We are trying to build on both the response and the recognition that we need to do a lot more work inland to have a long-term impact on the coast. We are at the point where we have more sites inland than we do on the coast.

They start to notice how dirty the beach is, and all the little pieces of trash they start to see. I've had people tell me that doing a three-hour Coastal Cleanup Day stays with them all year.

I don't think people realize what a problem plastic bags pose to our environment and our marine life -- or how they can take a few simple steps to help solve the problem. It is my hope that the work of these strong business partners and this public education campaign, that we will begin to reduce plastic bag consumption throughout California.

We'll have our final numbers by the end of this week. I'm expecting the trash numbers to be up this year, because the winter storms were so severe.

I'm still trying to figure out how I got the idea, if I did, to revive the original Flash after five or six years.

We are trying to make the streets safer from this kind of violence.