Join us for the next Annual PBC Beach Planting and Cleanup to Honor MLK on Saturday, January 17th, 2026.

Every year, we organize a special beach cleanup and habitat restoration event to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. This is your chance to start the year off by making a meaningful difference in your community, connecting with nature, and honoring Dr. King’s legacy of service. Let’s come together to protect our beautiful coastline and marine life. Your efforts matter – be a part of this vital environmental movement!

Beach cleanup with PBC – 9-11AM:

• Join our site captains to clean up Linda Mar State Beach in Pacifica and the coastal trail.
• Supplies will be provided on a first-come, first-serve basis. We encourage everyone to bring their own gloves and bucket.

Meet us at 9AM in the Linda Mar Beach parking lot near the Taco Bell. Parking passes will be given when you check in.

Sign up to volunteer at the beach cleanup and let us know you’re coming. Make sure that everyone in your party signs a waiver form.

Habitat restoration with PBC – 10AM-1PM:

• Join the group to plant native plants along the Coastal Trail in Pacifica.
• Tools and directions will be provided. We encourage you to bring your own gloves.

Meet at 10AM at the Coastal Trail (at Highway 1 intersection). Parking is available in the Pacifica Community Center at 540 Crespi Drive, Pacifica. This lot is closer to the meeting spot for the beach planting than the main Linda Mar Beach parking lots. 

Sign up to volunteer at the habitat restoration and let us know you’re coming. Make sure that everyone in your party signs a waiver form.

Can’t make it on January 17? We host 13 events every month. View our calendar for future cleanups and habitat restorations. We can’t wait to see you this year.

Watch a clip of last year’s event

More details about our MLK event in Pacifica

If you’re attending the beach cleanup first, you may park in the main Linda Mar Beach lot. The site captains there will have parking passes for you after you check in for the cleanup. When you’re done cleaning up, walk north on the Coastal Trail to find us just after the big willow stand. 

The closest parking for habitat restoration is at the Community Center. Walk across Highway 1 at the light, and then walk north (turn right) onto the Coastal Trail. Our team will be waiting for you just off the path, after the big willow stand.

Focus for Habitat Restoration: We will be planting native plants along the Coastal Trail, pulling oxalis and other invasive weeds, and possibly mulching new areas for future planting.

Host your own MLK, Jr. Day of Service

Street to Beach Cleanup program

• Pick up litter near your home or on your walk.
• Do a beach cleanup on your local beach or shoreline.
• Explore and clean new parks, trails, or locations that you have never been before.

Habitat restoration

• Plant some native plants in your garden.
• Weed a public location (if you know weeds vs native plants).
• If walking the Linda Mar to Rockaway coastal trail, take time to pull Oxalis from a spot safely spaced away from everyone.

Other things you can do to help

• Say no to plastic for a day.
• Install a water barrel to catch some of the rain.
• Go single-use-plastic free for the day or weekend.
• Do a plastic audit of your trash bin.
• Make a donation to Pacific Beach Coalition or other ocean-related nonprofit.

Let us know how you did

Email us a photo of your little plastic pieces and interesting finds so we can show others what we’ve been finding for years.

And make sure to track the trash that you collect with the Clean Swell app with PBC or Pacific Beach Coalition as you group!