Day Without a Bag

Thursday has been officially deemed "" by proclamation of the Santee City Council.

According to the Santee City website, "Santee residents and shoppers here use an estimated 23 million single-use plastic bags, of which less than 5 percent are recycled."

In Santee, and are giving away free reusable bags all day long on Thursday and at and you can get a free bag between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.