Currently in Los Angeles — August 7, 2024: More comfortable temps

The weather, currently.

The heatwave crescendoed on Tuesday. Even the nights have been warm lately, with temps in the 70s well past 10pm across LA metro, with 80s in the valleys. On Wednesday, expect mostly sunny skies with temps highs back in the 80s for LA metro.

— 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.