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Dead birds, fish wash up on Southern California beaches following major oil spill; airshow canceled

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California has forced Huntington Beach and activities scheduled to take place in the region to shut down. A leak from an ...
KTAR News

California oil spill gushed like hose ‘without a nozzle’

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn’t take long to find a spill — oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf.
ABC7

Orange County oil spill: Oil rig operator insists company responded immediately to leak

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (CNS) -- The CEO of the company that owns the oil rig and underwater pipeline at the center of a massive leak off the coast of Huntington Beach insisted Wednesday the ...
Newsday

Trump officials back firm in fight over California offshore oil drilling after huge spill

When the corroded pipeline burst in 2015, inky crude spread along the Southern California coast, becoming the state’s worst oil spill in decades. More than 140,000 gallons (3,300 barrels) of ...
ABC News

California Oil Spill Has Deadly Effect on Wildlife

Birds were found covered in oil on the Refugio beach. — -- Two days after a ruptured pipeline leaked an estimated 21,000 gallons of oil off the California shore, wildlife -- including ...