Thu | Day 16 – Thanksgiving Cleanups, KTS Volunteer Appreciation Night, 12/5

See next article below for the Thanksgiving Day’s  CleanUp at Ocean Beach, and Friday’s rally at Bolinas, or go here.
 

Wed | Day 15 – Join Us for Thanksgiving CleanUp, Ocean Beach + Bolinas

Per KTS, Matter of Trust, and the SF Dept of Emergency Management:
Volunteer Beach Clean-up Thanksgiving Day
National Park Service Officials anticipate that the high tide on the morning of November 22nd, Thanksgiving Day, may deposit small tar balls and minor amounts of oil at Ocean Beach.
Therefore, the City and County of San Francisco, together with the Environmental Protection [...]

Sun | Day 12 Update

Per KTS, 403 more folks were trained on Saturday!  That brings it to well over 1400 officially trained in San Francisco.   
Ocean Beach opened up yesterday (although posted signs along the beach still say it’s closed)…but we are getting reports from that Ocean Beach may not be clean enough.  It also sounds like there’s still plenty [...]

Thu 11.15 – CleanUp Schedule for Friday & Official Update

From KTS:   Locations for Friday cleanup should be posted by 7:30am that day on the 311 phone line….
Excerpt from the SF Dept of Emergency Management Email late this afternoon:Volunteer deployment for beach clean-up efforts:

The City and County of San Francisco will continue to coordinate deployment of certified volunteers at the staging area at Lincoln and the Great [...]

Thu.11.15 Pacifica Volunteers’ Snafu Corrected

(6pm) — A Pacifica volunteer wrote in earlier that there was an ID card snafu.  Due to clerical issue,  the Pacifica officials at the training failed to issue the trainees with the necessary ID cards to prove certification had been completed.  She reported she couldn’t participate in the OB clean-up today and was turned away, despite some clearance attempts [...]

Thu.11.15 – Recent Beach Photos. More photos wanted.

MAVERICKS 11.15.07
It’s still unclear how much oil, if any, as made it down to Mavericks.  But, one dead bird was found, and another dead one was found in the water.  We’ve heard conflicting reports…
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AQUATIC PARK 11.15.07

The swim clubs in Aquatic Park are very concerned about their swimming area.  Per what some members witnessed this morning, [...]

Thur 11/15 Updated: CleanUps + More Volunteer Training Sessions

[update Thu 11.15 6pm] — A big THANK YOU to the EPA, SF Department of Emergency Management and the National Park Service for putting on more training sessions.
It was impressive to see a turnout of 700-800 folks at the San Francisco volunteer training sessions yesterday (Wednesday).  Due to the huge crowd, the officials condensed the training and [...]

SF/Berkeley/HMB: More Volunteer Training Sessions [updated 6:51pm]

Note:  The 6pm session has filled up today with 400 folks.  A few hundred others who lined up and didn’t make it in were told to come back for the 8:30pm session.  See you all there.   New Saturday sessions have been added below.
Help clean up your local beach! 
Per KTS sources this afternoon, the following official certification sessions [...]

Half Moon Bay – Volunteer Training – Thurs 11/15, 5-9pm

Alert from Surfrider San Mateo Chapter, on the heels of the closures & cleanups of Ocean Beach and Pacifica.
Due to oil arriving on Pacifica Shores, this might continue to spread further south. For those who can help or be prepared for cleanup effort in San Mateo area, it is important that you must be trained [...]

Event: Bay Bash in San Francisco – thurs 11/15

From the Mavericks folks and our Bay Institute friends connected with Bay Bash:
1st Annual Bay Bash in San Francisco – THIS Thursday 11/15
The mission of Bay Bash is simple: support water quality initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area, and have a good time in the process.
Of course, in light of the recent [...]