As much of the Bay Area continues to sweat through the ongoing excessive heat warning and heat advisory, many flocked to the coast for relief.
While the East Bay and South Bay saw temperatures in the 90s, Pacifica was about 20 degrees cooler.
“We were in the 90’s, 98 in Hayward,” Manish, a Hayward resident visiting Pacifica, said while walking his dog, Pluto. “(I’m) not taking (Pluto) out as much (at home). Only after maybe 8 p.m. in the evening. But during the day, (I’m) keeping him indoors and keeping him hydrated.”
“It has been hot, to say the least. But you know, I grew up in the Central Valley. I grew up in Fresno. So it’s felt like how it was all of my childhood,” Hershey Avula, a father and husband from Lafayette visiting Pacifica with his family, said. “It feels like the air conditioning’s on (here) and we’re outside, so it feels very nice.”
Pacifica usually tends to see larger crowds on the 4th of July, but the ongoing heat wave turned up the heat. There was bumper-to-bumper traffic across Highway 1, it was difficult for many to find a parking spot, and beaches were crowded.