(excerpt from Patch.com - Half Moon Bay)
"On Saturday morning, volunteers from all over the Peninsula converged along the Half Moon Bay Coastside to collect trash and recyclables for the 27th Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day…Organized by the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program and the California Coastal Commission, the event was held at ten locations from Montara to San Gregorio...Cleanup crews met at locations which included Montara State Beach, Mirada Surf West in El Granada and Francis State Beach, Poplar State Beach, Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve and Pilarcitos Creek in Half Moon Bay. Along the South Coast, volunteers met at Pescadero State Beach, Gazos State Beach and San Gregorio State Beach...The main focus of the day was cigarette butts...Last year more than 4,200 San Mateo County volunteers picked up over 42,000 pounds of trash and recyclables."