Currently in San Francisco — August 28, 2024: Wednesday wind-down

The weather, currently.

Highs should finally be back down around 70 Wednesday, some mid-week relief for those of us sensitive to the heat. The winds won’t pick back up for a while, but we’ll continue to see some light cloud cover. Overnights are starting to be warmer overall, with lows in the high 50s. San Francisco summer is slowly on the approach!

— 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.