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Beach Water Clear in Ore. and Wash.
Just in time to head to the shore for the Labor Day weekend, Heal the Bay’s end-of-summer 2012 Beach Report Card for Oregon and Washington shows mostly A’s and B’s, with just a few spots that need...
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CCD on KTLA Morning News with Gayle Anderson
Gayle Anderson broadcast live from Santa Monica this morning with information about the Saturday, September 15 Coastal Cleanup Day, the largest volunteer day on the planet.read more
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Gasoline Spill in Marina del Rey
According to a Patch news report, a small gasoline spill was noticed by sheriff’s deputies on Monday morning in the main channel in Marina del Rey. There is no reported source of the spill. The...
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Emmys Honor Board Member Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Congratulations Julia Louis-Dreyfus on winning your third Emmy® award last night. The Heal the Bay family is fortunate to have you as a board member!Julia earned her latest Emmy for her performance on...
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Alamitos Bay Closed Following Sewage Spill
NBC LA reported today (10/3/2012) that a weekend sewage spill will likely keep Long Beach Alamitos Bay beaches shut down for at least two more days.A private sump pump that serves a residential...
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A Storm Drain Encounter of the Disturbing Kind
This morning, after listening to the rain fall on my roof all night and waking up to soggy streets, I put on my raincoat and trekked out to see what the stormdrains were pumping out onto the beaches....
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Big Victory Against Newhall Ranch
A proposed development that would impact thousands of acres of land to house 60,000 people in and around six miles of the Santa Clara River—one of the last free-flowing natural rivers in California—has...
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Stormwater Vote: Board Lets Cities Off Hook
In the face of serious concerns from Heal the Bay, our environmental partners and the USEPA, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board adopted the proposed stormwater permit for L.A. County...
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Under new permit, L.A. stormwater regulation now worse than before
Last Thursday marked one of my two lowest days here at Heal the Bay working on local water quality regulations. After 11 hours of testimony and deliberation, the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality...
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MPAs: An Ocean Legacy Like a String of Pearls
It’s been a long road – more than 12 years – but, California’s statewide network of coastal marine protected areas (MPAs) is now complete. As of Dec. 19, 2012, the final piece of the coastal MPA...
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Huell Howser: A Host with a Heart of Gold
Veteran TV broadcaster Huell Howser passed away Sunday night. Here Communications Director Matthew King remembers his work with Heal the Bay.If anyone could make plastic bags come alive, it’d be Huell...
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King Tides on the Rise at Local Beaches
You may have difficulty fulfilling your New Year’s resolution this week if it involves morning outdoor exercise, and your preferred location is the beach, especially if your go-to spot is typically...
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Supreme Court Rules on L.A. Storm Water
On January 8, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the suit, Los Angeles County Flood Control District v. Natural Resources Defense Council, which was initiated by the Natural Resources Defense Council...
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L.A. Clean Water, Clean Beaches Update
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 15 to postpone a vote on placing a stormwater parcel fee on the ballot. After hearing public comment, the board directed Public Works staff to...
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Signs of Progress Along Our Coast
Planting one of the first MPA signs along Los Angeles' coast felt like it'd been a long time coming.read more
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Way to Go, Glendale!
It’s official: The Glendale City Council just voted to adopt a single-use bag ordinance. With this unanimous vote, Glendale becomes one of the largest inland communities to ban plastic bags in...
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California's White Sharks Head for Safety
In a step towards better understanding whether our local white shark population needs protection, the Fish and Game Commission unanimously advanced the Northeastern Pacific population of white shark to...
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Sick Sea Lions In Need of Rescue
Hundreds of sick sea lions are overwhelming marine mammal rescue centers up and down the Southern California coast this winter.According to the Daily Breeze, it’s not uncommon for the Marine Mammal...
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Plastic Bag Bans Making Folks Sick? Not So Fast
Reusable bags are often hot topics of discussion, as they became again recently when professors of law Jonathan Klick and Joshua Wright from the University of Pennsylvania and George Mason University,...
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Big Win for Whales Off Our Coast
Heal the Bay's Marine & Coastal Scientist Dana Roeber Murray reports great news from the Coastal Commission meeting on Friday, March 8, 2013:After hours of public comment and following decades of...
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