Currently in Los Angeles — August 27, 2024: A few degrees warmer than normal

The weather, currently.

As mentioned, a warm up for the early start of this week, with temps in the mid-80s again on Tuesday for LA metro, with around 90 for the valleys. The middle of the week has another system moving through the PacNW (there’ve been a few of these lately), which will weaken the ridge in our area.

— 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.