Posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 by zunawahine
Per KTS this morning:
“With the Volunteers trained and oil still washing up on our beaches, we know people are frustrated with the official volunteer efforts coming to an end, prematurely. Stay tuned for additional clean-ups to be organized, timed with the tides. Please continue to help us get feedback on the state of the beaches, [...]
Filed under: Health Risks + Tips, Kill The Spill - Progress, Region: East Bay, Region: Marin/Bolinas, Region: Ocean Beach, Region: Pacifica/HMB | 2 Comments »
Posted on Monday, November 19, 2007 by zunawahine
Thank you all for your reports. Keep them coming in, so we can let the official agencies know where to deploy more resources.
PACIFICA:
Per Greg Cochran of Pedro Point Surf Club on Sunday:
”We have had small amounts of oil washing ashore on all of our beaches. The Pro Cleanup crew cleaned Linda Mar this AM [Sunday]. [...]
Filed under: Kill The Spill - Progress, Region: East Bay, Region: Marin/Bolinas, Region: Ocean Beach, Region: Pacifica/HMB | 6 Comments »
Posted on Sunday, November 18, 2007 by zunawahine
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 [...]
Filed under: EVENTS: CleanUps*Training*Help, Kill The Spill - Progress, Region: East Bay, Region: Marin/Bolinas, Region: Ocean Beach, Region: Pacifica/HMB | 4 Comments »
Posted on Thursday, November 15, 2007 by zunawahine
[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 [...]
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Posted on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 by zunawahine
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 [...]
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Posted on Tuesday, November 13, 2007 by zunawahine
Per Kill the Spill: On Monday evening, 11/12/07 we were provided with these new phone numbers:
Request Hazardous Materials Pickup: 907-632-1006
- This is a contractor direct number for collected bags of oil residue. (except for Taraval & Rivera — this pile will go for myco-remediation treatment)
To report oil sightings in the bay: 415-398-9617 (updated 11.12.07)
To report oiled wildlife: 415-701-2311 (updated 11.12.o7)
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