"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Our goal is to raise awareness about the toxins cigarette butts contain and their negative impact on our local environment. Cigarette butts are the #1 littered item in the World and last year we picked up and recycled over 161,000 of them. This year we want to do more but we need your participation! Collect butts in front of your […]
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This cleanup is organised in partnership with TLC Locals. Please contact TLC locals directly for any questions about this beach cleanup. About the Cleanup:Site captains: BrandyWhere to Meet: Meet at Tunitas Creek Road entrance.Parking: Currently parking is free along Tunitas Creek Rd. though Parking Restrictions are in the works we will have permitted allowances for Volunteers during our 3rd Sunday clean-up hours.Cleanup Areas: Volunteers […]
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WOW what an incredible Saturday we had last weekend! We are so grateful for the turn out and for the kayakers who cleaned up the water and the jetties, they removed 8 lbs of trash and tone of fishing lines. The tide and the birds made it a little hard to remove all the trash, so… we will do it […]
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When we launched our Naturalist program in 2019, Marie, Julie and Genievive were our first naturalists. We were so pleased to start a new program dedicated to educating the volunteers coming to our beach cleanups. Since then, we have had a naturalist at every beach cleanups to talk about kelp, the ocean, the marine eco-system and many more cool environmental […]
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Legal But Not Everywhere There was a lot of controversy about why are fireworks legal in Pacifica mostly because of the trash and the mess often left behind after the celebration. Some worth remembering is that fireworks used to be allowed everywhere in the past and now, on our side of the West Coast, it is only legal to discharge […]
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Today, we cleaned up Davenport, a beautiful beach in the Santa Cruz county. When we arrived this morning, the dumpster was full and the trash bags near it were all torn apart. Looked like the wildlife had been through it and half their content was all over the parking lot, blowing in the wind and heading straight for the ocean. […]
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For the first time ever we partnered with the Half Moon Bay Kayak Co to give our volunteers the opportunity to pick up the trash floating on the water of the harbor or stuck between the rocks. It was a great success! Our 7 kayaks went above and beyond to paddle and remove 31 lbs of trash including fishing lines, […]
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We had 66 volunteers come last Saturday to remove the trash from Pillar Point Harbor and Surfer’s beach. It was a great turnout and together we picked up a total of 48 lbs of recycling from our beaches as well as: Pillar Point Harbor– 40 lbs of trash– 378 cigarette butts– 32 bottle caps– 32 straws Surfer’s Beach– 68 lbs […]
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Have fun, be safe and be aware. The city Police from Half Moon Bay and Pacifica won’t give residents a break this upcoming 4th of July. They are doubling tripling the number of patrolling agents to crack down on people blowing fireworks at illegal locations. REMEMBER: Those possessing or discharging illegal fireworks are subject to a $1,000 fine. If you […]
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Have your ever taken a nice road trip South along the coast on HW1? If so, you have probably driven by Davenport and maybe stopped at the bakery for some goodies or took a picture of the famous Shark Fin rock formation on the beach. Sadly, we got the words recently that Davenport has been used to party and the […]
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