“Cigarette filters leach dangerous chemicals into the environment, kill animals that eat them, and cause communities to spend millions of taxpayer dollars for clean-up,” Stone said in a press release. “California has many laws in place to curtail cigarette litter, but people continue to illegally discard tons of cigarette butts each year. The current laws aren’t sufficient to address this […]

A couple months ago at our General PBC meeting, we (nearly unanimous) voted in favor of the sea otters as our honoree for 2016. Shortly after that we started collecting ideas for our 2016 slogan and came up with “Healthy Waters, Healthy Otters”. Please look for our upcoming Sea Otters web page in the “Learn” tab of our main menu, […]

We Helped the Native and Coastal Bees We helped the bees by raising awareness, hosting educational events, distributing seeds and dedicating our work to them all the while teaching our young, the teens, and all ages about the value of bees.  We won at the Fog Fest Parade We removed from our coastline: 17,000 LBS of Litter 2500 LBS of Recycles24,000 […]

Latest Update: Email Sent to Lynn from our Matson Contact. “Thanks for the nonprofit info. I can now confirm that Matson Foundation will make a contribution of $5,000 to your organization in early 2016 as a gesture of our appreciation for the support you and your members have shown Matson in the wake of our container loss event, and for […]

The California King Tides Project help people visualize how sea level rise will impact their lives.  Via smartphones and social media, we invite you to document “king tides” – the highest high tides of today, which will be the average water levels of the future. Everyone is welcome to participate! Our shores are constantly being altered by human and natural processes […]

The first confirmed sighting of an endangered Pacific leatherback sea turtle this season occurred on Saturday, Aug. 15th near Pedro Point in Pacifica, Calif according to Sea Turtle Island Restoration Network. Leatherbacks, like the one spotted, migrate across the entire Pacific Ocean, over 6,500 miles each way, to feed on jellyfish along our Pacific Coast. Captain Roger Thomas of the […]

Fall is underway, and as temperatures drop and the rains (hopefully) begin to roll in, there are a number of garden tasks to complete now that will prepare your space for Winter and even Spring. Around the bee hives – Check for colony size and combine small ones. Come spring it is better to have one live colony than two dead […]