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I.B. Beach Closure- Sewage Contaminated Water
This afternoon, the San Diego County Department of Environmental Health (DEH) closed the beach 300 feet North and South of the Imperial Beach pier after a 70 gallon sewage leak from a line on the pier.

San Diego's Most Pressing Environmental Issues
What Environmentalists Need to focus on in 2007

Toxic Surf on the U.S.-Mexico Border
Imperial Beach water quality goes down the drain.

Wildcoast warning to Trump
Prospective buyers should be informed

Super Groms Rock WiLDCOAST Surf Contest
Imperial Beach Pier stages the show

3rd Annual Dempsey Holder Ocean Festival
Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Dempsey Holder Ocean Festival,

3rd Annual Dempsey Holder Ocean Festival
Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Dempsey Holder Ocean Festival, featuring a surf contest, Clean Water Now activities, a live performance by Burnt, and more! This year's event will take place on Sunday, October 8th in Imperial Beach, CA in conjunction with the Tijuana Estuary's Fiesta del Rio.

Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day
The 22nd Annual California Coastal Cleanup Day, is Saturday, September 16th, 2006 from 9 am to noon, and this year WiLDCOAST will be hosting two sites: Imperial Beach and the Silver Strand.

WiLDCOAST Takes Rep. Susan Davis on Water Quality Tour
On Monday, Ben McCue, Coastal Conservation Program Manager, and Oscar Romo, Coastal Training Program Coordinator of the Tijuana Estuary lead a water-quality tour for Representative Susan Davis and her staff.

SAVE TRESTLES! Benefit Concert Plays to Full House
On Friday July 14th surfers, musicians, and concert goers united to enjoy a night of reggae, ska and rock in the name of Save Trestles!

Imperial Beach by Sewage Contamination
Sunday morning Imperial Beach woke up to a familiar stench as sewage-laden water contaminated local beaches.

Clean water Now! Rally sends powerful message
During Saturday’s community rally and paddle in Imperial Beach, the message was loud and clear to political representatives: CLEAN OUR WATER NOW! Over 200 ocean users rallied and paddled out to support clean water.

WiLDCOAST benefit concert to save Trestles
Just a reminder that on Friday July 14, 710 Beach Club (formerly Blind Melons) will be the place for a night of great music and a great cause.

WiLDCOAST receives 4 stars from Charity Navigator
WiLDCOAST is pleased to announce that it has received four stars or the highest rating possible from the prestigious Charity Navigator, America's premier charity evaluator.

Committee Votes to Save Trestles
June 28, four members of the San Diego City Council's Natural Resources and Culture Committee voted to recommend the adoption of a resolution by the City of San Diego in support of San Onofre State Park

Save Trestles at 710 Beach Club
On Friday July 14th, the newly remodelled and revamped 710 Beach Club will be the touchdown for a night of great music and a great cause.

Coalition Storms Sacramento
On Monday, June 12, WiLDCOAST joined a team of activists, surfers, and business owners in the state capital in a show of unity against the proposed toll road that would run through San Onofre State Park.

The John Wayne of SD Water Quality Issues
Saturday, June 3, 2006 | John Robertus is 59 years old, a former Marine and now the head of the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board. That's the agency that fines people for polluting into waterways and maintains a massive, massive stack of monitoring data on the region's major polluters. Robertus is in his 11th year as executive officer of the board.

WiLDCOAST Launches Defiende el Mar Radio Show
On June 5, the International Day of the Environment, WiLDCOAST launched its Defiende el Mar (Defend the Ocean) show on Radio Frontera 102.5 FM.

Not the way to fight border pollution
With one exception, my dawn patrol on a recent Monday on the north side of the Imperial Beach Pier was the same solitary excursion to surf an early season south swell as it has been for the past 29 years. After I caught my first wave, the sweet chemical stench of sewage destroyed the joy that I momentarily felt from a quick tube ride. Wastewater from Tijuana spiked the waters of Imperial Beach, just as it has done for more than 300 days over the past two years.