The school year has begun in the Valencian Country with a novelty that should put us all on alert. The PP and Vox government of the Valencian Generalitat has approved the reform of the law they call "of fiscal, administrative and financial management, and organization measures," a dull statement behind which lies the anti-democratic measure of implementing a system of surveillance and ideological control—including denunciations—in the public schools and educational centers of the Valencian Country.The Consell presided over by Juan Francisco Pérez Llorca (Mazón's substitute, who nowadays lives splendidly occupying a deputy's seat, enriched by a salary as president of a parliamentary commission that never meets) has legally entrusted the Educational Inspection with a singular task: to "ensure ideological neutrality" within classrooms. That is to say: a strict supervision of teaching activities, curricular materials, and events held in schools, to avoid any form of "indoctrination." The reform also includes the creation of channels or anonymous reporting mailboxes. Just as you read it: parents who consider it appropriate will be able to report directly, and without giving a name or face, those teachers and professors who, according to them, have infringed upon "ideological neutrality," committed "indoctrination," or broken something else that the PP and Vox consider fundamental: "linguistic freedom." That is to say, those who have the pretension of teaching classes, or conducting activities or academic tests, in Catalan. Or in Valencian, as you wish. Let us remember that we are talking about the same government officials who have also produced regulations to exclude Catalan and Balearic writers from language and literature subjects, with the argument—not at all indoctrinating and ideologically neutral—that "they are not Valencian" and that "they do not write in Valencian." It is the mixture of authoritarianism and hatred for culture and public schools that have always constituted the hallmarks of the extreme right. Now, however, turned into law, it aims to turn the public school into a scene of conflicts and fears that give a new dimension to the sad expression “culture war,” in which academic freedom, and with it constitutional freedoms, are revoked. It is a particularly brazen exhibition of the neo-Francoism of the Spanish right (PP and Vox, let us repeat it) and of the democratic involution it represents.Unions and teaching entities in the Valencian Country have already denounced the desire of Pérez Llorca and his Council to intimidate teachers and to impose a covert parental pin or an ideological police force within public classrooms. This Saturday the 12th, a large demonstration is called in Valencia that will kick off a school year expected to be full of mobilizations. But I return to the beginning: this is not a problem "of the Valencians", but rather it affects us all directly. If this is the sample, it is easy to foresee the direction that the educational policy of a Spanish government controlled by Vox and the PP will take.

The announced change in weather is now here, which will mark the end of this episode of intense and atypical heat that has accompanied us during the first week of September, with temperature records. The passage of a cold front will complicate the meteorological situation and will make today an unstable day, with irregular downpours and storms that may be intense and leave some torrential deluges, with a risk of local flooding and sudden rising of rivers and streams. The area most affected will be the coast and pre-coast of Barcelona. The clash between cold air at high altitude and the intense heat accumulated over so many days can leave very significant downpours, which is why a large part of the country is on alert for intense rain. In fact, between the early morning and the first hours of the morning, heavy rain has affected the Garraf, the Baix Llobregat, the Penedès, and the north of the Vallès Occidental and Oriental, with a lot of electrical activity. Even so, the precipitation has moved quickly and has not left large accumulations for the moment. For example, more than 20 l/m² have already accumulated in a short time in Cunit, in the Baix Penedès.

Salvados kicked off the season this Sunday with a posthumous portrait, in two acts, of Rita Barberà, mayor of Valencia for 24 years, marked above all by the era of the pelotazo of the PP, and a key figure of the party in the times of Mariano Rajoy. The program began with Mozart's Requiem, anticipating the dramatic end of the protagonist, while alternating fragments of paintings from revolutionary and Napoleonic France as a metaphor for her political progression: from the most obscene power institutionalized and respected by the elites to popular agitation and the final lynching.Gonzo interviewed friends, party colleagues, and political rivals to explain in detail Barberà's trajectory. The two parts of the program used the folklore of Valencia to represent the two stages: the mascletà, about the great explosion and peak of the mayoress, and the cremà, to refer to the descent into hell of the protagonist betrayed by her own party. Barberà's inner circle – with Francisco Camps, José Manuel García-Margallo, councilwoman Mayrén Beneyto, and journalist María Consuelo Reyna – built a hagiography of the character that was a bit difficult to stomach from the current perspective. Beneyto and Reyna, moreover, spoke with the frankness of someone who no longer needs to make political calculations to choose their words. The emeritus king was portrayed in history as the main instigator of placing Urdangarin in the cribs of that opulent Valencia that organized regattas, Formula 1 races, and whatever was needed to line one's pockets. The program was filled with archival images that recovered the delirious politics of arrogance and corruption, with Barberà's greatest hits, her "caloret faller" and the Louis Vuitton bags.The shadows of Rita Barberà served to portray the fratricidal struggles of the PP during the party's collapse, with Rajoy at the helm. From the noise of the firecrackers and the smoke that covered everything to the stench of scorched remains. But here the program seemed more interested in recalling all the internal rot of the party and the low morals of its leaders than in delving deeply into Barberà's political legacy and the aftermath for the city of Valencia.It was inevitable to wonder why now, almost ten years after her death, the figure of Rita Barberà was being recovered to kick off the television season. At a time when all the private channels dedicate a large part of their schedule to attacking Pedro Sánchez and the PSOE, it seemed like an approach to compensate for the back-and-forth of the media right. On the other hand, the program about Barberà once again highlighted the journalistic inertia of delving into major political episodes when it is already too late. It is true that it makes it easier for witnesses to speak with more frankness, but journalism and the citizens' indignation have already transformed into the memory of an era.

The atypical and historic heat that has accompanied us at the beginning of this month is numbered, with weather that will already start to change on Tuesday and a temperature that will begin its descent in some points. It will be on Wednesday when we will notice the change in weather, with intense rain, wind, rough seas, and a lower temperature everywhere, with an environment more typical of the meteorological autumn.

The nightmare of this atypical and historic heat is numbered. This Monday we will no longer reach 40 °C in the Ponent area, although it will still be very hot. The drop in the thermometer will be slight, around 3 or 4 degrees in some places, enough so that no more records are set. However, it will still be hot, with highs around 38 or 39 °C in Ponent and in the interior of the Ebro. From this Sunday it is worth highlighting new exceptional values, not at all common in the month of September, such as 42.5 °C in Vinebre and 42.3 °C in Torroja del Priorat.

The unbridled heat continues to set temperature records across the country. This Saturday, the highest maximum for a September since 1914 was recorded again at the Fabra Observatory, with 35.3 °C. With this historic value, there are already four records broken in the city of Barcelona since the beginning of the month. In Ponent, in the interior of the Ebro, and in regions like the Priorat, temperatures reached or brushed against 41 °C, with a new September record at 64 of the 128 XEMA stations with more than twenty years of data.

The unbridled heat continues to set temperature records. Yesterday, Friday, 34.1 °C was recorded at the Fabra Observatory, the highest maximum since 1914 in a September in the city of Barcelona. In Ponent and the interior of the Ebro, temperatures soared again, reaching a sweltering 42.5 °C in Vinebre (Ribera d'Ebre) and up to 39.3 °C in the city of Lleida, the highest maximum in September since 1939. Therefore, it was the hottest September day recorded in Catalonia, with historic values for these dates in 77 of the 128 XEMA stations with more than 20 years of data.

The temperature climbed sharply again, with new records, this Thursday. At the Fabra observatory, it reached 33.1 °C, half a degree less than Wednesday, when 33.6 °C was recorded. Yesterday's value is the second highest since 1914 in a September in the city of Barcelona. In Ponent and the interior of the Ebro, they brushed against 40 °C (39 °C in Vinebre, one of the highest since 2022). If we take the set of Meteocat's automatic stations, 27 out of 128 broke the record for a month of September in 20 years of data, especially those located in Empordà, the Pyrenees, and Ponent.

The temperature rose clearly yesterday Wednesday, when it exceeded 35 °C in many inland points and new heat records were registered in a month of September, as in the case of the Fabra Observatory, where the 33.6 °C measured is the highest value since 1914. All of this is the prelude to an exceptional heatwave that will cause the temperature to be well above the climatic average, with forecasts of registering new temperature records in the coming days.

Meteorological autumn began on Tuesday with very calm weather, dominated by the presence of clouds that, from midday onwards, gained ground, although they did not leave any precipitation. The mercury relaxed a bit, with maximums of 32 ℃ or 33 ℃ where it was hottest, but from this Wednesday onwards the situation will reverse and the temperature will rise notably. We are expecting a second half of the week with thermal values well above the climatic average for early September, with no significant cooling in sight.

Mercury again exceeded 35 ℃ this Monday, as it did over the weekend, but in general the temperature remained around 29 ℃ to 33 ℃. These are typical values for the end of August that will also accompany us into early September, with heat that could intensify more from mid-week. On the horizon there is no early autumn rain storm, but also no extreme off-season heatwave.

The mercury rose above 35 ℃ again this Sunday, after a fairly cool night everywhere, although less so than Saturday. The temperature will remain with few changes this week, with controlled heat, without excesses, and the weather will also not experience significant changes. On the horizon there is no early autumn storm, but neither is there any out-of-season heatwave.

Mercury once again exceeded 35℃ this Saturday, after a quite cool early morning everywhere, even on the coast, a situation that will be repeated this Sunday. The week will end with a very calm day with no new developments, marked by a temperature that will tend to rise progressively and by a sun that, although it has already lost many minutes compared to the end of June, is still the protagonist.

The mercury dropped much shorter this Friday, after a Thursday with highs of over 36 ℃ or 37 ℃ in Alt Empordà, El Segrià and in points of the pre-littoral, and it barely exceeded 32 ℃ or 33 ℃ where it was hottest. However, a weekend awaits us in which the temperature will recover and the sun will once again be the protagonist, with no risk of precipitation.

The mercury climbed eagerly this Thursday, with highs of over 36 or 37 ℃ in Alt Empordà, Segrià and points of the pre-coastal area, but this thermal rise has limited hours because in the coming hours we will experience a notable drop in temperature. Subsequently, however, it will gradually rise again, always around the climatic average and without extremes.

The Irish press has echoed the terrible events that occurred on August 25, when a couple of this nationality was found by their children in the jacuzzi of the house they had rented in the Cap Blanc urbanization in Cullera, Valencia.

We have left behind a Wednesday of very calm and stable weather, with two very distinct faces: a very cloudy morning and an afternoon with a lot of sun. Thursday has started with a repeat of the play and some cloud intervals, but the sun will assert itself much more quickly and give way to a much more pleasant and warm day. We find ourselves immersed in a thermal roller coaster, as after this thermal rise there will be a drop in temperature on Friday, while the weekend will be warmer again.

The intolerable episode of police brutality that occurred in Elche, when some police officers beat up a Barça supporter who was carrying an Estelada, has made it possible to confirm – without surprise, it must be said – that some fellow citizens get indignant with more or less intensity depending on the autonomous community from which the victim of police violence comes. Or depending on the flag they raise.It was just a month ago that more than twenty people were injured as a result of police brutality – entirely unjustified and disproportionate – against the massive demonstration in Palma protesting against tourism, speculation and overcrowding. And a few months ago, during the also massive, and admirable, mobilizations of Valencian teachers in defense of public schools and education in Valencian, a teacher was brutally assaulted by a police officer who made her fall face down on the ground with a push from behind. Some of those who are now exclaiming and indignant – with every right, moreover – about the police assault on a young Barça fan who was carrying an estelada did not find any reason to say anything about the cases of police brutality in Mallorca or the Valencian Country. On the contrary, some consider that we Mallorcans and Valencians deserve it, with the astounding argument that the PP (or the PP plus Vox) win the elections in these communities. As if to say: For them, among the victims of police violence there are classes. A Valencian teacher (retired, moreover) who defended public school and in Catalan: bah. Mallorcan demonstrators, activists and journalists protesting against housing speculation, environmental destruction and overpopulation: pse. Young Barça fan with an Estelada: attack against freedoms, historical grievance and national hero. Some of those who make these distinctions then usually also make great patriotic proclamations and give lessons –never asked for– about the country.The police officers who beat people are not that picky, and they themselves are clear about whom they beat and why. In all cases, police forces – and, around them, political and media powers (and judicial ones, when convenient) – hide behind a fierce corporate defense of violent police officers. They also resort to the tactic of perverting roles and presenting the victim as the aggressor and the aggressor police officer as the victim. There is no shortage of police unions, which stoke tension in accordance with a very specific and recognizable political ideology, that of the Spanish nationalist far-right. Faced with all this, however, some find that full consideration as victims should be reserved for some and not granted to others. It is strange behavior, which occurs in the distance between being a victim and exercising victimhood.

On August 29 at 7:00 PM, more than 200 civic, social, and trade union entities from the Valencian Country, along with victim associations, the Local Emergency and Reconstruction Committees (CLER), and the Valencian Social Agreement (ASV), have called a rally in the Plaza de la Mare de Déu in Valencia to demand the removal of Carlos Mazón, former president of the Valencian Generalitat.

This Tuesday's weather was radically different from Monday's, with a clear dominance of the sun, and this Wednesday the novelty will be the presence of clouds that will be abundant during the morning, but which will lose the battle against the sun during the afternoon. Nevertheless, only a few isolated and unimportant drizzles are expected.