(13 Jul 2023)
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Palm Springs, California - 13 July 2023
1. Tents providing shelter for homeless people line a dry creek bed next to a golf course
2. Men rest in the shade near a day shelter for the homeless
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Roman Ruiz, Palm Springs Homeless Services Coordinator:
"So here in the Coachela Valley, the temperatures are going to range anywhere from let's say what- we had 110, 107 yesterday. So, it's going to be around there."
4. A sign for Palm Springs
5. A golfer tees off
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Roman Ruiz, Palm Springs Homeless Services Coordinator:
"As far as the homeless in the city, it's pretty tough. I know many of the unhoused residents here in the city are struggling. They're struggling daily with just trying to find a place were there is enough shade."
7. John Summers climbs through a dry riverbed heading for a shaded homeless encampment
8. Summers looks through donated clothing and a jug of juice
9. SOUNDBITE (English) John Summers, homeless man:
"I just use water. You know I basically just use water as much as I can. And hit shade. And you know the mall, wherever they'll let you in, you know. McDonalds and take a nap all day. Del Taco."
10. Summers walks by a golf course that borders a homeless encampment
11. SOUNDBITE (English) James Francisco, Coachella Valley Rescue Mission:
"The heat was so hot yesterday, a few of the guys that are camped out here said that there was somebody that had a heatstroke and possibly, I think they died."
12. Empty soft drink bottles piled up in a homeless encampment
13. Suitcases and tarps of a homeless person outside of a shelter
14. Roman Ruiz, Palm Springs Homeless Services Coordinator talks with aid recipient Gerald Ford
15. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerald Ford, homeless man:
"How we deal with the heat out here is, we cool off with water and we go to a shelter. And we also just get into some shade. And that's what I'm doing now."
16. Various of Ford reading from the Bible
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Gerald Ford, homeless man:
"You know, I pray for those who don't have shelter, that they will get shelter."
18. Ford read from the Bible under a tree's shade
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Roman Ruiz, Palm Springs Homeless Services Coordinator:
"It's tough. I don't know. I don't know how anyone can do it really. I don't. I feel so bad and yet there's not much I can do, so it is really tough."
20. A homeless person's belongings on the street
21. Solar panels supply power to a tent in a homeless encampment
STORYLINE:
After a historically wet winter and a cloudy spring, California's summer was in full swing Thursday as a heat wave that's been scorching much of the U.S. Southwest brings triple digit temperatures and an increased risk of wildfires.
Blistering conditions will build Friday and throughout the weekend in the central and southern parts of California, where many residents should prepare for the hottest weather of the year, the National Weather Service warned.
In Palm Springs, California, the city's highs were expected to be above 100 degrees (37.7 C), while other desert areas could reach 120 (48.8 C), forecasters said.
The city's homeless population is especially vulnerable to the high temperatures. Nearly 450 homeless people live in the city, according to official counts. But there's only room for 20 people at its only overnight shelter.
The rest must find shade or sleep in tents lining a golf course in a dry creek bed.
A permanent shelter is being built, but won't open until next year, said Roman Ruiz, Palm Springs Homeless Services Coordinator.
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