News Channel 3-12
“The ocean and water watchdog group Heal the Ocean celebrated its 20th anniversary over the weekend.
The event at the El Paseo restaurant featured videos, auction items and tributes. Among those honored were retiring Santa Barbara Coutny Fire Chief Eric Petersen and Retired City Fire Chief Pat McElroy. . .”
Cori Hayman, Ken Coates, Brian Goebel, Woody Barrett, and Dana Newquist, Santa Barbara Independent
“. . .Under the direction of its board, the MSD treats about 500,000 gallons a day of wastewater to the secondary level and then discharges it into the ocean. It is therefore treating to the minimum level allowed under state law, despite the fact that Heal the Ocean has called on all local sanitation districts to discharge at the tertiary standard, and has been doing so since 2001 because of the obvious benefits to the environment. . .”
Rochelle Rose, Noozhawk Contributing Writer
“Southern California Artists Painting for the Environment (SCAPE) hosted an art sale to benefit Heal the Ocean on July 25 at the harborside Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. . .”
Hillary Hauser for Heal the Ocean, Noozhawk
“To celebrate Earth Day 2018, EF International Language School’s Santa Barbara campus and Heal the Ocean conducted a cleanup of the Santa Barbara County coastline on April 20. EF International's 300-member student body, along with staff and teachers, tackled 10 beaches from Goleta to Summerland. . .”
Keith Hamm, Santa Barbara Independent
“Crews aboard the 180-foot barge DB Salta Verde set up shop just off Summerland early Monday to execute the final phase of a three-year, $1.4 million effort to properly seal the Becker Well, a long-abandoned oil pipe that has been seeping raw crude along one of the South Coast’s most popular beaches. . .”
Hillary Hauser, Santa Barbara Independent
“Heal the Ocean has received numerous (some irate) phone calls regarding the mud being deposited on Goleta and Carpinteria beaches. Television media has also called for a response from us. We told them, and everyone else, we were investigating and would let everyone know when we knew the answer. We at HTO (Heal the Ocean) don’t believe environmental knee-jerk reactions help anything, least of all the environment. . .”