Hundreds of volunteers descended onto Long Beach’s coastline to participate in the 41st annual California Coastal Cleanup Day on Saturday, Sept. 20.

The annual cleanup happens statewide, with volunteers removing hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash from beaches, lakes and waterways. • Community members came out to join the annual effort that helps keep the city’s beaches and marinas trash-free. Long Beach, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Stephanie E’amato, Contributing Photographer) • Before the Hsa Lai Temple members being cleaning up the beach, they do a thai chi ritual to prepare for the day. There were 160 temple members who came to be apart of the cleaup day. Long Beach, Sept. 20, 2025. (Photo by Stephanie E’amato, Contributing Photographer) • Before volunteers can go out to clea

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