Currently in San Francisco — August 19, 2024: Sunny Monday

The weather, currently.

Monday promises to be sunny, but given the unexpected rain this weekend and this being the month known locally as Fogust, it’s likely we’ll see morning cloud cover before the sun emerges. Highs up toward 70; evenings remain in the cool mid-50s.

— 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.