Known as the Right To Clean Water Act, SB 601 is a bipartisan bill that aims to enshrine previously robust federal clean water protections into California law. If passed, SB 601 would safeguard the state’s streams, wetlands, and drinking water. Read San Diego Coastkeeper’s overview of the bill here.

Check out our recap of the 2025 Morning After Mess, a collective cleanup event taking place at nine San Diego beaches. San Diego Coastkeeper hosted the Mission Bay event, collecting 250+ lbs of trash. Read more.

Summer is the best season to see sea turtles in California, especially San Diego. Here’s where to see them and how to help protect them.

San Diego Coastkeeper’s Dylan Berk explores the severe algal blooms in California in 2025. Why were harmful algae blooms in California so bad this year?

Learn how to protect the La Jolla sea lions, how domoic acid affects Sea Lions in La Jolla, and how to support groups like San Diego Coastkeeper for healthier marine habitats.

The most important resource in the race to fix the Tijuana River Sewage Crisis is state and federal funding. Here’s where we’re at in 2025.

From toxic fireworks debris to improperly treated aquarium wastewater, SeaWorld has a years-long history of violating Clean Water Act permits while knowingly risking public health and the environment to maintain outdated traditions aimed at getting park visitors to spend to the end.

Plastic, polystyrene foam, and cigarette butts are the most common pieces of marine debris found on San Diego’s beaches. This article looks at San Diego Coastkeeper’s mid-year beach cleanup data to see how much trash we’ve removed from our beaches.

San Diego stormwater infrastructure is in serious need of increased funding. This article—Part 2 in our stormwater infrastructure blog series—explores deeper impacts to the environment, economy, and community, and realistic actions to securing appropriate funding.

“Every time you see the beach closed because of bacteria or you go to Mission Bay and the water looks oily or nasty after a rainstorm, that’s all related to the stormwater system. And the …