Media Appearances
2024
RE:BEACH OCEANSIDE MOVES FORWARD
November 25, 2024
SURFRIDER SUES EXXON FOR LYING ABOUT PLASTICS RECYCLING
October 2, 2024
NEW BOTTLE RECYCLING INITIATIVE NOT A BIG DEAL
August 27, 2024
OCEANSIDE FOAM BAN GOES INTO EFFECT
July 9, 2024
DEL MAR RAIL RELOCATION
June 18, 2024
Carlsbad Blvd. Coastal Adaptation
April 23, 2024
Oceanside eBike Ordinance
March 19, 2024
La Mesa Plastics Ordinance
Jan 31, 2024
- City of La Mesa considers ordinances limiting use of single-use plastics (Fox 5 San Diego)
- City of La Mesa considers ordinances limiting use of single-use plastics (Yahoo! News via Fox 5)
- La Mesa takes 'first' step to cut single-use plastic (CBS 8 San Diego)
- La Mesa moves forward with plan to create single-use plastic ban ordinance (SD Union Tribune)
RE:BEACH Oceanside
Jan 31, 2024
2023
Oceanside seawalls
Oct-Dec 25, 2023
- Reconstruction of two Oceanside beach revetments approved by state (SD Union Tribune)
- Coastal Commission orders private stairs removed from Oceanside seawall (SD Union Tribune)
- Nine illegal private beach stairways to be removed in Oceanside (Coast News)
- California Coastal Commission green lights Oceanside seawall repair with conditions (KPBS)
RE:BEACH Oceanside
Oct 10, 2023
- Studies challenge established views on sand migration along San Diego County coast (Encinitas Advocate)
- Studies challenge established views on sand migration along San Diego County coast (SD Union Tribune)
- Studies challenge established views on sand migration along San Diego County coast (Del Mar Times)
Oceanside Plastics Ordinance
Aug 23, 2023
- Oceanside city council approves single-use plastic ban (FOX 5 San Diego)
- Oceanside Styrofoam ban goes into effect next summer (Coast News)
- Oceanside City Council passes ban on single-use plastic bags, Styrofoam products (CBS8 San Diego)
- Oceanside City Council to consider ban on styrofoam, single-use plastic (CBS8 San Diego)
Beacons Beach Parking Lot Relocation
June 30, 2023
Carlsbad Blvd Coastal Adaptation
June 21, 2023
Oceanside Plastics Ordinance
May 3, 2023
San Diego Zero Waste Symposium
feb 21, 2023
Encinitas public smoking ban
feb 15, 2023
- Encinitas expands existing outdoor smoking ban to include nearly all public spaces (FOX 5 San Diego)
- Encinitas moves to expand city's smoking ban ordinance (ABC 10 San Diego)
- Encinitas City Council expands smoking ban to cover sidewalks and parked vehicles (KUSI News)
- Encinitas Bans Smoking Cigarettes, Vapes and Pot on Sidewalks and in Parked Cars (NBC 7 San Diego)
Oceanside "road diet" DESIGN STUDY approved
Jan 28, 2023
2022
City of san diego polystyrene foam ban
Nov 15, 2022
- San Diego is the latest California city to ban single-use plastics (KPBS San Diego)
- San Diego votes to ban Styrofoam beginning in 2023 (FOX 5 San Diego)
- City Council bans styrofoam again (sdnews.com)
- San Diego City Council Bans Styrofoam Products Effective April 2023 (Time of San Diego)
- All Single-Use Foam Food Products Will Be Banned in San Diego by 2023 (NBC 7 San Diego)
- San Diego City Council approves ordinance that bans Styrofoam products (ABC 10 San Diego)
- All Single-Use Foam Food Products Will Be Banned in San Diego by 2023 (Waste Advantage)
the problem with disposable masks
Nov 14, 2022
Cigarette Butts, the world's most littered item
AUG 18, 2022
hold producers responsible for cigarette butt pollution
July 11, 2022
PLASTIC BAGS AND SURFING
July 6, 2022
Skip the stuff goes into effect, Statewide
June 16, 2022
Skip the stuff goes into effect, Statewide
June 16, 2022
Skip the stuff goes into effect
May 31, 2022
CARLSBAD - BOTTLES AND BAGS AND BALLOONS, OH MY!
May 10, 2022
Surfrider Appeals Seawall Approval
May 9, 2022
OB Pier Needs Fishing line recycling receptacles
May 9, 2022
Environmental Justice Bike Tour at the Border
May 7, 2022
Cleaning up san diego
May 4, 2022
Beacon's beach bluff collapse
May 2, 2022
STORMWATER RUNOFF SUCKS FOR EVERYONE
April 27, 2022
Mythbusting the bottled water Industry's Cherry-Picked Data
April 27, 2022
TALKING TRASH DURING EARTH WEEk
April 21, 2022
STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE, NORTH COUNTY
March 14, 2022
2021
Orange county oil spill
Nov 8, 2021
Feelanthrope Podcast
Sep 21, 2021
San Marcos Community Cleanup/Plastic Ordincnce Campaign
Sep 9, 2021
San Diego Union Tribune Namedrop Podcast
Aug 15, 2021
Cig Butt Waste - Hiding in Plain Sight
Sep 21, 2021
A Look into Surfrider and single-use plastics
12 Aug 2021
july 5 "morning after" cleanup series
5 July 2021
- Surfrider volunteers remove 1,457 pounds of trash from San Diego beaches (Coast News)
- Volunteers Pick up Half-Ton of Trash at Surfrider Beach Cleanups Following Holiday Weekend (NBC7 SD)
- Surfrider SD Seeking Volunteers for Post-4th of July Beach Cleanup (Times of SD)
- OB’s Dog Beach ‘Wins’ Morning After Clean-Up With Most Trash (OB Rag)
- Volunteers help clean up San Diego beaches after Fourth of July celebrations (CBS8)
- Volunteers Remove 1,457 Pounds Of Trash From San Diego Beaches (Patch.com)
- Surfrider San Diego Hosts Beach Cleanups Across County Following Holiday Weekend (KPBS)
- Volunteers clean up 1,457 pounds of trash from San Diego beaches (Audacy)
- Group urges beachgoers to avoid littering on ‘dirtiest beach day of the year’ (FOX 5)
- Volunteers Sought For Post-4th Of July Moonlight Beach Cleanup (Patch.com)
- Surfrider seeking volunteers for post-4th of July beach cleanup (Coast News)
International Surfing Day x juneteenth
19 June 2021
2020
Impact of Coronavirus on Plastic Pollution
2 July 2020
Making Waves with Mitch Silverstein
17 June 2020
* recorded 19 Nov 2019
2019 Beach Cleanup Report
15 Jan 2020
Beach Cleanup Press conference for Statewide Plastics Bills
4 Jan 2020
2019
paddle for clean water
6 Oct 2019
Surfrider Feature on Oceanside Spectrum
2 Oct 2019
Projects for Wildlife Podcast
10 Sep 2019
* recorded 8 March 2019
July 5 Morning After Mess Cleanups
July 5, 2019
2018
July 5 Morning After Mess Cleanups
July 5, 2018
- Hundreds turn out for post-Fourth of July beach cleanup — most volunteers but some working off holiday infractions (SDUT)
- Beach cleanups gather more than 1,493 pounds of trash (Coast News)
- Volunteers pitch in to clean 1,493 pounds of trash from San Diego beaches (Waste Today)
- 8,000 Cig Butts Among 1,493 Pounds of Trash Plucked from San Diego Beaches (Times of SD)
- San Diego Surfrider volunteers remove nearly 1,500 pounds of trash after July 4
Tijuana River Valley Too Polluted for Campground
3 July 2018
- Surfrider says county’s Tijuana River Valley Regional Park ‘too dirty’ for planned campground (SDUT)
- Surfrider says county's Tijuana River Valley Regional Park 'too dirty' for planned campground (Morning Call)
- Surfrider says county's Tijuana River Valley Regional Park 'too dirty' for planned campground (Chicage Tribune)
- Surfrider says county's Tijuana River Valley Regional Park 'too dirty' for planned campground (Baltimore Sun))