Currently in San Francisco — August 9, 2024: A predictable weekend

The weather, currently.

A stable, temperate weekend ahead with more days of part sun and mid-60s highs. Winds will stay brisk, and the fog will meander around the hills and across the bay.

I’ve had our resident feral parrot colony outside my windows recently, and with the summer morning mist as a backdrop, it’s felt like quite the quintessential SF Fogust. I’ll be back to squawk about the weather more on Monday.

— 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.