Currently in Los Angeles — July 2, 2024: Gradual warmup continues

The weather, currently.

This week’s warmup with be gradual, especially towards the coast.

Woodland Hills already flirted with 90 on Monday, whereas Downtown LA was in the mid 80s and Santa Monica was around 75. Expect a similar regime on Tuesday, with mid-80s again in cities like Beverly Hills, WeHo, and Hollywood.

The heat will really start to intensify the 2nd half in the week, just in time for the Fourth.

— 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.