{"id":3986,"date":"2025-08-22T00:42:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3986"},"modified":"2025-10-16T21:15:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T21:15:13","slug":"goodbye-extreme-heat-heres-how-l-a-plans-to-cool-down-the-city-ahead-of-the-2028-olympics","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/goodbye-extreme-heat-heres-how-l-a-plans-to-cool-down-the-city-ahead-of-the-2028-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye Extreme Heat: Here\u2019s How L.A. Plans To Cool Down The City Ahead Of The 2028 Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-style-light-gray has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-82641648 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained is-style-light-gray--1\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns aligngrid is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default tribe-news-single-overline\" style=\"margin-top:0\"><span class=\"is-color-blue\">News<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>Secret Los Angeles<\/span><span class=\"separator\"> | <\/span><span>August 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);\" class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Goodbye Extreme Heat: Here\u2019s How L.A. Plans To Cool Down The City Ahead Of The 2028 Olympics<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--2\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Under a streetlight, next to a building, at the entrance of a store, or even shielding ourselves with our own bags,<strong>&nbsp;finding shade in L.A.\u2019s concrete jungle is a real challenge.<\/strong>&nbsp;It becomes even more of a problem during heat waves that can seriously&nbsp;affect our health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-large is-style-large--3\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">With the\u00a0<strong>2028 Olympics<\/strong>\u00a0on the horizon,\u00a0<em>L.A. Times\u00a0<\/em>reports that the city is preparing to welcome\u00a0<strong>millions of fans and thousands of athletes<\/strong>\u00a0who will be navigating the city under the blazing sun. To tackle the problem of high temperatures,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/shade-la.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ShadeLA<\/a>\u00a0was created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outlined tribe-button-has-icon is-style-outlined--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/secretlosangeles.com\/la-cool-down-the-city-2028-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read full article on Secret Los Angeles<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Los-Angeles-sunset-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4045\" style=\"border-radius:16px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Los-Angeles-sunset-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Los-Angeles-sunset-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/08\/Los-Angeles-sunset-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo source: Cedric Letsch via Uplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-small is-style-small--5\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Filed under<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"c-tag-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-tag-list__item t-category c-tag-list__item--green\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/?_practice_area=climate-sustainability\" class=\"c-tag-list__item-link\">Climate &amp; Sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9bcb33e3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9366075c wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-overline is-style-overline--6\">Related News<\/h2>\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;\" class=\"wp-block-buttons wp-block-tribe-explore-all-news-button\">\n\t<div class=\"b-explore-news-button wp-block-button is-style-outline tribe-button-has-icon\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Explore all news<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:0\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"b-related-news b-related-news--layout-grid aligngrid aligngrid wp-block-acf-related-news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"c-news-card\">\n\t<ul class=\"c-tag-list c-news-card__tags\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"c-tag-list__item t-category c-tag-list__item--green\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/news\/?_practice_area=climate-sustainability\" class=\"c-tag-list__item-link\">Climate &amp; Sustainability<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<div class=\"c-news-card__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-news-card__image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"986\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus.jpeg 986w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/usc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Project-Nexus-680x383.jpeg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 986px) 100vw, 986px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"c-news-card__content\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"c-news-card__title t-display-x-small\">California Needs Water and Clean Power. 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