Currently in Los Angeles — July 16, 2024: A brief cool-down

The weather, currently.

Tuesday will be the coolest day of the next seven with mid 70s for the beaches and around 80 for LA metro. Woodland Hills has hit at least 90 degrees all but one day this month, with several triple digit days. That trend might end on Tuesday for now but another warm up will set in later this week.

— 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.