ON DAYS OF extreme heat, schoolyards often turn from joyful sites of play to hazardous environments where asphalt particles fill the air and playgrounds overheat, giving children thermal burns.

With an understanding that extreme heat often disproportionately impacts California’s children at school, Cal Fire is providing grants to convert pavement into green spaces, plant trees and other vegetation, and create drought-tolerant natural areas on school campuses. It is also funding activities that help children connect with nature.

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Helena Getahun-Hawkins is an intern at Bay City News through Stanford’s Rebele Fellowship. She’s a rising junior at Stanford majoring in International Relations and minoring in Spanish. She writes for The Stanford Daily under the campus life desk and was most recently managing editor of the Daily’s podcast section. She enjoys covering stories that center around education policy, immigration policy, and identity. Outside of journalism she enjoys drawing, yoga, listening to music, and watching TV.