Save Trestles Special Revisited
Orange County is still looking at building a long sought-after toll road through the backcounty of San Onofre State Beach in the San Mateo Creek watershed, despite the state and federal government repeatedly saying no.
Below the Surface and the Riverview Project
Co-founders Kristian Gustavson and Jared Criscuolo talk about the basic principles of Below the Surface, the ongoing evolution of the Riverview Project, alternate fuels, and becoming Outside Magazine’s Readers of the Year.
Below the Surface at the Gulf of Mexico
The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon and resulting three-month well blowout has become the largest maritime oil spill in history, and one of the worst environmental calamities ever. The spill has also come to personify the worst excesses of elite corporate greed, enabled regulatory laxness, bureaucratic inertia, and the destruction of a way of life dependent upon the sea. Below the Surface co-founder Jared Criscuolo recently returned from an emergency trip to the Gulf Coast.
Complete List of Hands Across the Sand Coastal San Diego Events
A full listing of all coastal San Diego County Hands Across the Sand events, Saturday June 26th, compiled by Richard Miller and our friends at the San Diego and Imperial counties chapter of the Sierra Club. Intended to take a stand against further offshore oil drilling, the events are scheduled to get underway at 12 noon, but you are encouraged to be in place by 11:00 am, rain or shine.
New Surfrider Film Illustrates Cross Purposes of Water Agencies
Surfrider’s Belinda Smith, the Executive Producer of the animated film “The Cycle of Insanity: The Real Story of Water,” details how the mission of water agencies often runs counter to age-old lessons about the water cycle, plus Surfrider’s Stefanie Sekich discusses the current state of California’s dreaded oil-for-parks initiative.
Defending the Environment In Court
Angela Howe, the Legal Manager at the Surfrider Foundation’s national office in San Clemente, talks with Tommy about upholding environmental law and taking environmental scofflaws and persistent lawbreakers to task in court.
Retired Ranger Steve Long Reflects On the Lessons of Trestles
One man who was there from the beginning of the park, and eventually, the toll road designs which fell upon San Onofre’s backcountry, is retired California State Parks ranger, surfer, and Senior Advisor to the San Onofre Foundation, Steve Long, who spent almost his entire outdoor career at Trestles.
Commerce Department Hearing Regarding Trestles: Monday, September 22nd, Del Mar Fairgrounds
The Department of Commerce hearing regarding the proposed southern extension of the Foothill South 241 toll road at San Onofre State Beach and Trestles is Monday, September 22nd, from 10:30 am to 8:30 pm. The hearing will be held at the same place as the California Coastal Commission hearing in February: O’Brien Hall at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Turnout is EXTREMELY important; please make time to attend.
