Currently in San Francisco — June 28, 2024: A beautiful weekend!

The weather, currently.

A beautiful weekend awaits San Franciscans, with partly sunny skies and high 60s Friday and Saturday, and full sun and high 70s temps by Sunday. Overnight lows will hover in the mid-50s.

So far, wildfire season has had minimal impact on the city. But keep an eye on reports of dry lightning in the San Joaquin Valley and Sierra Nevada foothills, which sparked grass fires this past week. Higher temperatures across the region may fuel further fires. We’ll be back next week with more on early fire season.

— 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.