At Parrish Creek Landing in Shady Side on Tuesday, veterans and active-duty service members spent the day helping the ...

Heal the Bay assigns grades in three categories — a summer dry grade, a winter dry grade and a wet weather grade. The summer dry grade typically comes out of samples taken from April to October.

Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay, an environmental advocacy group, has been awarded a $30,000 Whale Tail grant funded in part by Whale Tail license plate sales to support the Adopt-A-Beach program.

Each year, Heal the Bay gathers beach water quality testing data from more than 700 beaches from Washington state to Tijuana, Mexico.

Heal the Bay releases a look at what beaches earned high marks, and which struggle with water quality. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 70°F. Friday, July 11th 2025 ...

A seagull takes flight from the pier over the beach at Santa Monica in 2006. Southern California also nabbed three spots on Heal the Bay’s “Beach Bummer” list, which covers the top 10 most ...