Currently in Los Angeles — August 20, 2024: Our mini heat wave peaks

The weather, currently.

Tuesday will be the warmest day in the next seven, with temperatures in the low 90s for LA metro, with mid to upper 90s for the valleys. After Thursday, that trough I mentioned will start to impact the area, leading to a cooldown through the weekend.

— Ade Adeniji

What you can do, currently.

A Media Matters analysis found that last year — the hottest calendar year on record — network coverage of climate actually declined in the US. What’s worse, just 12% of reports about climate change mentioned fossil fuels as the driving cause. The media still reported on extreme weather, but stopped short of making the climate connection.

Independent climate journalism like Currently is needed more than ever. And this year, with all of these weather warnings already underway, we’ll unfortunately have plenty of opportunities to do better.