With the National Weather Service forecasting an excessive heat warning from Tuesday, June 4, through the evening of Thursday, June 6, the City of Sacramento will activate the Outreach and Engagement Center and the Sam & Bonnie Pannell Community Center as cooling centers where residents can find relief from the heat.

The OEC (3615 Auburn Blvd.) will operate from 10 a.m. Tuesday (June 4) to 8 a.m. Friday (June 7). The center has storage available for personal belongings if needed and will accept pets.

The Sam & Bonnie Pannell Community Center (2450 Meadowview Road) will operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday (June 4), Wednesday (June 5), and Thursday (June 6). The site does not allow pets and personal storage will be limited to what visitors can carry with them.

In addition to air-conditioning, both sites will offer water and places to recharge phones and other devices.

During this time, libraries and community centers will also be available during their normal hours of operation, and people can also use these air-conditioned buildings as places to cool off.

Sacramento Regional Transit continues to provide no-cost transportation to and from weather-respite centers during their operation. To ride free, screenshot or print this SacRT Flyer and present it to the bus operator upon boarding, or show light rail fare inspection staff upon request. (The flyer is only valid to and from activated weather-respite centers.)

The City will continue to monitor the NWS’s forecast and extend cooling-center operations as needed. The City will also monitor capacity at the OEC and Pannell Community Center to determine if other activations are necessary.

Please call 2-1-1 or visit https://www.211sacramento.org/211/ for more information on respite centers.