Crews race to limited damage from California oil spill

Orange County beaches closed after oil spill off California coast destroys wildlife habitat

By Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) -- Portions of popular beaches across a swath of Southern California have been closed after a pipeline breach sent thousands of gallons of oil into the

California oil spill could close beaches for months, prompts outcry against drilling as dead wildlife washes ashore

Crews along Southern California's coast deployed skimmers and attempted to corral oil-slicked waters while experts scrambled to protect wildlife.

Southern California oil spill threatens wildlife, closes beaches as crews race to limit the damage

An oil slick covering about 13 square miles has closed beaches, endangered wildlife and devastated one of the most beautiful stretches of coastline in California. Amplify Energy, which owns the pipeline, is searching for the source of the leak and pledging full cooperation with the cleanup effort. Lilia Luciano reports.

California beaches closed as ‘devastating’ oil spill threatens wildlife

An estimated 126,000 gallons leaked from an underwater pipeline in one of the largest spills in recent state historyTemperatures in southern California surged on Sunday, but Huntington state beach was devoid of the umbrellas and beach blankets that would typically line its shore.Instead, public works officials were working feverishly to stop the spread of an estimated 126,000 gallons of heavy crude oil that leaked from an underwater pipeline ove…

Orange County beaches closed after oil spill off California coast destroys wildlife habitat

CNNBy Joe Sutton and Susannah Cullinane, CNNPortions of popular beaches across a swath of Southern California have been closed after a pipeline breach sent thousands of gallons of oil into the Pacific Ocean and dead wildlife began washing ashore.The breach, reported Saturday, occurred about five miles off the coast of Huntington Beach in Orange County, spilling the equivalent of an estimated 3,000 barrels — or 126,000 gallons — of post-productio…

Crews rush to limit damage of massive oil spill off Orange County Coast as beaches remain closed

Efforts continued around Huntington Beach Monday to clean up and limit the environmental effects of a massive oil spill caused by a leak from an underwater pipeline.