado mi empleador a instalar aire acondicionado durante una ola de calor?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No, la nueva normativa sobre el calor no obliga a los empleadores a instalar aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo si no disponen ya de él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">En su reglamento\u003c/a> (PDF, sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA considera el aire acondicionado como un tipo de “medida de protección” y los empresarios “deberán utilizar medidas de protección … para minimizar el riesgo de enfermedades causadas por el calor”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se dispone de aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo, debe encenderse para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados. Lo mismo cabe decir de los ventiladores y enfriadores de agua disponibles. Y si esto no es suficiente para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados, los empleadores tienen que aplicar otras estrategias:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Requerir pausas para refrescarse con mayor frecuencia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rotar a los distintos trabajadores en las zonas de altas temperaturas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Distribuir entre los trabajadores equipos personales de protección contra el calor.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Pero si no hay aire acondicionado en el lugar, como ocurre en muchos hogares y lugares de trabajo del Área de la Bahía, el empleador no está obligado a instalarlo. Esto se debe a que Cal/OSHA tiene que tener en cuenta todos los diferentes tipos de lugares de trabajo de California antes de establecer una nueva norma, dijo Berg. Esta parte del reglamento “no impone una medida específica”, explicó. “Sólo dice que hay que examinar todos los controles posibles y aplicar lo que sea eficaz y factible para ese lugar de trabajo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, eso no impide que los trabajadores se unan para solicitar aire acondicionado si creen que lo necesitan, como fue el caso de Acevedo y sus compañeros de trabajo en el Taco Bell de San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Se aplican estas protecciones a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas de Cal/OSHA protegen a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores en California, con una excepción: las personas que trabajan en prisiones, centros de detención locales y centros de menores. Las prisiones de California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">emplean a decenas de miles de guardias, enfermeras, conserjes y otros puestos\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), junto con casi 39 mil personas encarceladas que también tienen empleos en prisiones estatales, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983846/state-prisons-offset-new-inmate-wage-hikes-by-cutting-hours-for-some-workers\">la mayoría de las cuales ganan menos de $1 dólar por hora\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de que las prisiones también están expuestas al calor extremo, los funcionarios están investigando actualmente la muerte de una mujer encarcelada en el Centro de Mujeres de California Central en el condado de Madera que, según los defensores, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">fue un caso de agotamiento por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA no incluye a esta población en las nuevas protecciones. Esto se debe a que los reguladores acordaron eximir a las prisiones estatales como parte de un compromiso con la administración del gobernador Gavin Newsom, que alegó que \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983396/prison-workers-excluded-from-indoor-heat-protections-by-california-regulators\">incluir a las prisiones costaría a estas instalaciones miles de millones de dólares para cumplir\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label ='Historias Relacionadas' tag='kqed-en-espanol']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuera de las prisiones, esta normativa se aplica en todos los lugares de trabajo interiores del estado, incluidos restaurantes, escuelas, oficinas, tiendas, almacenes, fábricas y cualquier otro tipo de instalación donde los empleados trabajen en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También se aplican cuando los trabajadores carecen de una situación legal permanente en Estados Unidos. “Todas nuestras normas que protegen a los trabajadores se aplican independientemente de los papeles que una persona pueda tener o no tener”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “El estatus migratorio no tiene ninguna importancia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las protecciones contra el calor también se aplican en los lugares de trabajo donde los empleados trabajan sin que exista un contrato de trabajo formal. Si hay un intercambio de dinero por el trabajo que está haciendo, eso establece una relación de empleador-empleado, incluso sin un contrato firmado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Donde trabajo la temperatura supera los 82 grados, pero mi empleador no respeta las nuevas normas. ¿Qué puedo hacer?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ahora que estas normas están en vigor, los trabajadores tienen un papel que desempeñar para asegurarse de que sus empleadores las cumplen realmente, dijo Wright, de Worksafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No podemos confiar sólo en la bondad de la gente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Primero, comparta la información\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si su empleador no les proporciona a usted y a sus compañeros de trabajo suficiente agua, descanso o capacitación durante una ola de calor, usted está protegido por la ley para informar de esto a su supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Es posible que desconozcan la nueva normativa y, si es así, puede compartir con ellos las normas completas de Cal/OSHA y hacerles saber que la agencia puede incluso ayudarles a crear un plan para cumplir todos los requisitos (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Llevar un registro de lo que ocurre\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Por desgracia, no todos los trabajadores tienen una relación positiva con su supervisor. Si cree que su empleador simplemente se niega a ofrecerle protección contra el calor, Wright le recomienda que empiece a documentar lo que ocurre en el trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Documente, registre y anote cada vez que su empleador no le proporcione estas protecciones”, dice. Estas anotaciones no tienen qué ser demasiado complejas, añade, pueden ser tan sencillas como hacer una nota rápida en su teléfono o en un pedazo de papel que guarde para usted, en la que describa cosas como pedir agua a su supervisor o un descanso para refrescarse y que se lo nieguen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basta con anotar la fecha y la hora”, dice Wright. A continuación, ofrece un ejemplo de lo que podría ser una anotacióna eficaz:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>1 de julio: no había zona de descanso. A la 1:30 p.m. le pregunté a mi jefe si podía sentarme y tomar un descanso en su despacho porque tiene aire acondicionado y me dijo que no. Volví a preguntarle a las 3:30 p.m. porque le dije que no me sentía bien. Me volvió a decir que no.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Llevar un registro de todo lo que sucede en su lugar de trabajo le ayudará más adelante si decide presentar una queja contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA. Con eso en mente, Wright recomienda hablar con su empleador sobre problemas de calor a través de correo electrónico o texto para que tenga un registro escrito de su respuesta también.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ahora se puede complicar”, dijo, “porque una vez que empiece a documentar las cosas de esa manera, especialmente si usted trabaja en un lugar donde normalmente no se habla a través de correspondencia electrónica (su empleador) probablemente tendrá la idea de que está tratando de establecer las bases para un caso legal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se pone nervioso por cómo pueda reaccionar su jefe si empieza a hablar de lo que está pasando en su trabajo, otra opción es hablar primero con sus compañeros de trabajo y comprobar si ellos también están sufriendo con el calor. “Si actúa en pares, si fuese a quejarse con otro empleado, estaría participando en lo que se considera ‘acción concertada’ y eso le da algunas protecciones adicionales”, dijo Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mantenga la calma y documente cualquier cosa que esté sucediendo y que vaya en contra de los derechos que el estado le otorga legalmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede presentar una queja sobre seguridad contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA poniéndose en contacto con la oficina de zona de la agencia más cercana a su lugar de trabajo. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/DistrictOffices.htm\">Una lista con la información de contacto de cada oficina de la zona está disponible en el sitio web de Cal/OSHA\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés). Incluso puede presentar una queja de forma anónima si teme posibles represalias por parte de su empleador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si le da nervios ponerse en contacto con Cal/OSHA, también puede acudir a una de las muchas organizaciones de California que ofrecen asistencia jurídica gratuita a los trabajadores para hablar de lo que está ocurriendo en su puesto de trabajo:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics/workers-rights-clinic/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: 415-404-9093\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help#workers-rights\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: 415-896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/workers-rights/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a> (Oakland): 510-437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lrcl.org/workers-rights\">La Raza Centro Legal\u003c/a> (San Francisco): 415-575-3500\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tuwu.org/\">Trabajadores Unidos Workers United\u003c/a>: 415-621-4155\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rightscenter.org/es/get-help/\">Center for Workers’ Rights\u003c/a> (Sacramento): 916-905-5857\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://crla.org/es\">California Rural Legal Assistance\u003c/a> (Central Valley): 800-337-0690\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Y si la empresa toma represalias contra usted?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Documentar cuando su empleador no le está manteniendo seguro y hablar de ello está protegido por la ley en California. De hecho, es ilegal que un empleador despida o reduzca las horas de trabajo de alguien que hable sobre sus derechos laborales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos laborales”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero lamentablemente hay que tener en cuenta que esto podría ponerle en el ojo del huracán de su empleador y arriesgar perder su trabajo por ello”, dijo Wright. “No es justo. No está bien. Cada vez que tenemos un cliente, tenemos que decirles de lo que puede suceder una vez que usted presenta una denuncia contra su empleador.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si usted pierde su trabajo o sus horas laborales después de hablar con su empleador acerca de las protecciones contra el calor, usted tiene una razón para presentar una denuncia de represalia con la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral del estado. Puede presentar una \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">queja por represalias\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) en línea llamando al 714-558-4913 o por correo electrónico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral tarda varios meses en tramitar una denuncia, este organismo tiene potestad para investigar a los empleadores, imponer sanciones y devolver a los trabajadores afectados el salario perdido o incluso su trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Esta guía incluye información de Farida Jhabvala Romero y Brian Krans, de KQED.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Este artículo fue traducido por la periodista, \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/soytapatia\">María Peña\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11999014/working-inside-during-a-heat-wave-what-to-know-about-californias-new-protections\">\u003ci>Read in English\u003c/i>\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class=\"utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__dropcapShortcode__dropcap\">E\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>n julio, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11992779/extreme-california-heat-wave-poses-danger-even-in-normally-cool-san-francisco\">San José superó los 100 grados\u003c/a> durante varios días. Gilberta Acevedo lleva 10 años trabajando en un Taco Bell de la zona oeste de la ciudad, en ese tiempo ha soportado muchas olas de calor. Pero esta vez, el calor era intolerable para ella.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“En cuanto entrabas en la cocina, empezabas a sudar”, dijo ella. “Era peor que entrar en un horno”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Hacía semanas que el aire acondicionado había dejado de funcionar”, dijo Acevedo. “La cabeza me empezó a dar vueltas y, aunque bebía agua, me daban ganas de vomitar”, explica Acevedo. “Pero llegué a un punto en el que supe que tenía que hacer algo. Peligraba mi salud. Tengo hijos y no puedo seguir trabajando así”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tras pedirle a su supervisor que mejoraran las condiciones en la cocina varias veces y el no ver ningún resultado, Acevedo, junto con sus compañeros de trabajo y con la ayuda del Sindicato de Trabajadores de Comida Rápida de California, organizó una huelga de un día en julio para exigir que la dirección de la empresa hiciera reparaciones e instruyera a los empleados sobre cómo evitar las enfermedades causadas por las altas temperaturas. Poco después de la huelga, la gerencia reparó el aire acondicionado y organizó cursos de capacitación.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Necesitamos un lugar seguro para trabajar. Aunque estemos bajo techo, el calor realmente también nos puede afectar”, afirma. Y Acevedo no es la única, ya que trabajadores de todo el estado \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11989975/taco-bell-kfc-workers-in-san-jose-walk-out-over-hot-dangerous-conditions\">han tenido que tomar medidas para exigir protecciones contra el calor excesivo\u003c/a> a lo largo de este verano, \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/2024-could-be-worlds-hottest-year-june-breaks-records-2024-07-08/\">el más caluroso del mundo jamás registrado\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero ahora hay buenas noticias: California acaba de promulgar \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11991314/california-board-approves-long-awaited-heat-protections-for-most-indoor-workers\">protecciones contra el calor para los empleados que trabajan en interiores\u003c/a>. A partir del 24 de julio, la Junta Estatal de Normas de Seguridad y Salud en el Trabajo (o Cal/OSHA por sus siglas en inglés) hará cumplir toda \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">una serie de normas que protegen a los trabajadores de interior\u003c/a>, independientemente de su situación migratoria o laboral.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Durante casi dos décadas, Cal/OSHA ha tenido protecciones para las \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11955907/derechos-laborales-ola-de-calor\">personas que trabajan al aire libre, como los trabajadores agrícolas y los conductores de reparto\u003c/a>, por ejemplo, pero éstas nunca incluyeron a los empleados en interiores. Ahora, los millones de californianos que trabajan en almacenes, oficinas, restaurantes, supermercados y casi todos los demás lugares de trabajo en interiores están legalmente protegidos por el estado cuando trabajan en condiciones de calor excesivo o peligroso.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED habló tanto con Cal/OSHA como con defensores de los derechos laborales para comprender mejor estas nuevas protecciones en el lugar de trabajo y cómo los trabajadores pueden defenderse si su empleador no cumple las normas y permite un entorno de trabajo peligrosamente caluroso. E incluso si usted no se siente cómodo hablando de estas cosas con su supervisor, usted todavía tiene opciones.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Cuándo se aplican las nuevas protecciones contra el calor en interiores en California?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas tienen \u003ca href=\"http://(PDF,%20enlace%20en%20ingl%C3%A9s)\">una decena de páginas\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y se dividen en dos secciones:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Sus derechos como empleado y las responsabilidades de su empleador cuando las temperaturas en el lugar de trabajo \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Qué debe hacer su empleador cuando las temperaturas \u003cstrong>alcanzan o superan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Recuerde que estas normas se refieren a la temperatura de la zona donde trabaja, no a la temperatura que hace afuera, en la calle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California tardó mucho tiempo en hacer oficiales estas normas laborales. La Legislatura \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1167\">aprobó por primera vez un proyecto de ley que pedía estas regulaciones en 2016\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), pero no sería hasta siete años más tarde cuando Cal/OSHA presentó un borrador de las posibles normas. El borrador tardaría varios meses más en \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11980459/california-workers-heat-illness-protections\">pasar por diferentes organismos estatales\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) y, finalmente, el 23 de julio, la Oficina de Derecho Administrativo dio el visto bueno definitivo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002746\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002746\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/Cook-with-large-pupusa-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Una trabajadora coloca una pupusa terminada en un plato en un restaurante de Hayward. \u003ccite>(Juliana Yamada/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 82 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Cuando las temperaturas alcanzan los 82 grados en el interior de su lugar de trabajo, su empleador debe proporcionarle cuatro cosas:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Agua para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Los empleadores deben proporcionar a cada trabajador al menos dos galones de agua al día, lo que equivale a unas dos botellas de agua de 16.9 onzas por hora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Esta agua debe ser “fresca, pura y adecuadamente enfríada”, dijo Eric Berg, jefe de salud de Cal/OSHA. “El agua debe ser gratuita. Los empleadores nunca pueden cobrar a los empleados por ello”, dijo. “Tiene que estar lo más cerca posible del lugar donde los empleados están trabajando”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador necesita más agua durante su turno, debe poder beber toda la que necesite sin temor a represalias. Si la gente se queda sin agua, es responsabilidad del jefe tener un plan para conseguir más agua antes de que se acabe, no de los empleados.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Zonas de descanso para los empleados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>“Puede tratarse de una zona con sombra al aire libre o de un área de descanso interior que sea fresca”, explica Berg. Este espacio debe mantenerse a una temperatura inferior a 82 grados y estar disponible siempre que un trabajador sienta que lo necesita. Estas zonas de descanso también deben ser lo suficientemente amplias como para que los empleados quepan cómodamente y disponer de agua fresca de forma accesible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, añade Berg, estas zonas deben ser espacios que los trabajadores no se sientan desanimados a utilizar, como el despacho del director. “No va a sentirse cómodo descansando en el despacho del gerente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Descanso para los trabajadores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Según las nuevas normas, los trabajadores de California tienen derecho a tomarse descansos preventivos para refrescarse siempre que sientan que están a punto de sobrecalentarse. Este descanso puede realizarse en la zona de enfriamiento designada en cualquier momento durante el turno de un trabajador. Mientras se toman ese descanso, su supervisor tiene que preguntarles si están experimentando algún síntoma de enfermedad por calor. El trabajador puede seguir descansando hasta que se sienta preparado para volver al lugar de trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si un trabajador siente o muestra \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/extreme-heat/signs-symptoms/index.html\">síntomas de enfermedad por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) (como vómitos, desorientación, inestabilidad al caminar o comportamiento irracional), su supervisor debe prestarle de inmediato primeros auxilios o procurarle atención médica. Y si se descubre que alguien está sufriendo una enfermedad por calor, no se le puede ordenar que se reincorpore al trabajo hasta que todos sus síntomas hayan desaparecido y se haya recuperado por completo.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Capacitación para empleados y supervisores\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Tanto los empleados como los supervisores deben recibir cursos de formación sobre estas nuevas protecciones de Cal/OSHA, que son obligatorias por ley. Los trabajadores deben conocer los síntomas de las enfermedades causadas por el calor, mientras que los empleadores deben asegurarse de que los supervisores estén entrenados sobre cómo vigilar la salud de su mismo equipo y qué hacer durante una emergencia.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Sus derechos cuando las temperaturas en el interior del lugar de trabajo alcanzan los 87 grados\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Una vez que su lugar de trabajo alcanza los 87 grados, su jefe todavía tiene que proporcionarle las cuatro protecciones básicas (agua, zonas de enfriamiento, descanso y capacitación) mencionadas anteriormente. Pero además de eso, también tienen que empezar a adoptar lo que Cal/OSHA llama “medidas de evaluación y control”.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>¿Qué significa esto? En pocas palabras, su empleador tiene que comenzar a llevar un registro detallado de la temperatura en su lugar de trabajo durante todo el turno de trabajo. Los registros tienen que incluir la fecha, la hora y la ubicación específica de todas las temperaturas medidas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Y algo importante que hay que aclarar: su empleador no puede limitarse a consultar la aplicación meteorológica de su teléfono y registrar esa temperatura. Tiene que medir manualmente la temperatura del propio lugar de trabajo con un termómetro real.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Disponer de este registro también puede ayudar a los trabajadores en el futuro si necesitan denunciar un lugar de trabajo inseguro, dijo AnaStacia Nicol Wright, responsable de políticas de Worksafe, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de derechos laborales con sede en Oakland que lleva años abogando por la protección contra el calor en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si el empleado opta por emprender algún tipo de acción legal, podrá solicitar el acceso a los registros que se supone deberían conservarse”, explicó.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algo más a tener en cuenta: si su trabajo requiere que usted use ropa de cuerpo completo a lo largo de su turno, su empleador está obligado a comenzar a llevar un registro de la temperatura antes, cuando es de 82 grados.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“La ropa de todo el cuerpo sería el equipo de protección o overoles destinados a proteger el producto o proteger al empleado de la contaminación”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “No incluye ropa que permita la transpiración, como un uniforme”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12002747\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1536px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12002747\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/food-line-workers-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trabajadores preparando comidas congeladas en Amy’s Kitchen en Santa Rosa en 2022. Las protecciones contra el calor en California para los trabajadores de interior incluyen directrices para los que deben llevar ropa de cuerpo entero. \u003ccite>(Farida Jhabvala Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Está obligado mi empleador a instalar aire acondicionado durante una ola de calor?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>No, la nueva normativa sobre el calor no obliga a los empleadores a instalar aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo si no disponen ya de él.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/oshsb/documents/Indoor-Heat-updated-txtbrdconsider.pdf\">En su reglamento\u003c/a> (PDF, sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA considera el aire acondicionado como un tipo de “medida de protección” y los empresarios “deberán utilizar medidas de protección … para minimizar el riesgo de enfermedades causadas por el calor”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se dispone de aire acondicionado en el lugar de trabajo, debe encenderse para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados. Lo mismo cabe decir de los ventiladores y enfriadores de agua disponibles. Y si esto no es suficiente para bajar la temperatura por debajo de los 87 grados, los empleadores tienen que aplicar otras estrategias:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Requerir pausas para refrescarse con mayor frecuencia\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Rotar a los distintos trabajadores en las zonas de altas temperaturas\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Distribuir entre los trabajadores equipos personales de protección contra el calor.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Pero si no hay aire acondicionado en el lugar, como ocurre en muchos hogares y lugares de trabajo del Área de la Bahía, el empleador no está obligado a instalarlo. Esto se debe a que Cal/OSHA tiene que tener en cuenta todos los diferentes tipos de lugares de trabajo de California antes de establecer una nueva norma, dijo Berg. Esta parte del reglamento “no impone una medida específica”, explicó. “Sólo dice que hay que examinar todos los controles posibles y aplicar lo que sea eficaz y factible para ese lugar de trabajo”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sin embargo, eso no impide que los trabajadores se unan para solicitar aire acondicionado si creen que lo necesitan, como fue el caso de Acevedo y sus compañeros de trabajo en el Taco Bell de San José.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Se aplican estas protecciones a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Las nuevas normas de Cal/OSHA protegen a todas las personas que trabajan en interiores en California, con una excepción: las personas que trabajan en prisiones, centros de detención locales y centros de menores. Las prisiones de California \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">emplean a decenas de miles de guardias, enfermeras, conserjes y otros puestos\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), junto con casi 39 mil personas encarceladas que también tienen empleos en prisiones estatales, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983846/state-prisons-offset-new-inmate-wage-hikes-by-cutting-hours-for-some-workers\">la mayoría de las cuales ganan menos de $1 dólar por hora\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A pesar de que las prisiones también están expuestas al calor extremo, los funcionarios están investigando actualmente la muerte de una mujer encarcelada en el Centro de Mujeres de California Central en el condado de Madera que, según los defensores, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993408/incarcerated-women-plead-for-help-after-central-valley-prison-death-amid-extreme-heat\">fue un caso de agotamiento por calor\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés), Cal/OSHA no incluye a esta población en las nuevas protecciones. Esto se debe a que los reguladores acordaron eximir a las prisiones estatales como parte de un compromiso con la administración del gobernador Gavin Newsom, que alegó que \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11983396/prison-workers-excluded-from-indoor-heat-protections-by-california-regulators\">incluir a las prisiones costaría a estas instalaciones miles de millones de dólares para cumplir\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fuera de las prisiones, esta normativa se aplica en todos los lugares de trabajo interiores del estado, incluidos restaurantes, escuelas, oficinas, tiendas, almacenes, fábricas y cualquier otro tipo de instalación donde los empleados trabajen en interiores.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>También se aplican cuando los trabajadores carecen de una situación legal permanente en Estados Unidos. “Todas nuestras normas que protegen a los trabajadores se aplican independientemente de los papeles que una persona pueda tener o no tener”, dijo Berg de Cal/OSHA. “El estatus migratorio no tiene ninguna importancia”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Las protecciones contra el calor también se aplican en los lugares de trabajo donde los empleados trabajan sin que exista un contrato de trabajo formal. Si hay un intercambio de dinero por el trabajo que está haciendo, eso establece una relación de empleador-empleado, incluso sin un contrato firmado.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Donde trabajo la temperatura supera los 82 grados, pero mi empleador no respeta las nuevas normas. ¿Qué puedo hacer?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Ahora que estas normas están en vigor, los trabajadores tienen un papel que desempeñar para asegurarse de que sus empleadores las cumplen realmente, dijo Wright, de Worksafe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No podemos confiar sólo en la bondad de la gente”, afirma.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Primero, comparta la información\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Si su empleador no les proporciona a usted y a sus compañeros de trabajo suficiente agua, descanso o capacitación durante una ola de calor, usted está protegido por la ley para informar de esto a su supervisor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Es posible que desconozcan la nueva normativa y, si es así, puede compartir con ellos las normas completas de Cal/OSHA y hacerles saber que la agencia puede incluso ayudarles a crear un plan para cumplir todos los requisitos (enlace sólo en inglés).\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Llevar un registro de lo que ocurre\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Por desgracia, no todos los trabajadores tienen una relación positiva con su supervisor. Si cree que su empleador simplemente se niega a ofrecerle protección contra el calor, Wright le recomienda que empiece a documentar lo que ocurre en el trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Documente, registre y anote cada vez que su empleador no le proporcione estas protecciones”, dice. Estas anotaciones no tienen qué ser demasiado complejas, añade, pueden ser tan sencillas como hacer una nota rápida en su teléfono o en un pedazo de papel que guarde para usted, en la que describa cosas como pedir agua a su supervisor o un descanso para refrescarse y que se lo nieguen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basta con anotar la fecha y la hora”, dice Wright. A continuación, ofrece un ejemplo de lo que podría ser una anotacióna eficaz:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>1 de julio: no había zona de descanso. A la 1:30 p.m. le pregunté a mi jefe si podía sentarme y tomar un descanso en su despacho porque tiene aire acondicionado y me dijo que no. Volví a preguntarle a las 3:30 p.m. porque le dije que no me sentía bien. Me volvió a decir que no.\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Llevar un registro de todo lo que sucede en su lugar de trabajo le ayudará más adelante si decide presentar una queja contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA. Con eso en mente, Wright recomienda hablar con su empleador sobre problemas de calor a través de correo electrónico o texto para que tenga un registro escrito de su respuesta también.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ahora se puede complicar”, dijo, “porque una vez que empiece a documentar las cosas de esa manera, especialmente si usted trabaja en un lugar donde normalmente no se habla a través de correspondencia electrónica (su empleador) probablemente tendrá la idea de que está tratando de establecer las bases para un caso legal.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si se pone nervioso por cómo pueda reaccionar su jefe si empieza a hablar de lo que está pasando en su trabajo, otra opción es hablar primero con sus compañeros de trabajo y comprobar si ellos también están sufriendo con el calor. “Si actúa en pares, si fuese a quejarse con otro empleado, estaría participando en lo que se considera ‘acción concertada’ y eso le da algunas protecciones adicionales”, dijo Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mantenga la calma y documente cualquier cosa que esté sucediendo y que vaya en contra de los derechos que el estado le otorga legalmente.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Puede presentar una queja sobre seguridad contra su empleador ante Cal/OSHA poniéndose en contacto con la oficina de zona de la agencia más cercana a su lugar de trabajo. \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dosh/DistrictOffices.htm\">Una lista con la información de contacto de cada oficina de la zona está disponible en el sitio web de Cal/OSHA\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés). Incluso puede presentar una queja de forma anónima si teme posibles represalias por parte de su empleador.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si le da nervios ponerse en contacto con Cal/OSHA, también puede acudir a una de las muchas organizaciones de California que ofrecen asistencia jurídica gratuita a los trabajadores para hablar de lo que está ocurriendo en su puesto de trabajo:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://legalaidatwork.org/clinics/workers-rights-clinic/\">Legal Aid at Work\u003c/a>: 415-404-9093\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.asianlawcaucus.org/get-help#workers-rights\">Asian Law Caucus\u003c/a>: 415-896-1701\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.centrolegal.org/workers-rights/\">Centro Legal de la Raza\u003c/a> (Oakland): 510-437-1554\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.lrcl.org/workers-rights\">La Raza Centro Legal\u003c/a> (San Francisco): 415-575-3500\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.tuwu.org/\">Trabajadores Unidos Workers United\u003c/a>: 415-621-4155\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://www.rightscenter.org/es/get-help/\">Center for Workers’ Rights\u003c/a> (Sacramento): 916-905-5857\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://crla.org/es\">California Rural Legal Assistance\u003c/a> (Central Valley): 800-337-0690\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>¿Y si la empresa toma represalias contra usted?\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Documentar cuando su empleador no le está manteniendo seguro y hablar de ello está protegido por la ley en California. De hecho, es ilegal que un empleador despida o reduzca las horas de trabajo de alguien que hable sobre sus derechos laborales.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos laborales”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pero aunque eso es lo que dice la ley, la realidad puede ser mucho más complicada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No pueden tomar represalias contra usted, pero la realidad es que sí pueden”, afirma Wright.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Algunos empleadores empezarán a cumplir las normas de seguridad cuando se den cuenta de que los trabajadores empiezan a tomar sus propias medidas. “A veces se les pone sobre aviso al ver que usted conoce sus derechos”.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Pero lamentablemente hay que tener en cuenta que esto podría ponerle en el ojo del huracán de su empleador y arriesgar perder su trabajo por ello”, dijo Wright. “No es justo. No está bien. Cada vez que tenemos un cliente, tenemos que decirles de lo que puede suceder una vez que usted presenta una denuncia contra su empleador.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Si usted pierde su trabajo o sus horas laborales después de hablar con su empleador acerca de las protecciones contra el calor, usted tiene una razón para presentar una denuncia de represalia con la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral del estado. Puede presentar una \u003ca href=\"https://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/rci_osha_complaint.htm\">queja por represalias\u003c/a> (enlace sólo en inglés) en línea llamando al 714-558-4913 o por correo electrónico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Aunque la Oficina del Comisionado Laboral tarda varios meses en tramitar una denuncia, este organismo tiene potestad para investigar a los empleadores, imponer sanciones y devolver a los trabajadores afectados el salario perdido o incluso su trabajo.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Esta guía incluye información de Farida Jhabvala Romero y Brian Krans, de KQED.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cb>Here are the morning’s top stories on Thursday, July 11, 2024…\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The California State Fair \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/07/10/concerts-cookoffs-and-cannabis-california-state-fair-returns-to-cal-expo-starting-friday/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">kicks off Friday\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Sacramento, and it’ll have all those traditional state fair attractions like carnival rides and games, exhibits of farm animals and agricultural products, and lots of food options. The more deep fried, the better. But this year’s State Fair will also have something new that no state fair in the U.S. has ever had – the legal sale and consumption of cannabis. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With more hot, dry, windy conditions ahead – and lightning strikes possible in the Sierra Nevada this weekend, emergency officials are \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993578/california-needs-to-prepare-for-busy-fire-season-and-heat-waves-heres-how\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bracing for more wildfires\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and asking Californians to do the same. \u003c/span>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2024/07/09/new-california-law-will-mandate-high-schools-to-teach-students-about-the-dangers-of-fentanyl\">new law\u003c/a> will mandate California high schools teach students about the dangers of fentanyl. Governor Newsom \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/02/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-7-2-24/\">signed\u003c/a> the law this month mandating California school districts, charter, and private schools with existing health classes to teach high school students about the risks associated with fentanyl. The courses will be introduced in 2026 and will be mandatory for graduation.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Cannabis A New Feature At California State Fair\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">A first for the California State Fair, which starts Friday in Sacramento. The two week event at Cal Expo will have many traditional summer fair activities. But fairgoers will also be able to \u003ca href=\"https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article289375004.html\">legally purchase and consume cannabis\u003c/a> on the fair’s grounds. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">James Leitz, Executive Producer of the Cannabis Competition and Exhibit at the State Fair, said it’s a logical move. “It’s really important because cannabis is agriculture and California has a huge agricultural history and cannabis is part of that,” he said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"https://www.capradio.org/articles/2024/07/10/concerts-cookoffs-and-cannabis-california-state-fair-returns-to-cal-expo-starting-friday/\">Speaking to CapRadio\u003c/a>, \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California State Fair Media Manager Darla Givens runs down how things will operate. “Cannabis cannot be consumed all around the fairgrounds. There is one designated spot [for consumption] where it’s going to be closely guarded and you have to be 21 years of age,” she said. “There’s an area where you can purchase [cannabis]. It’s at the Expo building where the cannabis exhibit is going to be located. So you purchase it there and then a security guard will walk you to the consumption area — and the consumption area has been put on by [cannabis company] Embarc, and they have done this type of exhibit across other festivals.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1993578/california-needs-to-prepare-for-busy-fire-season-and-heat-waves-heres-how\">Newsom Warns Californians To Prepare For Busy Fire Season And Heat Waves\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">With more hot, dry, windy conditions ahead, Governor Gavin Newsom and emergency officials are \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11993386/california-heat-turned-brush-into-prime-fuel-for-fires-forests-will-be-next\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">bracing for the possibility of bad fires\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and asking that Californians do the same.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“This is my plea to you, please create a wildfire action plan that addresses escape routes, meeting points, animal arrangements, and a communications plan with your family,” Cal Fire Director Joe Tyler said Wednesday in an update on the state’s emergency plans. “Listen to the guidance of law enforcement and our firefighters for evacuation warnings and orders. Prepare your home to defend from an advancing wildfire, and prepare your home by home hardening and utilizing defensible space.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forecasts show the possibility of lightning strikes in the Sierra Nevada this weekend, which could ignite fires in dry fuel.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s Office of Emergency Services, meanwhile, has activated its \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/california-prepares-for-dangerous-heatwave-ahead-of-fourth-of-july/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">emergency response plan\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for heat, opening cooling centers and enforcing safety protections for outdoor workers.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cstrong>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kpbs.org/news/health/2024/07/09/new-california-law-will-mandate-high-schools-to-teach-students-about-the-dangers-of-fentanyl\">New California Law Will Mandate High Schools To Teach Students About The Dangers Of Fentanyl\u003c/a>\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Gavin Newsom \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2024/07/02/governor-newsom-signs-legislation-7-2-24/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">signed\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> a new law this month mandating California school districts, charter, and private schools with existing health classes to teach high school students about the risks associated with fentanyl. The courses will be introduced in 2026 and will be mandatory for graduation.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">San Diego Assemblymember David Alvarez authored the legislation. He said the goal is to dispel misinformation and encourage informed decision-making among students.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We certainly don’t want social media or other places of misinformation to become the center of information for young people,” Alvarez said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\n",
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That kind of extreme heat has led to more deaths than wildfires and cost billions of dollars over a decade, according to the state insurance department.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Following through on a mandate from 2022, a new report from the department looked at seven extreme heat events in the state from 2013 to 2022 and found they took the lives of several hundred Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The events also had a total economic impact of $7.7 billion in the form of lost wages and productivity, agricultural and manufacturing disruptions, power outages, infrastructure damage and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s top 20 deadliest wildfires, dating back to 1933, killed a total of 312 people, \u003ca href=\"https://34c031f8-c9fd-4018-8c5a-4159cdff6b0d-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/calfire-website/our-impact/fire-statistics/top-20-deadliest-ca-wildfires.pdf?rev=dddeac543dd84d21a4b01ad6bed5f48c&hash=6A2BD57BB8EC29DB9EC0C94F92B00F52\">according to Cal Fire\u003c/a>. The death toll from the extreme heat events identified by the Insurance Department was higher — estimated at nearly 460 in a first-of-its-kind report the department released last week. And it is likely that the toll was actually greater, at nearly 4,000 in a decade, a 2019 \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-extreme-heat-deaths-show-climate-change-risks/#nt=0000017c-3247-d42d-adfd-32ef494d0000-showMedia-title-promoSuperLeadSmall-1col-enhancement\">Los Angeles Times analysis\u003c/a> showed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Mendez, an assistant professor of environmental planning and policy at UC Irvine and author of “Climate Change from the Streets,” agreed that the toll is most likely higher because extreme heat’s effects can be hard to designate and quantify.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really important to understand that heat is a silent killer,” Mendez said. Yet extreme heat “requires the same amount of speed in action that large disasters get, such as wildfires,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the main goals of the report is to provide data that can help inform and lead to action by policymakers, governments, businesses and the insurance industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is little to no insurance coverage available for some effects and costs of extreme heat, such as lost wages for workers, power outages for residents and businesses, and damage to railways, according to the report.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" tag=\"heat-wave\"]Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and the department are under pressure to \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/06/california-pushes-insurers-to-cover-more-homes-in-these-areas-is-your-zip-included/\">tackle the insurance availability and affordability issues\u003c/a> that have \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/economy/2024/03/california-home-insurance-market/\">plagued the state\u003c/a> because some insurers have stopped renewing or writing new homeowner policies here, citing wildfire risk as a big factor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report also follows years of warnings about extreme heat and other \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/04/california-climate-change-report-legislature/\">effects of climate change\u003c/a> by other state entities, such as the \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580\">Legislative Analyst’s Office\u003c/a>, and lawmakers’ efforts to address them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/upload/Impacts-of-extreme-heat-to-California-s-people-infrastructure-and-economy-by-California-Department-of-Insurance-June-2024.pdf\">The 92-page report\u003c/a>, which assesses the insured and uninsured costs of heat and recommends quick action and changes, was mandated by \u003ca href=\"https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2238\">a bill Lara sponsored that was signed into law\u003c/a> in 2022, whose main goal was to establish an extreme heat ranking system. That system, \u003ca href=\"https://calheatscore.calepa.ca.gov/\">CalHeatScore\u003c/a>, is being developed now by the state Environmental Protection Agency with help from other state agencies and is set to roll out next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat are disproportionately borne by low-income communities, older adults and outdoor workers, the report also found. Black, Native American and Hispanic Californians had the highest rates of deaths, respectively, compared with Asian and white California residents, during the events examined by the report. That’s why the report’s authors — the Insurance Department, with input from the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/Climate-Insurance-Working-Group-Members.cfm\">Climate Insurance Working Group\u003c/a> and a consultant it hired to produce the report — call for equity when thinking about extreme heat policies and programs by considering the needs of vulnerable populations, including elderly people living alone, and outdoor and indoor workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the hundreds of deaths, the report showed that extreme heat resulted in more than 5,000 hospitalizations, almost 10,600 emergency department visits, more than 138,000 outpatient visits and nearly 344 adverse birth outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cI95K/4\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Baughman McLeod is chief executive of Climate Resilience for All, a global non-governmental organization dedicated to addressing extreme heat for vulnerable communities. She is part of the working group and said the data from this new report could help with the “normalization of insurance products related to heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could use this data to create forecast-based insurance products that pay out when the forecast for the heat wave comes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baughman McLeod would know — she has worked with insurers on \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/reuters-events/trailblazers/trailblazing-women-climate-2024-kathy-baughman-mcleod-2024-03-07/\">creating new insurance products\u003c/a>, such as insurance that helps replace women’s income in India when they’re unable to work on extremely hot days because the products they sell might spoil or their work hours are reduced. She also helped create insurance for coral reefs in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the effects of extreme heat on health and life insurance are not known yet. Adrita Bhattacharya-Craven, director of health and demography at global insurance think tank The Geneva Association, said the Insurance Department’s findings align with some of her organization’s findings on health, climate and insurance, especially the disproportionate effects on the elderly and vulnerable populations. She said there is hardly any climate-sensitive data on mortality or morbidity when processing insurance claims, except for deaths from wildfires or possibly extreme heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For example, a medical professional is likely to report a stroke as just a stroke without specifying that it was induced by prolonged heat exposure,” Bhattacharya-Craven said. “There are no tools to consistently capture such information right now… In the long run, we need to map vulnerability with more granularity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other main recommendations in the report:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Expand investment in planning for disasters, as well as use existing state and federal funding to prioritize efforts such as strengthening infrastructure against extreme weather, and restoring access to trees and green spaces.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Encourage strategies to try to reduce heat-related illnesses and injuries for workers across sectors. 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Also last week, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.npr.org/2024/07/02/nx-s1-5026745/extreme-heat-protections-for-workers-osha\">federal OSHA proposed a rule,\u003c/a> years in the making, that tells employers how they should protect indoor and outdoor workers from heat when temperatures reach two thresholds: 80 degrees and 90 degrees.[aside label=\"More Coverage\" tag=\"heat\"]Municipalities such as Los Angeles have programs that help certain residents afford air conditioners or that break up their utility bills so they’re more manageable, so residents don’t avoid using their air conditioners when needed. Cooling and resilience centers in different parts of the state help people who need relief from the heat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Gov. Gavin Newsom last week\u003cem> \u003c/em>signed a budget that slashed $107.8 million in funding for programs and projects that address extreme heat and shifted $55.7 million across different programs. The cuts affect funding and other help for tribal, local and regional entities to establish heat action plans, provide shade, expand green spaces, educate the public about heat and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some of that funding could be restored through a \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2024/05/california-climate-programs-newsom-budget/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=California%20voters%20likely%20to%20decide%20%2420%20billion%20in%20bonds%20for%20climate%20and%20schools&utm_campaign=WhatMatters\">bond measure\u003c/a> proposed by lawmakers for the November ballot, including raising hundreds of millions of dollars for extreme heat programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As extreme heat events become more common, Baughman McLeod said the report’s findings are just a first step. 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That system, \u003ca href=\"https://calheatscore.calepa.ca.gov/\">CalHeatScore\u003c/a>, is being developed now by the state Environmental Protection Agency with help from other state agencies and is set to roll out next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effects of extreme heat are disproportionately borne by low-income communities, older adults and outdoor workers, the report also found. Black, Native American and Hispanic Californians had the highest rates of deaths, respectively, compared with Asian and white California residents, during the events examined by the report. That’s why the report’s authors — the Insurance Department, with input from the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/01-consumers/180-climate-change/Climate-Insurance-Working-Group-Members.cfm\">Climate Insurance Working Group\u003c/a> and a consultant it hired to produce the report — call for equity when thinking about extreme heat policies and programs by considering the needs of vulnerable populations, including elderly people living alone, and outdoor and indoor workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Besides the hundreds of deaths, the report showed that extreme heat resulted in more than 5,000 hospitalizations, almost 10,600 emergency department visits, more than 138,000 outpatient visits and nearly 344 adverse birth outcomes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/cI95K/4\" width=\"800\" height=\"700\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kathy Baughman McLeod is chief executive of Climate Resilience for All, a global non-governmental organization dedicated to addressing extreme heat for vulnerable communities. She is part of the working group and said the data from this new report could help with the “normalization of insurance products related to heat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We could use this data to create forecast-based insurance products that pay out when the forecast for the heat wave comes,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Baughman McLeod would know — she has worked with insurers on \u003ca href=\"https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/reuters-events/trailblazers/trailblazing-women-climate-2024-kathy-baughman-mcleod-2024-03-07/\">creating new insurance products\u003c/a>, such as insurance that helps replace women’s income in India when they’re unable to work on extremely hot days because the products they sell might spoil or their work hours are reduced. She also helped create insurance for coral reefs in Mexico.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, the effects of extreme heat on health and life insurance are not known yet. 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And at parades all across the country, from Brattleboro, Vermont, to Waco, Texas, to Alameda, California, revelers dressed up in red, white and blue and waved the Stars and Stripes in commemoration of Independence Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/off-charts-summer-travel-holiday-a16bd3b45aa6733a758fff030f2ff4d2#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Travel,for%20airfares%2C%20gasoline%20and%20hotels.\">Travel records were projected to fall\u003c/a> with people jamming airports and crowding highways to reach Fourth of July celebrations that will stretch into a long weekend for many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the East Coast, some would-be beachgoers in Connecticut were turned away as parking at state parks filled to capacity, including a 2-mile stretch at Hammonasset Beach State Park, the state’s largest shoreline beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_11992781 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-1409046890-scaled.jpg']Across the West, meanwhile, residents \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/heat-wave-california-kansas-missouri-gulf-coast-78d043f305799deb83860b09e65096ef\">dealt with stifling heat\u003c/a> as the National Weather Service warned of a “significant and extremely dangerous” heat wave across much of the region. Some spots in the desert Southwest were expecting temperatures topping 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and hot, muggy conditions also permeated the Deep South and Middle Atlantic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A heat advisory in Philadelphia that came with temperatures tipping into the 90s didn’t stop crowds from gathering at historic sites in the city where the Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside the National Constitution Center, volunteer actors dressed in Revolutionary War-era costume made of heavy wool, despite the heat. Participants said it was worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It keeps you connected to your neighborhood and where you live,” said Adrian Mercado, who donned a 6th Pennsylvania Regiment uniform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Evening fireworks were scheduled over the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, after a concert by Ne-Yo and Kesha.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In New York City, Macy’s annual fireworks show fired off thousands of projectiles from the Hudson River, lighting up the skylines of Manhattan, Hoboken, and Jersey City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>From Queens, bright golden and orange exploding orbs could be seen silhouetting the Empire State Building, itself lit up in red, white and blue. Mild weather brought residents to their rooftops, where many lit their own fireworks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is how we celebrate. It’s the bombs bursting in air. It’s the rockets’ red glare. That’s how people show their pride and patriotism,” said Julie Heckman of the American Pyrotechnics Association.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All signs pointed to big celebrations: The Transportation Security Administration reported that a record of nearly 3 million people traveled through airports in a single day last week, a figure expected to be broken this week. AAA projected that 60.6 million people will travel by car during the holiday period. Part of the boost was attributed to easing inflation, though many Americans remain \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-conference-board-economy-inflation-59ddb80cf0828329e0cf98fb6321f040\">concerned about the economy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In suburban Chicago, Highland Park resumed its annual parade on the second anniversary of a \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/shootings-chicago-4b266791802b8d5154efb1bacff3fb38\">mass shooting that took seven lives\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/july-4th-parade-shooting-chicago-fdaaeaa48097af0a709b34ca75a8c486\">injured dozens at the 2022 event\u003c/a>. Residents gathered at a middle school for a remembrance before the parade, which followed a different route than in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\",news_11992779,news_11992832,news_11992737\"]“July Fourth is always going to be a day of mixed emotion,” Mayor Nancy Rotering said. “We come forth today hoping we as a community can remember and honor the lives lost.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The holiday celebrating the establishment of a new country free from British rule is traditionally marked by barbecue, cold drinks and the Stars and Stripes on flagpoles and on clothing, in addition to the parades. But some were also celebrating in other ways unique to their communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of course there was the \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/joey-chestnut-nathans-hotdog-eating-contest-2024-c1d4ac988ca44ffc1bd5ea691dc161ac\">annual hot dog eating contest\u003c/a> on New York’s Coney Island, where a new champion chomper emerged: Patrick Bertoletti of Chicago gobbled down 58 hot dogs to win his first men’s title. In the women’s competition, Miki Sudo of Florida downed 51 links to notch her 10th title and set a new record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Alaska, the city of Seward got a head start with a fireworks display at midnight, as thousands of people gathered on a rocky beach during the brief window when the sky dims this time of year in the land of the midnight sun. The shells burst over Resurrection Bay as people watched in silence. “It was absolutely magical,” resident Iris Woolfolk said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Northern California city of Oroville’s annual \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-wildfires-8091a7f73b1765b440f9923d76f8e664\">fireworks were canceled\u003c/a> due to the Thompson Fire. Thousands of people who were evacuated were allowed to return home Thursday afternoon as crews continued battling flames amid scorching heat, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Containment of the Thompson Fire near the city of Oroville in Butte County also increased to 29% from 7%.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11993043\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11993043 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/07/GettyImages-2159884707-160x107.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A firefighting C-130 Hercules tanker releases fire retardant on a ridge while battling the Thompson Fire in Oroville, Butte County, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. \u003ccite>(Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The July Fourth holiday generally unites Americans in their shared love of country, but the 2024 version comes against a backdrop of deep \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/ap-poll-democracy-rights-freedoms-election-b1047da72551e13554a3959487e5181a\">political polarization\u003c/a> and a divisive \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024\">presidential race\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Boston, where tens of thousands were expected to enjoy the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, conductor Keith Lockhart said it’s inspiring to see people of different political stripes gather on Charles River Esplanade.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But, he noted, “one would have to have one’s head pretty deeply stuck in the sand to not notice the deep divisions in our country.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Associated Press writers John O’Connor in Springfield, Illinois; Isabella O’Malley in Philadelphia; Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut; and Morgan Lee in Santa Fe, New Mexico, contributed to this report.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated 3 p.m. Wednesday\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San José’s long-running and recently refreshed waterpark is set to open on the Fourth of July amid a punishing heat wave.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The waterpark formerly known as Raging Waters, a city-owned facility that has operated annually for nearly four decades, is reopening under new management as CaliBunga Waterpark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The opening couldn’t come a moment too soon, with temperatures in the city set to reach 100 degrees on Thursday and remain in the mid-90s through the weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When we’re in the high 90s or 100 degrees, it’s usually our peak attendance because where else would you want to be than a water park?” Mel Sells, CaliBunga’s general manager, told KQED. “So we’re gearing up and looking forward to a busy weekend ahead.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CaliBunga’s opening was initially slated for June 29, but park officials said some last-minute electrical equipment failures pushed the schedule back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“While we rebuilt 14 of the 22 pumps and replaced every piece of kitchen equipment in here, and made major changes to the water supplies and the sewer, some of the equipment is just old, and once we turned everything on, it gave up, so we had to go back in,” CEO Steve Dooner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s kind of like the movie \u003cem>The Money Pit\u003c/em>. Every time you turn something on, something else breaks,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Overall, Dooner said the park’s new operators, a private investment group based in Sacramento called California Dreamin’ Entertainment Inc., have put about $6.5 million into making repairs, upgrades and touch-ups to help refresh the park and make it run smoothly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New paint has been applied, new furniture is being put in place, including cabanas, umbrellas, shade structures, and hundreds of new lounge chairs, and the attractions including slides, rivers and pools have been checked closely for function and safety, Dooner and Sells said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Regulars will notice we have gone through and reinforced all the structural aspects of all the towers and attractions. So where the staircases used to be wobbly in the past, they’re rigid, all the mounts that the slides are on have been reinforced, and basically, it’s been set up to last for another 25 years,” Dooner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two rides won’t be available on opening day due to ongoing upgrades, including Barracuda, a raft ride planned to open later this month, Sells said, and the Bombs Away ride will open next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’ve just been working around the clock to get the park open, and we’re excited to welcome the San José area,” Sells said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Raging Waters closed in September, as its parent company, Palace Entertainment, walked away early from their lease with the city after running the park since 1985. The company also gave up operations of the Raging Waters location in Sacramento at the state’s Cal Expo site in 2022, where Dooner said California Dreamin’ is eventually planning to completely demolish the prior park and rebuild a new park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Palace still owns Raging Waters Los Angeles in San Dimas, Los Angeles County, Dooner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CaliBunga, at 2333 S White Rd., spans about 23 acres on a portion of the city’s Lake Cunningham property. In late February, the city council voted to award California Dreamin’ a temporary contract to run the park through September 2025, with an option to extend it by six months after that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city will collect rent from the park operators equal to 6% of total sales. In the first year, California Dreamin’ expects to have total sales of about $6.4 million, city reports said. 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Meteorologists expect the heat wave to peak on Saturday with temperatures above 100 degrees in northern Napa and Sonoma counties and inland areas in Alameda and Contra Costa counties. Oakland could reach the mid-80s, San José could reach the low 90s and San Francisco could reach the high 70s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With the heat wave approaching, Pheng is preparing for the crowds. 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Every day I go into the ice cream shop, it’s not called work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even though forecasters don’t expect temperatures to be as high in San Francisco as in Livermore, ice cream shops there are preparing for a barrage of customers this weekend at temperatures near 80 degrees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11991388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11991388\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/IMG_6818-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hila Gelato Caffè in San Francisco’s Mission District makes many flavors, including pistachio, almond and stracciatella, all nestled in individual domed gelato machines. \u003ccite>(Ezra David Romero/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>For Ilary Biondo, who owns \u003ca href=\"https://www.hilagelato.com/\">Hila Gelato Caffè\u003c/a> on the western edge of the Mission District, the heat wave is great economically for her Sicilian-style gelato shop, which she opened just over a year ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But as the afternoon sun shines through big glass windows, the business heats up. 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"content": "\u003cp>Crowds in San Francisco enjoyed a taste of summertime weather on Thursday as the Bay Area saw its hottest day since last fall amid a regionwide warming trend, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992597/from-storms-to-sunscreen-bay-area-weather-turnaround-is-here\">days after an unusually strong spring storm\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2 p.m., temperatures reached 78 degrees in downtown San Francisco, 82 in Oakland, 82 in San José and 84 in Santa Rosa, according to the National Weather Service. However, forecasters said areas throughout the Bay Area could continue to warm up 3 to 5 degrees throughout the afternoon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Thursday morning, some North Bay weather stations were showing temperatures at least 20 degrees higher than they were the previous morning, the NWS Bay Area office \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1788603934648696913\">posted on X\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1788603934648696913\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s definitely above seasonal averages,” said Matt Mehle, a meteorologist with the NWS Bay Area office in Monterey. “Normal temperature this time of year [for the North Bay] is low 70s, and we’re forecasting a high of 89 today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even throughout San Francisco and other cities in the heart of the Bay Area, Mehle said, temperatures were expected to be in the ballpark of 10 to 15 degrees above normal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That warm weather drove people out to San Francisco’s Dolores Park en masse. All of the park’s tennis courts were full, laughter radiated from the children’s play area and sunbathers in various states of undress lined the park’s northern hill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11985577\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 1598px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/O3Knd-forecast-high-temperatures-for-thursday-may-9-1.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11985577 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/O3Knd-forecast-high-temperatures-for-thursday-may-9-1.png\" alt=\"A map showing high temperatures in different Bay Area cities\" width=\"1598\" height=\"1112\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/O3Knd-forecast-high-temperatures-for-thursday-may-9-1.png 1598w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/O3Knd-forecast-high-temperatures-for-thursday-may-9-1-800x557.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/O3Knd-forecast-high-temperatures-for-thursday-may-9-1-1020x710.png 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/O3Knd-forecast-high-temperatures-for-thursday-may-9-1-160x111.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/O3Knd-forecast-high-temperatures-for-thursday-may-9-1-1536x1069.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1598px) 100vw, 1598px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/NWSBayArea/status/1788302018379227588/photo/1\">National Weather Service\u003c/a> \u003ccite>(Matthew Green/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Jettiene Legault was flying a kite while chatting with friends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I feel very good about the weather today,” Legault said. “It’s nice to get out and enjoy the sun. I’m here with my friends. We’re having a picnic, and then we’re going to go to the beach later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Others at the park had no greater ambition for the day than to bask in the sun’s warmth.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terrence Lee, who was out with a few coworkers, explained his plans simply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re primarily lying flat, and we’re gossiping… I think that’s all on the agenda,” Lee said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Naame Kelet said she had been lying in the sun for hours when she spoke to KQED near noon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I woke up super early. I had a bunch of things planned, but I really wanted to save part of my day just to come out here and enjoy the sun,” Kelet said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kelet, a lifelong Bay Area resident, was thrilled about the sunny day but also wary of San Francisco’s reputation for having a few warm spring days that give way to falling temperatures and fog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m just hoping it stays consistently warm, but I’m not putting all of my eggs in that basket,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"more weather coverage\" tag=\"weather\"]The significant warming trend is being driven by high pressure and offshore flow, which is a weather feature normally seen in the fall, with warm, dry wind coming from the north and northeast, said Mehle, the NWS meteorologist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That offshore flow led to some wind advisories early Thursday, with morning gusts of 45 to 55 mph expected in the Mayacamas Mountains, north of Santa Rosa. Although no advisory was issued for the East Bay Hills, Mount Diablo was also expected to see gusts of 40 to 50 mph on Thursday morning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The heat and wind are not expected to significantly increase fire danger, though, thanks in large part to recent precipitation, including last weekend’s rainstorm, Mehle said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re actually in pretty good shape from that standpoint. We are seeing wetter than normal fuels around the Bay Area due to our wet spring,” he said. “These late-season rain events that we’re getting are helping to mitigate fire concerns.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The NWS did not issue a red-flag warning, and state and local fire officials said they were not on high alert.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Conditions in the Bay Area will continue to heat up on Friday, which is expected to be the warmest day of the week, particularly in inland areas. 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