Save The Bay Blog

Save The Bay was thrilled last week to join the Redwood City community in a celebration of an important milestone in the nearly-completed restoration of Bair Island. Last Monday morning, the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge celebrated the opening of a new pedestrian bridge, and the first segment of trails accessible to [...]

A county-wide plastic bag ban went into effect in all 14 cities and unincorporated areas in Alameda County on January 1. Businesses and consumers alike took it all in stride. Meanwhile, Marin County looks back on its first year under a plastic bag ban and finds that the ban is working, with fewer plastic bags [...]

High tides hit the San Francisco Bay Area this week, flooding shorelines throughout the Bay and inspiring amateur and professional photographers alike to document the lunar influence on the tides. Although unrelated to sea-level change, this week’s flooded streets could be a harbinger of future tides as the sea level rises. As East Coast states [...]

More than 14 years after returning to my native Bay Area, I’m still in awe of the Bay and its beauty.  For the last year, I’ve had a sweeping Bay view from my office in downtown Oakland, and I’m blessed with a view of the Golden Gate from my home in the Berkeley Hills.  But [...]

In this week’s roundup, Minane Jameson of Hayward’s shoreline agency speaks out against Cargill’s Redwood City plans. Meanwhile, NOAA proposes expanding marine sanctuary to just outside the Golden Gate. A new EcoCenter brings another meaning to restoration along the Bay Trail in Palo Alto. In the North Bay, Sonoma County moves ahead with plastic bag [...]