Opinion: California State Fair should be rescheduled to spring or fall
It’s common to come away from the California State Fair with stuffed animals, some sweets, sunburn, and the sticky, sweat-soaked skin of someone who has spent too long in California’s summer sun. It all comes part and parcel with the event, just like the wine slushies or walking through the giant misters outside exposition halls. But what if it didn’t have to be this way? With climate change worsening summer heat waves, the State Fair board of directors should consider moving the fair to spring or fall. At the very least, it should move to earlier in the summer, before Sacramento’s 100-degree-plus days set in.
-Written by columnist Robin Epley.