Currently in Los Angeles — July 17, 2024: Comfortable weather continues

The weather, currently.

The nice and comfortable weather stretch across LA continues. Across LA metro, mornings are in the 60s, late afternoons are in the low 80s with no humidity. Apologies, I’m waxing poetic after being home back east for a bit and dropping buckets of sweat. Wednesday will be a similar day as Tuesday, before a warming trend begins Thursday and in earnest on Friday.

— 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.