Heal the Bay Blog

Debris Check: What’s in the Waves?

Today’s guest blogger is Dana Roeber Murray, a marine and coastal scientist with Heal the Bay. A little more than a year after the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Heal the Bay is conducting our first tsunami debris monitoring of Los An…
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Mariposa School Holds Creative Cleanup

At a time when most schools are focused on fundraising to support their own libraries and arts programs, one local school decided to share some of the money their families raised at a beach cleanup event to help further Heal the Bay’s mission. …
Heal the Bay Mariposa Elementary beach cleanup donation Agoura Hills education

Lonely Planet Tours Santa Monica Pier Aquarium

Tune in to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s Lonely Planet "California Adventure" special at 10 a.m. Sunday to tour Heal the Bay’s Santa Monica Pier Aquarium with the popular travel show’s host, Dominic Bonnuccelli. 
Santa Monica Pier Aquarium Lonely Planet BBC America

Heal the Bay Earns Top Tourism Award

June 4, 2012 The California Travel Association (CTA) will bestow its annual Tourism Stewardship of the Year award this week to Heal the Bay, recognizing us for doing the most to “protect, preserve, restore, improve, expand, or otherwise enhance Cal…

Three Ways to Salute World Oceans Day

On World Oceans Day, traditionally held each year on June 8, people around the globe gather to celebrate and honor the ocean and the life it contains. The theme for 2012 is “Youth: the Next Wave for Change” and the event boasts a long list of act…
Kids World Ocean Day June 9 Santa Monica Pier Aquarium

Know Before You Swim in the O.C.

Ocean lovers in the Orange County now have a newly-enhanced resource for assessing water quality conditions before going for a swim.  The Orange County Health Agency’s Ocean Water Protection Program just upgraded its public web tool, making it…
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Paddle Out for Ocean Education

What better way to kick off a summer spent at the shore than with some family-friendly, crowd-pleasing ocean sport competition? In the water on June 9, the Santa Monica Pier Paddleboard Race & Ocean Festival will feature SUP, paddleboard, ocean s…
June 9 ocean sport paddleboard surf swim Santa Monica pier

Heal the Bay's 2012 Beach Report Card

California beachgoers can head to the shore with little anxiety this summer, as their beaches are generally very clean, according to Heal the Bay’s 2012 Beach Report Card®. In fact, 407 of the 441 beaches monitored throughout California’s summer…
Beach Report Card Annual Report 2012 Redondo Beach Photo - Joy Aoki

Plastic Bag Ban Victory in L.A.!

May 23, 2012 In a 13-1 city council vote, Los Angeles today became the largest municipality in the U.S. to ban single-use plastic bags. Heal the Bay board members Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sharon Lawrence, Amy Smart and David Nahai addressed dozens of oce…
Eco-champion reusable bag prevails over single-use plastic bag

‘A’ Listers Head to Beach for Star-Studded Gala

On May 17 Heal the Bay hosted nearly 1,000 of our closest friends and biggest supporters at our annual Bring Back the Beach gala. Themed “Sea of Love,” this year’s sold-out event celebrated eco-couple Danny Moder and Julia Roberts, as well as A…
Heal the Bay honored eco couple Danny Moder and Julia Roberts on May 17