One of California’s worst oil spills occurred off the Santa Barbara coast in 2015, when a corroded pipeline burst ...

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 ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor snagged and dragged an underwater pipeline that ruptured and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off Southern ...

Residents, business owners and environmentalists were questioning whether officials reacted quickly enough to contain one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, caused by a suspected ...

Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history, due to a suspected leak in an underwater ...

A blistering late-summer heat wave is baking Southern California with highs in the 90s and triple digits in the valleys.

For a coastal California community, an oil spill has devastating and long-lasting consequences. These catastrophes kill off tourism and local economies, destroy marine life, and disrupt fisheries and ...