This initiative took a community-wide approach to mitigating heat through cool pavement coatings, including testing two adjacent and similar sections of the community to compare, side-by-side, before ...
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In Pacoima, one of the hottest neighborhoods in Los Angeles, there are 10 square blocks where the pavement reflects sunlight instead of absorbing it. That asphalt—on streets, playgrounds, basketball ...
The basketball court at Hubert H. Humphrey Memorial Park in Pacoima was covered in solar reflective paint to help reduce heat. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) As heat waves become more intense and ...
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As temperatures hit triple digits on a blue-sky July day in the Los Angeles community of Pacoima, families escape the heat at a local park. Many of the surrounding homes lack air conditioning, and the ...