Currently in Los Angeles — July 22, 2024: A hot week on the way

The weather, currently.

We all felt the heat across the southland this weekend. On Sunday, it was already in the 80s by 10am. Heading into Monday, expect a similar regime. This pattern is with us for a bit before perhaps a cooldown over next weekend.

— 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.