Currently in Los Angeles — June 28, 2024: Warming back up this weekend

The weather, currently.

One more cooler day on Friday with the possibility of low morning clouds for the coastal areas before high pressure returns and with it, another warm up.

By Saturday, temps will be back in the mid to upper 80s inland and Sunday will have temps in the 90s. A perfect weekend to kick off some July 4th festivities, but hopefully not with those homemade firecrackers. (Sheesh, now I’m really old).

— 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.