>>>for the past week, sean cartwright. has been tracking across santa clara county. checking on all the housed people, >>>>people are just so hot. and i mean they have no energy for >>>anything. sean is with a new housed response group or urge. and all volunteer team that provides supplies and aid to the homeless. she says. this latest heat wave can continues to be unbearable for so many people living on the street. >>>>out there and you see women in like minimal close. withing and guy all the guys are just a minimum. minimal clothing to and now you've sweated through everything that you have. everything is filthy. you know, it's not like you can go to the laundry >>>mat, according to the santa clara county medical examiner, coroner's office 14. deaths are being investigated. as potentially heat related. to of those individuals were unhappy, housed and 1 other was an unhappy person. in transition. housing. shawn told me sadly. those numbers don't shock >>>>her. kind of a heat wave. people just cannot sustain that. there. your body is not made to basically be left out

>>>for the past week, sean cartwright. has been trekking. across santa clara county checking on all the un housed people, >>>>people are just so hot. and i mean they have no energy for >>>anything. sean is with a new housed response group or urge and all volunteer team that provides supplies and aid to the homeless. she says. this latest heat wave continues to be unbearable for so many people living on the street. >>>>just in this kind of a heat wave. people just cannot sustain that. there. your body is not made to basically be left out. in the heat. with no food, no water >>>cooling centers have been opened across the county to help people beat the heat. but john says those aren't much help to the un housed when they don't stay open. overnight. >>>>they should be open overnight to follow along with the county recommendations. and that would really be helping people you know, having caught that people could lay in. electrolyte. with electrolytes and things like that to give people some sort of respite, but they're >>>not. sean told me. she's

>>>for the past week, sean cartwright. has been tracking across santa clara county, checking on all the housed people. >>>>people are just so hot and i mean they have no energy for anything. >>>sean is with a new housed response group or urge and all volunteer team that provides supplies and aid to the homeless. she says. this latest heat wave continues to be unbearable for so many people living on the street. >>>>out there and you see women in like minimal close. clothing and guy. all the guys are just in minimal clothing to and now you've sweated through everything that you have. everything is filthy. you know, it's not like you can go to the laundry mat, >>>according to the santa clara county medical examiner, coroner's office 14 deaths are being investigated as potentially heat related to of those individuals were unhappy, housed and 1 other was an unknown housed person in transitional housing. shawn told me sadly, those numbers don't shock her >>>>kind of a heat wave. people just cannot sustain that. there. your body i

urge co-founder sean cartwright says. so far this month, eight other people have died on the streets in santa clara county, but the coroner hasn't confirmed if any of them died due to extreme heat last year. >> by by july 10th, only three people had died. only three unhoused people had died between the first and the 10th. only three. so this is definitely a jump. and so, you know, we're deeply concerned. >> if you'd like more information about how to stay safe and cool or if you need assistance, just go to ktvu.com and click the link for this story. lamonica peters ktvu, fox two news, and our own roberta gonzalez warning of even hotter temperatures this week. >> the spare the air advisory here in the bay area that's been extended through tomorrow. bay area air quality management officials are asking people to limit driving in order to reduce pollution. roberta is going to join us, by the way, in just a few with the forecast for your neighborhood. >> sunbury business owners say this heat wave is hurting their bottom line i

. >> sean cartwright, a longtime homeless advocate, says she's trying to keep unhoused people alive during this extreme heat. >> everyone's like, hey, how are you doing, kid? >> because people just want to be able to wash off. >> we spoke with cartwright hours after learning san jose mayor matt mehan announced a homeless individual died from heat exhaustion on tuesday evening. >> completely expected. and i'm sure that there's going to be many more. i mean, there's a war on unhoused people here in san jose and santa clara county. >> mehan said his office learned about the news from the medical examiner. >> i feel responsibility for that as mayor. you know, i want everybody in our community to be safe. and i, you know, while it's, you know, not not all deaths are preventable. this one was while the mayor points to doubling the amount of quick build, safe sleeping and safe parking sites, cartwright feels you can't force people into shelters or tents as far as immediate response, mehan said city staff are handing out bottled water to the homeless. >> cartwright is handing out sugar free electr

sean cartwright looks at the santa clara county coroner's office dashboard.en, especially during heat waves, she noticed that from july 1st to july 8th, five people who were unhoused died. their cause of death has not been listed. there's other times you go a week and there's not an unhoused death. as we enter another heat wave, the experts are warning things can go from concerning to catastrophic in no time. it's very uncommon to see heat related deaths, but when they do occur, you know, the change from when somebody is not feeling quite well to doing very poorly is very rapid. that's why it's important to recognize the signs and symptoms. doctor peter chin-hong says watch out for feet and leg swelling, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and a headache. somebody may not be acting like themselves. that's really a critical time because the time from those symptoms to doing very, very poorly, it happens very, very quickly. so those people need to seek medical attention. and the county chief medical examiner says that confirming the cause of death in those 14 cases cou

. >> sean cartwright is an advocate with the unhoused response group. says of the 14 people who died, at least six were older than 50. >> but people are just in a state right now. they're hungry. they're extremely thirsty, and they're in a point where they can't just go and help themselves. it needs to come to them. they are just so depleted and really on the edge right now. >> as the heat continues, the county's office of emergency management is keeping more than 20 cooling centers open, some with extended hours. the vta is providing free rides to the centers through friday if they need to have a safe space to go to get out of the hot weather and find water, you know, charge up their devices that is available to them. their office of supportive housing was also out doing outreach and handing out water to encampments on wednesday. for the meantime, they're encouraging everyone to check in on loved ones that don't have ac, making sure that they have enough water, that they have enough food, that their ac is working, and if they don't have ac, if they can

with another heat wave impacting the bay area until the end of the week, homeless advocates like sean cartwright with unhoused response group say it's getting harder and harder for people to escape the heat when you're out there, particularly in areas that are resource deserts like the south side, there isn't relief. >> there isn't like a cooling center over there. it's much, much hotter over there. it's more like a desert. >> cartwright says santa clara county is providing water and cooling supplies for advocates to distribute. still, the medical examiner is investigating 28 potential heat related deaths so far. in july, 14 of those deaths were people at least 65 years old, eight were unhoused and one person in transitional housing. their ages range from 30 to 84 years old. >> if we say that we're trying to protect these people and we're doing a better job at it, it's not reflected in the people who are dying. >> san jose mayor matt man called the latest deaths tragic. and in a statement he said in part, this year, san jose will add 1000 new safe and managed placements for people currently livi

. >> sean cartwright, a longtime homeless advocate, says she's trying to keep unhoused people alive during this extreme heat. >> everyone's like, hey, how are you doing, kid? >> because people just want to be able to wash off. >> we spoke with cartwright hours after learning san jose mayor matt mehan announced a homeless individual died from heat exhaustion on tuesday evening. >> completely expected. and i'm sure that there's going to be many more. i mean, there's a war on unhoused people here in san jose and santa clara county. >> mehan said his office learned about the news from the medical examiner. >> i feel responsibility for that as mayor. you know, i want everybody in our community to be safe. and i, you know, while it's, you know, not not all deaths are preventable. this one was while the mayor points to doubling the amount of quick build, safe sleeping and safe parking sites, cartwright feels you can't force people into shelters or tents as far as immediate response, mehan said city staff are handing out bottled water to the homeless. >> cartwright is handing out sugar free electr

local advocate, sean cartwright is furious, she believes the governor is using homeless people for her -- his own political gain. >> he thinks getting people off the streets will clean things up, but instead, so many people out here are going to die. >> reporter: she says she is worried that the unhoused will be forced to move farther out, leaving them with fewer and fewer resources. for now, he's just going to keep on living how he has been. and if the time comes where he is kicked out, he will move, he just wishes there was somewhere better for him to go. >> we have nowhere to go, i'm trying to get my life together, this is really going to hurt me a lot. >>> mayor london breed is saying teams are already clearing encampment's, she posted these pictures online saying this how one encampment looked for and after. an injunction previously limited the city's ability to clear the encampments but the mayor says that will be lifted next week, the city will have more power to site people who refuse shelter. >>> vice president kamala harris grabs a major endorsement, the latest on the campaig

. >> reporter: for the past weeks, sean cartwright has been trekking across santa clara county checking on all the unhoused people. >> people are just so hot. and i mean, they have no energy for anything. >> reporter: sean is with unhoused response group or u. g. r. e.. all volunteer team that provides supplies and aid to the homeless. she says this latest heat wave continues to be unbearable for so many people living on the street. >> i mean, you go out there and you see women and like minimal clothing. and guys -- all the guys are just in minimal clothing too. and now you have sweated through everything that you have. everything is filthy. you know, it's not like you can go to the laundry mat. >> reporter: according to the santa clara county medicalexaminer coroner's office. 14 deaths are being investigated as potentially heat related. two of the individuals were unhoused and one other was an unhoused person in transitional housing. sean told me sadly, those numbers don't shock her. >> just just in this kind of heat wave. people cannot sustain that. your body is not made to basically

. >> sean cartwright is an advocate with the unhoused response group. >> but people are just in a state right now. they're hungry, they're extremely thirsty, and they're in a point where they can't just go and help themselves. it needs to come to them. they are just so depleted and really on the edge right now. >> as the heat continues, the county's office of emergency management is keeping more than 20 cooling centers open, some with extended hours. the vta is providing free rides to the centers through friday. >> if they need to have a safe space to go to get out of the hot weather and find water, you know, charge up their devices that is available to them. >> their office of supportive housing was also out doing outreach and handing out water to encampments on wednesday. for the meantime, they're encouraging everyone to check in on loved ones that don't have ac, making sure that they have enough water, that they have enough food, that their ac is working, and if they don't have ac, if they can be transported to a cooling center in san jose. lena howland abc seven news. >> well, the h

with another heat wave impacting the bay area until the end of the week, homeless advocates like sean cartwrightwith unhoused response group say it's getting harder and harder for people to escape the heat when you're out there, particularly in areas that are resource deserts, like the south side, there isn't relief. >> there isn't like a cooling center over there. it's much, much hotter over there. it's more like a desert. >> cartwright says santa clara county is providing water and cooling supplies for advocates to distribute. still, the medical examiner is investigating 28 potential heat related deaths so far in july, 14 of those deaths were people at least 65 years old, eight were unhoused and one person in transitional housing. their ages range from 30 to 84 years old. >> two thirds of the people that have died so far that are unhoused, who have died so far, this, this month, have been people who are senior citizens, and that's no surprise. >> san jose mayor matt man called the latest deaths tragic. and in a statement, he said in part, this year, san jose will add 1000 new safe and managed

family, friends or neighbors and stay in air conditioned areas whenever possible, urge co-founder sean cartwrighto far this month, eight other people have died on the streets in santa clara county, but the coroner hasn't confirmed if any of them died due to extreme heat. >> just that last year. by by july 10th, only three people had died. only three unhoused people had died between the first and the 10th. only three. so this is definitely a jump. and so, you know, we're deeply concerned. >> now, if you'd like more information about how to stay cool, how to stay safe, or if you need assistance, just go to ktvu.com and click the link for this story. >> mike. and we're not done with the heat just yet. lamonica peters live tonight in san jose lamonica. thank you. santa clara county has more than 20 cooling centers open this week. those centers do include the campbell community center, milpitas library, and the santa clara senior center. vta by the way, also offering up free rides to and from those cooling centers through friday. >> here we go again. the second heat wave. it has arrived. the neighborh