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Alameda Post
San Francisco Baykeeper‘s field science team investigated reports to the organization’s pollution hotline and confirmed reddish brown (“tea colored”) waters in the Berkeley marina, and subsequently...
KQED
Rosenfield, with SF Baykeeper, blames this and other recent harmful algal blooms on the region’s 37 wastewater plants that regularly discharge treated sewage into the bay. He said the regional water...
San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Baykeeper received a tip on its hotline Thursday of a possible algae bloom and sent out a drone Friday that captured footage of a red tide spreading between Albany and Emeryville, said...
San Francisco Examiner
It's back. Recent reports indicate the red tide that overtook San Francisco Bay last summer and killed untold numbers of fish and marine life is once again actively spreading in parts of the bay...
KPIX-CBS5
It's an unsettling sight: a potentially harmful algae bloom has been identified on the East Bay shoreline. José Martínez reports.
KPIX-CBS5
Baykeeper scientists say that the algae bloom is likely fueled by elevated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus - substances released into the sea by the region's 37 wastewater treatment plants. "It'...
The Mercury News
A toxic red tide has returned to San Francisco Bay, raising fears of a reprise of last summer’s unusually large fish die-off. Experts report that harmful blooming algae was detected last weekend...
Blue Dot/North State Public Radio
Host Dave Schlom visits with two-time World Series champion and four-time MLB All-Star Hunter Pence about the nonprofit organization he and his wife Alexis have founded: ...
CBS News Sacramento
The Sacramento River on Wednesday served as the site of a multi-agency operation involving dive teams pulling cars out of the water. According to authorities, there is no reason to believe anyone...
Richmond Confidential
Around 800 gallons of a diesel-water mixture spilled into the bay on Feb. 9, 2021. Chevron waited about an hour before notifying authorities of the leak, despite regulations that say notification...
KQED
‘The state is responsible for reviewing and updating water quality standards. And for at least 14 years, the state has not acknowledged that its water quality standards are inadequate to protect fish...
Bay Nature
“We can’t control the strength of the tides, can’t really control climate change in our region or the amount of fog over the Bay, we can’t control sun distribution,” says Ian Wren, staff scientist at...