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2013 Coastal Cleanup Day Results

The Panther Beach cleanup crew with Patrick Adams. Photo courtesy Save Our Shores.

Three thousand volunteers and 17,000 pounds of trash later, Monterey Bay beaches are looking better.

The Anchovy vs. The Whale

Anchovies in a bait ball. Photo by Cliff/Wikimedia Commons.

What's drawing hundreds of humpbacks to Monterey Bay? Just a little fish.

Enviros Cheer Logging Rule Exemption

A law relaxing timber regulations in California will not include the Santa Cruz Mountains. Photo by Fir0002 / Wikimedia Commons.

A new law relaxing public oversight of timber harvest plans will not apply to the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Heading Back Out

Morning came early on the first day back in the water after five dry years. Sally Smith-Weymouth photo.

Observations from a woman surfer returning to the line-up.

Blue-Footed Boobies Glimpsed in Santa Cruz

A blue-footed booby photographed in the Galapagos Islands by Nicolas de Camaret (Creative Commons license).

A bizarre "invasion" of blue-footed boobies into southern California has extended north in recent days, with at least four of the odd-looking seabirds spotted around Monterey Bay since Sunday.

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