“It accomplishes many goals, including spotlighting one of our most
valuable natural resources; the importance of our tidepools and the
protection of them; and it allowed us to showcase the ‘real’ Laguna
Beach,” the bureau’s Executive Director Judith Bijlani said in a news
release.
The award was presented on Saturday in San Diego,
during a ceremony celebrating outstanding achievements in programming
produced within the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences.
The film won in the Children’s
Programming category. Other nominees included “Mojave Max Emergence
Contest” and “Respect the Ride,” by Joshua Tree Productions; “Theatre
of the World Festival: Jungle Book,” by San Diego State University; and
“Periodistas del Mañana/Journalist of Tomorrow,” by KINC-TV.