Tue | Day 14 – Future Clean-Ups & Reminder Tips

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, [...]

Mon | Day 13 Update – Pacifica, Berkeley, Ocean Beach, Marin

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]. [...]

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 [...]

Fri 11.16 – Day 10 – Maverick’s Update

Per Grant Washburn:
“Surfed tonight [thursday 11.15.07] at Maverick’s… it was breaking a little.  There was no fuel on the beach and the area seemed clean.  Several guys thought they smelled the goo, and there were some odd foam formations drifting around.  There were several dead birds and a seal corpse… but they seemed to be [...]

Thu. 11.15. – PACIFICA Beaches May Open Friday

Per Greg Cochran of Pedro Point Surf Club, 6pm:

“I just got off the phone with Supervisor, Jerry Hill (San Mateo County Board of Supervisors). He so graciously called the San Mateo County Director of Environmental Health at home and got this word from the Director, Dean Peterson.  They (County, City, Feds) are going to do [...]

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 [...]

Thur 11.15 – Reports, WATER QUALITY TESTING NEEDED | Maverick’s Status

OCEAN BEACH OIL REPORT 11/15:
More oil washed into Ocean Beach last night.  That was not good news.  As of this morning, early reports noted that the oil amounts weren’t massive.    However, another surf company owner doing a catalog photo shoot this morning told us: ”Ocean Beach today is disgusting.  Stinson Beach isn’t any better.” 
FYI, the officials at last night’s training mentioned that [...]

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 [...]

List of Closed Beaches as of Wed 11.14.07

Source: US Coast Guard SF   http://www.uscgsanfrancisco.com/go/doc/823/182034
Bay Area Beach Closures Nov. 14, 2007

Clipper Cove Beach, T.I.
Aquatic Park (Booms in place)
SF Municipal Pier
Ft. Point
Baker Beach (Heavy Oil)
China Beach (Light Oil)
Ft. Baker
Mile Rock Beach
Kirby Cove (Heavy  Oil)
Rodeo Beach (Heavy Oil)
Tennesee Valley
Muir Beach (Heavy Oil)
Angel Island (Heavy Oil)
Keller Beach
Ferry Point
Point Isabel
Baxter Creek to Lucretia Edwards Park
Coastal Access point to [...]