Save The Bay Blog

While studying in Berkeley for the past four years, I was far enough removed from the shoreline that the Bay seemed to be nothing but a distant thought: what lay under the Bay Bridge when I occasionally headed into the City in my Tina Turner gold sequined dress. It turns out there was a little [...]

On May 19, 2012 over 30 volunteers converged to Damon Slough, a designated Save The Bay trash hotspot, in the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline in Oakland to get out in the marsh and help out our beloved San Francisco Bay.  Many hands make light work and STB Volunteers proved it again by removing [...]

Creek and shoreline cleanups are important, there’s no denying that.  In fact, Save The Bay participates in or plans several cleanups each year, including Coastal Cleanup Day and National Rivers Day.  Cleanups enhance the efforts by state and regional agencies to keep these areas clean for recreational users and help to protect delicate habitats from [...]

May 19th is National Rivers Day, and this year Save The Bay is celebrating by hosting a clean-up at Damon Slough. This marsh along Oakland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline won our 2011 Adopt-A-Hot-Spot contest thanks to all your votes, and Save The Bay has committed to hosting two clean-ups at this location in [...]

David Lewis explains the false choice of building on the Bay. Watch the clip below. Meanwhile, congressional leaders debate the future of Hetch Hetchy. Plus, an update on UC Berkeley oil spill. Climate One 12/9/2011 Build on the Bay? David Lewis of Save the Bay, Peter Calthorpe of Calthorpe Associates, and Jack Lewis, Mayor of [...]