With temperatures approaching triple digits this weekend, the City of Claremont is opening several cooling centers to offer air conditioned oases to those in need.

Joslyn Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave., will be open Friday, July 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Blaisdell Community Center, at 440 S College Ave., will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, July 14.

The Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., opens at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday, July 14-15, and 10 a.m. Sunday, July 16. The Claremont Helen Renwick Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., is open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.