Cities across the Bay Area celebrated Earth Day on Saturday with community clean-ups and other events.
Mayor Mahan said the day wasn’t just about taking care of the planet, but was also about building community and getting to know neighbors. Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
The push for a cleaner city doesn’t start and end with Earth Day, either. Mayor Mahan and other volunteers have also been collecting trash and cleaning up the city each weekend. All told, they’ve collected 38,000 pounds of trash so far.
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