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SAN JOSE (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― Officials in some Bay Area communities opened up cooling centers as a heat wave moved across the region.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District declared Tuesday the third Spare the Air day in a row due to anticipated unhealthy levels of ozone that often occur on hot and sunny days. However, a heat advisory covering the North Bay interior valleys and mountains, the East Bay interior valleys and hills, the Diablo Mountain Range, the Santa Cruz Mountains, and the Santa Clara Valley was called off early Tuesday.

Temperatures on Tuesday were originally forecast to reach as high as 105 in some inland areas of the East Bay, National Weather Service meteorologist Dan Gudgel said. Those numbers were revised Tuesday to slightly lower levels. A red flag fire warning remained in place for higher elevations around the Bay Area.

Forecasters said temperatures should cool a bit Wednesday, but above average highs were expected to remain in those areas until at least this next weekend.

Officials in San Jose, Sunnyvale and Petaluma offered cooling centers for residents who need relief from the hot weather.

San Jose Cooling Centers

In the South Bay, the city of San Jose opening cooling centers for Monday and Tuesday to offer residents relief from temperatures anticipated to be in the upper 90s and possibly exceeding 100 degrees there.

From noon to 8 p.m. on both days, residents can visit 10 designated cooling centers, including Almaden Community Center, Camden Community Center, George Shirakawa Community Center, Roosevelt Community Center, West San Jose Community Center, Berryessa Community Center, Evergreen Community Center, Mayfair Community Center, Southside Community Center and Willows Senior Center.

Residents were also advised to check on family members who may be especially susceptible to heat exposure, especially the elderly and small children.

Sunnyvale Cooling Center

Also in the South Bay, Sunnyvale city officials opened a cooling center for residents needing relief from the hot weather this week.

The Sunnyvale Community Center, located at 550 E. Remington Drive, is serving as the cooling center, Sunnyvale spokesman John Pilger said.

The center will be open until 8 p.m. Monday, and will be open between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority bus Route 55 serves the center.

The center will have an air-conditioned climate that will "offer a safe haven for people who may not have air conditioning in their homes," Pilger said.

Petaluma Cooling Center

In the North Bay, the Petaluma Community Center was serving as a "cooling center" Monday and Tuesday for residents trying to avoid temperatures that wereexpected to reach into the mid-to-upper 90s in that area.

The center, located at 320 N. McDowell Blvd., will be open to the general public from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. both days.

The center has an air-conditioned room, ice water, a television when available, and a sign-in sheet to record the number of guests, according to city officials.

No pets were allowed to roam freely. If small pets were brought to the center, staff said they would contact animal control officials to provide on-site shelters. Assistance animals will be allowed in the center.

Visitors wete urged to bring their own ready-to-eat food since kitchen access would not be available. Visitors would also be limited to bringing no more than one small tote and daypack per person.

Center officials can be contacted at (707) 778-4380.

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