Currently in Los Angeles — August 29, 2024: Comfortable weather before another heat wave

The weather, currently.

Benign and cooler weather will persist into Thursday, where temps in some parts of LA metro might not even hit 80 degrees. Valleys will be in the low-80s. Heading into next week, tracking another potential heatwave, one that might even include the Santa Ana winds making a return.

— 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.