Currently in Los Angeles — August 6, 2024: Current heat wave peaks

The weather, currently.

Heat across LA County is peaking for the week. On Tuesday, Downtown LA will be in the low to mid 90s with known valley hotspots like Woodland Hills approaching or hitting 100 degrees. Stay cool out there!

— 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.