Earth Day effort gets early start on the sand; others ways to celebrate in Orange County

The group clutching bags and wearing gloves set out with one mission: To scoop up as much trash as they could from the sand and shoreline. More than 20 volunteers got to work on Tuesday, April 16, at Huntington State Beach, an early environmental clean-up effort ahead of what is expected to be a busy weekend of activities in Orange County in honor of Monday’s Earth Day. “We don’t do enough, as citizens – period,” said Larry Cook, contract transformation director for Veolia North America, a company that focuses on...