Save The Bay Blog

Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. San Jose Mercury News 3/28/13 First Day of Bay Bridge Series in San Francisco The San Francisco Giants and the Oakland A’s are back from spring training in Arizona and giving the Bay Area a taste of baseball before the regular season [...]

I’m always stunned by what I find in my own backyard. Living near and commuting across the Bay, I keep stumbling on local treasures — an amazing view of the harbor from Noe Valley, or the Bay Bridge shimmering against the bright lights of rush hour traffic. I’m also discovering that I share a home [...]

Happy International Women’s Day. Today we honor our three founders, Sylvia McLaughlin, Esther Gulick, and Kay Kerr, without whom the Bay would not be what it is today. Check out this week’s Weekly Roundup for breaking news affecting San Francisco Bay. Ecosalon 3/2/13 Banning Plastic Bags: It Works Residents all over the San Francisco Bay [...]

On the morning of February 9th, I headed down to San Jose to participate in one of the city’s Clean Creeks, Healthy Communities cleanups on Coyote Creek, near Selma Olinder Park.  I knew the area would have trash and that it would be busy morning, but I wasn’t prepared for the reality of this day. [...]

Support for plastic bag bans is reaching a fever pitch in San Mateo County.  In the last two weeks, three San Mateo County cities have adopted the county’s bag ordinance – South San Francisco, Pacifica, and Belmont.  This regional effort, set in motion by San Mateo County Environmental Health, encompasses all of San Mateo Co. [...]