Currently in San Francisco — August 27, 2024: Cooler Tuesday

The weather, currently.

Temperatures will crest above 70 on Tuesday, but we should see more cloud cover to help the daytime highs stay cooler than our incredibly warm Monday. The fog should stick around Tuesday morning, with the gentler winds down around 12-14mph from the west. Overnight lows will be in the high 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.