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Refugio Oil Spill

10 years after Refugio oil spill, pipeline could reopen

  • May 19, 2025

$230M settlement reached over 2015 California oil spill

  • May 15, 2022
Jae C. Hong

Pipeline company indicted in Refugio oil spill

  • May 18, 2016

3 sea lions affected by Refugio oil spilled returned to ocean

  • Sep 19, 2015

Tar balls continue washing ashore on Southland beaches

  • Jul 3, 2015

El Capitan State Beach reopens after Refugio oil spill

  • Jun 27, 2015

Long Beach coastline reopens after crews clean tar balls from shore

  • Jun 5, 2015

Kamala Harris tours site of Refugio State Beach oil spill

  • Jun 5, 2015

Latest Videos

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US energy secretary directs oil company to restore operations off California

  • Mar 15
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10 years after Refugio oil spill, pipeline could soon reopen

  • May 19, 2025
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Plains All American Pipeline agrees to $230M settlement over 2015 Refugio oil spill

  • May 15, 2022

Pipeline company indicted in Refugio oil spill

  • May 18, 2016
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Pipeline company indicted in Refugio oil spill

  • May 17, 2016
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3 sea lions affected by Refugio oil spilled returned to ocean

  • Sep 19, 2015
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El Capitan State Beach reopens after Refugio oil spill

  • Jun 27, 2015
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Refugio oil spill cleanup costs $62 million

  • Jun 10, 2015

Latest Stories

KABC

Long Beach coastline closure resumes as crews clean tar balls

Volunteers scoured the shoreline along Long Beach and Belmont Shore to clean up tar balls as a four-mile stretch of the coast remains closed Thursday.

  • Jun 4, 2015

Preliminary report: Pipeline that spilled oil off Santa Barbara County coast badly corroded

The pipeline that spilled oil off the coast of Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County was badly corroded, according to a preliminary government report.

  • Jun 4, 2015

Nighttime cleanup operations at Southern California beaches suspended due to grunion runs

The U.S. Coast Guard has temporarily suspended cleanup operations of tar balls on beaches in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange counties at nighttime so that grunion can spawn on the sand.

  • Jun 4, 2015

Tar balls shut down Long Beach coastline

Long Beach's coastline from 1st to 72nd places was closed Wednesday as tar balls washed ashore and caused a public health concern.

  • Jun 4, 2015
KABC

Refugio oil spill: Dozens of pelicans nursed back to health

Dozens of birds covered in oil from the pipeline rupture off the Santa Barbara County coast have been nursed backed to health and will soon be ready for release.

  • Jun 1, 2015