Currently in San Francisco — August 7, 2024: Workaday Wednesday

The weather, currently.

Nothing strange about this particular SF summer Wednesday. Highs will hover in the mid-60s. Fog will burn off to reveal bright sun, probably by mid-morning. Daytime winds will continue around 15mph from the west. Evening lows will be in the mid-50s.

Isn’t this why we live here, why we work so hard to stay if we can? I love that my year-round weather prep — take a light layer, maybe a big hat — is very similar, any season of the year.

— 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.