Hundreds of volunteers flocked to Santa Monica Beach on Saturday for the Nothin’ But Sand Cleanup, a collaboration with Heal the Bay and Whole Foods Market on the “Get Dirty Where You Live, Work & Play” Earth Day 2012 Initiative. The event featured Ian Somerhalder, star of popular teenager TV show, The Vampire Diaries.
Earth Day: Thousands Clean Santa Monica Beach
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garymichaels June 20, 2012 at 11:22 pm
That was such a beautiful day and I'm so happy our community took it upon ourselves to clean up the beach! I took so many pictures that day and my facebook friends were definitely jealous of the event. I put them up on http://www.gnarlysunset.com/ if anyone wanted to take a look!
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stewart resmer June 18, 2013 at 02:35 pm
Vice President Joe Biden tried Tuesday to rally Congress to act on gun control legislation, saying…Read More that "the country has changed and [politicians] will pay a political price for not getting engaged and dealing with gun safety."
"As proud as the president and I am of the progress we have made, we need Congress to act," Biden said in a speech delivered at the White House. "The American people are demanding it. We need to make sure that the voices of the ones we lost are the loudest ones we here in this fight."
Specifically, Biden was referring to politicians like Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), who saw her approval rating plummet after she voted against legislation that would expand background checks. Sen. Jeff Flake's (R-AZ) and Sen. Mark Begich's (D-AK) ratings also took a nosedive. On the otherside, Democrats in red states, like Sens. Mary Landrieu (LA) and Kay Hagan (NC), got a slight boost in their approval ratings after they voted in favor of the gun control legislation.
The vice president also released a set of federal guidelines Tuesday for developing high quality emergency operations for schools, higher education institutions and places of worship.
"We made sure the guide reflects all the lessons we've learned over the years," he said.