Save The Bay Blog

San Jose’s bag ban goes into effect on New Year’s Day. “This should be the model for other cities in the Bay Area and around the country,” said David Lewis. Meanwhile, the Sacramento Bee called on state lawmakers to empower cities to regulate bags as they see fit. Plus, the Cosco Busan oil spill continues [...]

By Amy Ricard, Communications and Policy Associate Nearly two years to the day after the Cosco Busan oil spill devastated shorelines and killed countless birds and wildlife, San Francisco Bay has again fallen victim to a damaging oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that on Friday, October 30, at approximately 6:50 a.m., heavy bunker [...]