On Saturday 25 March, as I was attending the American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting in San Francisco, Joe Recto stood in admirably as Site Captain and was assisted by many of the site’s Rock Stars who are regular supporters of this cleanup plus new volunteers. See photos below. Good weather and a 35-strong group of volunteers cleaned up 147 lb trash and 800 cigarette butts. […]

Having counted only 5 volunteers at the last cleanup, I was very surprised to greet a big group from Fremont as early as 8.45 am when I pulled up at my site to unload my car. From then on, even more volunteers arrived. We counted a total of 48 volunteers including groups from UCSF, Rakuten, Davita, and Skyline College. We picked up 137 […]

Surprisingly on a rainy morning after Thanksgiving, there were 25 volunteers who cleaned Mussel Rock today. One couple was celebrating their son’s 3rd birthday. The 3-year-old was excited when I pulled out Earth Hero badges and his mother pinned one on him. He was less excited about the safety vest that I insisted he wear. See photo We were blessed […]

We were blessed with sunshine and blue skies for our Make A Difference Day beach cleanup at Mussel Rock. Nineteen volunteers, young or young at heart, picked up 103 lbs of trash and about 50 lbs of recycling, mostly beer bottles. Over 2000 cigarette butts were picked up or found in cigarette butt receptacles.  Young students from Westmoor School were […]

  Inspired by remarkable daily sightings of humpback whales fluking, spyhopping, tail flapping, breaching, singing and lunge feeding, from Linda Mar to Mussel Rock, our area has attracted a lot of families and groups to explore the coast. With the exceptional warmer weather replacing the usual June gloom, and with the longer clear days keeping people outside and eating takeout […]

It was a wonderful surprise that 20 students from San Mateo College arrived early to join the Mussel Rockstars today (photo above).  One of the students brought her 3-year-old daughter who was heard to squeal with delight at retrieving some trash from a bluff. She danced around afterwards and made us all laugh out loud (photo at right). This is […]

Twelve volunteers, new and repeat volunteers, joined forces to clean the area of Mussel Rock on Saturday, 23 January, 2016. Site captain, Helen, celebrated the imminent closure of the Transfer Station by baking cookies and sharing them with everyone. There was some discussion about the demolition of the Transfer Station and what should be built in its place. We discussed […]