By Khalida Sarwari
Somewhat milder weather is returning to the Bay Area this weekend after a stretch of cold weather descended on the region, and the uptick in temperatures allowed the National Weather Service to cancel a frost advisory this morning.
A cold air mass created areas of freezing and below-freezing temperatures across the Bay Area earlier this week, potentially threatening homeless people and plant life in the region.
As a result, a frost advisory was issued by the weather service for the Bay Area early Thursday morning. That advisory was allowed to expire at 9 a.m. today, according to weather service officials.
The cold weather caused a South Bay homeless services provider to open three emergency shelters for people needing a warm place to sleep.
The shelters, operated by EHC LifeBuilders in San Jose, Gilroy and Sunnyvale, not only planned to provide homeless people with food and shelter, but also to help them become self-sufficient by connecting them to job and housing support services.
Temperatures at or below 28 degrees can also damage or kill sensitive vegetation, according to weather officials.