Save The Bay Blog

Here at Save The Bay, we have been excitedly planning our clean-up at Damon Slough this Saturday. Located in Oakland’s Martin Luther King Jr. Shoreline, Damon Slough was the winner of our annual Bay Trash Hot Spots contest in 2011, beating out other trash-clogged waterways like San Jose’s Guadalupe River and Pulgas Creek in San [...]

It’s Bike to Work week, so the Save The Bay wonks thought it would be a great opportunity to talk about one of our favorite long-term projects, and how we can work together to increase the number of shoreline bike and walking paths around the Bay, as well as expanding access to thousands of acres [...]

May is shaping up to be a busy month for cities and counties considering bans on plastic bags and Styrofoam.  Check out the round-up below for opportunities in your city or county to speak out against single-use plastics and for protecting the Bay from plastics pollution! Can you make it to a meeting?  Please email [...]

Saying, “It’s about the 99% fighting back against the 1%,” a new group was formed this week by members of Redwood City’s local chapter of the Occupy movement. Calling themselves “Occupy Saltworks,” the residents have issued a 12-point statement opposing agribusiness giant Cargill’s massive bayfill development project on the grounds that it would, amongst other [...]

Last Thursday saw a major gathering of South Bay business, political, civic, and environmental leaders to celebrate a significant accomplishment in Bay Area regional infrastructure – extending BART to San Jose – and to kick off a new regional campaign. Save The Bay is delighted that the focus of that new effort is… San Francisco [...]