Around the Bay

Misinformation About MPAs

It has come to Heal the Bay’s attention that some kayaks in the Malibu area have been tagged with a notice that states they are not allowed to be moored or placed on the beach within the newly established
marine protected areas, mpas, point dume

RALLY: L.A. City Council Bag Ban

Do you think the City of L.A. should be a leader on the single-use bag issue instead of the last to the finish line? Do you want to end the scourge of plastic bag pollution in your neighborhood, local city streets and worse of all, on our local beach…
ban plastic bags City of L.A. sack the bag

The Fight for Clean Water Is On

May 4, 2012 Heal the Bay’s campaign to “Take L.A. By Storm” got off to a great start yesterday, with concerned citizens telling the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control board to set strong pollution limits as it debates a new stormwater p…
Taking L.A. By Storm, MS4 Stormwater Permit, Clean Water Act, Water Pollution

Plastic Pieces Push Deeper Into Oceans

The answer is blowing in the wind for oceanographers who have discovered that gusts of wind push plastic debris below the surface of the water, rendering previous data gathered by skimming the surface inaccurate.
Photo Credit: Sea Education Association, plastic pollution, marine debris,

Shining the Green Light in 'Hub City'

Today’s guest blogger is Edward Murphy, secondary education coordinator at Heal the Bay April 27, 2012 Throughout April, as we here at Heal the Bay celebrated Earth Month, I got to spend time with my favorite students and community groups in Compto…
Compton, Ian Somerhalder, Big Sunday, cleanup, Earth Day

Get Ready to Fight for Clean Water

Today’s guest blogger is Kirsten James, Heal the Bay’s director of water quality. The federal Clean Water Act turns 40 this year. Water quality has come a long way since 1972 but we’ve still got a lot of work to do to ensure that our waters re…
Join the Taking L.A. by Storm campaign to fight for clean water

Schools Get a Kick Out of Recycling

April 25, 2012 Today’s guest blogger is Melissa Aguayo, speakers bureau manager at Heal the Bay We are in the middle of the second week of Chivas USA’s Recycling Competition in which Castelar Elementary and Glassel Park Elementary duke it out to …
Heal the Bay teams up with Chivas USA to promote recycling at local schools

Spiny Lobsters: Key to the Kelp

Today’s blogger is Dana Roeber Murray, a marine and coastal scientist at Heal the Bay As a recreational and scientific diver, I’ve seen the California spiny lobster ‑ an ecologically important species in our local kelp forests, as well as an im…
California spiny lobsteri, brittle stars, MPA, MLPA, Heal the Bay

Aloha to a Coastal Champion

April 24, 2012 Today’s blogger is Sarah Sikich, Heal the Bay’s coastal resources director Last week we lost a local coastal champion, Joe Melchione, to his fight with lung cancer. Joe was a dedicated environmental activist, friend, and talented …
Joe Melchione, Malibu Surfing Association, Heal the Bay, Malibu, MSA

Ralphs Co. Supports Clean Oceans

To help celebrate Earth Day, Heal the Bay will partner with Ralphs Grocery Company to provide resources for Coastal Cleanup Day, the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium and a Heal the Bay activity guide highlighting ways to for kids to prevent marine pollut…
Ralphs bolsters its support of Heal the Bay's mission with a $25,000 donation
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