Families endure the heat to attend last day of Placer County Fair

THIS IS KCRA THREE NEWS AT 6:00. BRITTANY: THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THE KCRA THREE NEWS AT 6:00. TODAY IS THE LAST DAY OF THE PLACER COUNTY FAIR AND IT IS A HOT ONE. LOOK AT THE HIGHS -- LOOK AT THE ICE CREAM. AS THE TRIPLE DIGIT TEMPERATURES IN OUR REGION CONTINUE, PEOPLE OR TRIED TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT AND HAVE FUN. KCRA 3’S LYSEE MITRI IS LIVE AT THE FAIR. HOW ARE FOLKS STAYING COOL TODAY? LYSEE: OF COURSE NUMBER ONE THING, TRICKING LOTS OF WATERPROOF WE HAVE BEEN DOING THE SAME OURSELVES, BUT WE ARE HERE AT THE SHAVED ICE. THEY HAVE GOT THE FLAVORS STATION RIGHT HERE, LOTS OF TREATS AND OF COURSE, SHADY SPOTS HERE. THAT IS A BIG DEAL AND THIS IS WHERE THEY’VE GOT ALL THE ANIMALS ON DISPLAY. MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE TALKED TO SAY THEY CAME HERE PREPARED. THE WEATHER. >> IT IS HOT. LYSEE: DID NOT DETER SOME FAMILIES FROM KEEPING UP WITH TRADITION. THEY JUST MAKE SURE TO ALSO FIND WAYS TO KEEP COOL. ON THE LAST DAY OF THE PLACER COUNTY FAIR IN ROSEVILLE. >> DO NOT SKIP THE ICE CREAMS. LYSEE: INTO THE ICE COLD DRINKS. POWERING THEM THROUGH FOR THE RIDES. THE GAMES, AND THE PRIZES. HERE IS CHRIS, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE AT THE GROUNDS OF THAT FACILITY. >> TURNOUT HAS BEEN GOOD. POST-COVID WE WERE FUN OF -- ONE OF THE FIRST FAIRS TO OPEN SO WE HAVE NOT REACHED THE SAME PEAKS AS LAST YEAR BUT WE BEAT PREVIOUS YEARS, SO WE’RE SEEING A STEADY INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE AND IT HAS BEEN A GOOD YEAR. LYSEE: HE ADMITS THE HEAT DID NOT HELP. THOSE TRYING TO ESCAPE IT COOLED OFF IN THE AIR CONDITIONING OR OUTSIDE IN THE SHADE. >> I THINK LIVING IN SACRAMENTO, YOU GET USED TO THE HEAT IN THE SUMMERTIME IT SEEMS LIKE THE FAIRS ARE ALWAYS AROUND FROM THE HOTTEST DAYS OF THE YEAR, SO YOU JUST GET USED TO IT. LYSEE: GET USED TO IT AND HOPE TO GET A COLD TREAT IF YOU ARE FOUR-YEAR-OLD GRACE. >> GETTING SHAVED ICE. LYSEE: SHE EVEN HAD AN UMBRELLA TO MAKE SURE SHE DID NOT GET TOO HOT AND MISS OUT ON THE FUN. YEAH, I THINK SHE HAD A GOOD TIME HERE, LIKE MANY OF THE FAMILIES. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY DID HAVE SOME NEW ENTERTAINMENT THIS YEAR , THEY HAD PROFESSIONAL BMX ATHLETES DOING SOME TRICKS AND AN ACROBATIC SHOW. THIS WILL BE OPEN HERE UNTIL 11:00 TONIGHT.

The heatwave continued into the last day of the Placer County Fair on Sunday @the Ground in Roseville."Turnout has been good. Post-COVID, we were one of the very first fairs to open, so we haven’t quite reached the same peak that we hit last year but we beat all our previous years," said Chris Ashby, the general manager of the @the Grounds event facility. One challenge was the triple-digit heat. "Certainly the weather has not really helped us enormously. It’s been a little bit hot, but people are making the best of it," Ashby said.There was a cooling center for those who wanted to relax in the air conditioning, some tents up to provide shade and misters scattered in some areas of the fair.The weather also meant vendors for things like ice cream, shaved ice and cold drinks stayed busy."We had to stop for ice cream on the way to the Ferris wheel, so that’s a mandatory thing," Desiree Adams said.She went to the fair with her husband and her two children, continuing a longstanding tradition."I’ve been coming here since I was a kid," Adams said.

ROSEVILLE, Calif. —

The heatwave continued into the last day of the Placer County Fair on Sunday @the Ground in Roseville.

"Turnout has been good. Post-COVID, we were one of the very first fairs to open, so we haven’t quite reached the same peak that we hit last year but we beat all our previous years," said Chris Ashby, the general manager of the @the Grounds event facility.

One challenge was the triple-digit heat.

"Certainly the weather has not really helped us enormously. It’s been a little bit hot, but people are making the best of it," Ashby said.

There was a cooling center for those who wanted to relax in the air conditioning, some tents up to provide shade and misters scattered in some areas of the fair.

The weather also meant vendors for things like ice cream, shaved ice and cold drinks stayed busy.

"We had to stop for ice cream on the way to the Ferris wheel, so that’s a mandatory thing," Desiree Adams said.

She went to the fair with her husband and her two children, continuing a longstanding tradition.

"I’ve been coming here since I was a kid," Adams said.

Families endure the heat to attend last day of Placer County Fair

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