Currently in San Francisco — August 14, 2024: Midweek sameness

The weather, currently.

Daytime highs Wednesday should hit 70, but the brisk winds will continue, and our cloud cover will persist too.

It’s interesting to reflect that across the Bay Area, July broke many heat records. This month seems unusually mild, and I’ll certainly continue to savor a relatively cool summer compared to the heat and storm difficulties elsewhere in the country.

— 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.