"Shake Your Tail - Save a Whale"
Saturday, 24 October, 2015, was Make a Difference Day in Daly City when Public Works is helping clean up the city, and others help with shredding and recycling and giving gently used clothes and kitchenware to those in need. It was also the 4th Saturday, so Mussel Rock, a beauty spot in Daly City, held its regular cleanup. At 9am […]
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Went to Mussel Rock Beach today with my dog. Found about 100’+ feet of rope washed up and lots of small flat plastic pieces. I had to bundle up the rope like you see here to be able to haul it back up to the parking lot for disposal.
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Thank you to the 55 volunteers who came to Mavericks/HMB Yacht Club for the 2nd Coastal Cleanup Day! You were all incredible and we can’t thank you enough for your great attitude and enthusiasms all through the day. 434 lbs of trash, 28 lbs of recycles and ~400 lbs of tires & other weird metal scraps. Thank you for Lisa […]
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We arrived at 7:45 this morning to set up for Coastal Cleanup Day, 2015 to find NO PARKING. NONE! Why? A big surf competition, Surf Camp, whale-watchers, dog-walkers and just people loving our precious ocean environment! But beach heroes are not deterred by people problems; they are much more dedicated than that. So they came. From parking lots near and […]
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Thanks to all the volunteers who came to Rockaway Beach today. It was a stunning morning = clear and warm. 12 pounds of trash (mostly lightweight items – filled a large garbage bag. 5 pounds of recycles. 650 cigarette butts. Thanks, Pacificans.
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After almost 3 months of daily excitement surrounding sightings of whales fluking, spyhopping, breaching and spouting, we have had an influx of large flocks of birds, circling the bait balls as they move up and down the shore. Not surprisingly, this has brought lots of viewers to the car park at Mussel Rock. Unfortunately, they have left behind a lot […]
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Woooaaaw and EW! I think these two words were on everyone’s mouth this morning… The trash situation is a getting out of hand at Tunitas Creek and this is unfortunately not the only concern. People have been camping over night by the dozen (last weekend 170 cars were counted on the side of the road) and there are no toilets at […]
Read moreThanks to the volunteers that made today’s cleanup at Rockaway Beach a success. We had some new volunteers…Thanks, Joanna, for signing up! Totals for 8/1/15: Trash: 17 pounds Recycles: 12 pounds Volunteers: 12 Cigarette Butts: 1143
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41 people from the fireworks booths showed up at 7:30 AM to help clean up debris from the previous evening’s fireworks at Rockaway Beach. Public Works handled most of the sign ins and sign outs for the fireworks people. 8 volunteers for the PBC also helped. General consensus is that there was less debris than last year. Thanks to […]
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