Currently in Los Angeles — August 8, 2024: Onshore winds return

The weather, currently.

A much more comfortable second half of the work week as onshore flow returns and influences a lot of the area. Temperatures will be in the high 80s on Thursdays for the valleys, and low-mid 80s for LA metro. Beaches will comfortable in the 70s.

— 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.