Currently in Los Angeles — August 21, 2024: A couple days left of heat wave

The weather, currently.

With much of the country, especially the Northeast and the Midwest, trending well below normal this week (only in the mid-70s in New York City), us Angelenos are still enjoying our short-lived heatwave. For Wednesday, expect upper 80s for LA metro, with 90s for the valleys. By Friday, though, highs will be below normal.

— 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.