California has been a leader in restricting offshore oil drilling since the infamous 1969 Santa Barbara spill that sparked the modern environmental movement, and the latest spill off Huntington

While there’s cause for hope that relatively few seabirds will be harmed by the Orange County oil spill, an expert is warning that large numbers of fatalities typically don’t show up until as much as a week after such events.

Federal regulators have found that workers on an oil rig off the coast of Huntington Beach got an alert about low pressure in a pipeline connecting it to the shore early Saturday morning, signaling that thousands of barrels of oil were leaking into the Pacific Ocean,

Six miles of coastline had been cleaned as of Tuesday morning, as crews continue to contain and remove oil that spilled from an oil pipeline offshore of Huntington Beach over the weekend About 4,788 gallons of oil were removed from the water by Tuesday morning,

How one small, historic business set on the sand at the Newport Pier hopes to survive the massive oil spill that will challenge all local fisheries.

Newsom in a statement said California was, “moving to cut red tape and mobilize all available resources to protect public health and the environment.”

The U.S. Coast Guard received the first report of a possible oil spill off the Southern California coast more than 12 hours before a company reported the major leak in its pipeline and a cleanup

Monday’s drop — $2.52 a share from $3.23 — came after Amplify’s stock hit a 19-month high of $5.75 on Friday, just before the leak apparently started.

The company whose pipeline is suspected in one of the largest oil spills in recent California history has been cited 72 times for safety and environmental violations that were severe enough that

In recent years, Huntington Beach has become the staging ground for what seems an endless parade of rowdy rallies, with every national controversy playing out at the pier and beyond. But this

Reports about a possible oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach were left on a federal hotline Friday night, nearly 16 hours before the U.S. Coast Guard and local officials publicly confirmed the spill’s existence, according to government records.

After a spill from a rig off Long Beach was reported early Saturday, Oct. 2, an estimated 126,000 gallons of oil poured into the waters off Orange County. But how much is that? For perspective, here is how that volume of oil compares to other amounts of liquids.

Authorities believe the leak could have spilled as much as 127,000 gallons, equivalent to 3,111 barrels, into the ocean.

The Outlets at Orange, like many shopping centers these days, is welcoming a new lineup of shops ahead of the holiday shopping onslaught. The latest to join the outdoor mall just off the 22, 57 and 5 freeways is The Room Beauty Shop.

People shouldn’t approach or touch oiled wildlife, experts said Monday, Oct. 4, and instead call a special hotline to report the animals. That hotline is 877-UCD-OWCN (877-823-6926). An oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach over the weekend,

As crews work to clean up a massive oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach, officials are also trying to figure out what could have caused it. Christina Pascucci reports for the KTLA 5 News

Orange County coastline as oil spread south from a broken pipeline connected to an off-shore oil rig in Long Beach near the border with Huntington Beach. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment has determined that a threat to public health is likely by fishing in the affected area or consuming fish or shellfish that may have been affected by the spill.

Some of Orange County’s popular beaches have been closed indefinitely to the public after a pipeline leak spewed an estimated 126,000 gallons of crude oil into the Pacific Ocean off the

Several birds are being cared for now, the search is on for more. Marine mammals would likely not show affects right away.

A cat on a leash, an iguana riding atop its owners head and a corgi in a stroller were among the scores of animals to be blessed on Sunday, Oct. 3, in Belmont Shore.