Local Volunteers Clean Up the Coast

Residents gathered to pick up debris from local beaches and parks Saturday as part of Coastal Cleanup Day.

There were roughly 60 designated cleanup sites along the coast and inland where volunteers removed cigarette butts, cans, bottles, plastic bags and any other debris that eventually ends up on the beaches and in the ocean.

The event was coordinated throughout the county by Santa Monica-based Heal the Bay and was part of a global volunteer event led by the Ocean Conservancy.