Currently in San Francisco — August 1, 2024: Fogust upon us

The weather, currently.

Are we amused that the first day of August has a forecast of serious cloud cover? Less amusing, it’ll be warm again, with highs near 70, which means it’ll be very humid, a situation some of us don’t really abide.

But it does beat the heat other parts of the country are enduring this summer, and it’s certainly better than being blanketed in wildfire smoke. The breeze should help. Weird weather in what SF summer is all about anyway!

— Britta Shoot

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.