{"id":416629,"date":"2026-07-29T15:16:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/416629\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T15:16:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:16:07","slug":"kern-county-cooling-centers-may-open-as-heat-approaches-105-degrees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/416629\/","title":{"rendered":"Kern County cooling centers may open as heat approaches 105 degrees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Another stretch of dangerous heat is settling into Kern County, and officials are urging residents to take precautions.<\/p>\n<p>Temperatures could potentially reach 105 degrees this weekend in the valley.<\/p>\n<p>Kern County is expected to open its cooling centers, which are available only on specific days when the National Weather Service forecasts temperatures crossing local high-heat minimum thresholds. In Bakersfield, that threshold is 105 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>When open, cooling centers operate from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., June 1 through Sept. 22. Residents can visit the Kern County website to check whether cooling centers are open on any given day.<\/p>\n<p>For those who need access to a cool space but cannot make it to a cooling center, the county encourages residents to visit their local libraries.<\/p>\n<p>Stay in Touch with Us Anytime, Anywhere:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) \u2014 Another stretch of dangerous heat is settling into Kern County, and officials are urging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416630,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,155,153,152,162],"class_list":["post-416629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-downtown","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news","tag-kern-county-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}