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FILE PHOTO: Crude oil spill on southern California beaches

Nation Oct 29

California officials say surfing, swimming OK but fishing is out after oil spill

By Amy Taxin, Associated Press

Nation Oct 07

Joan Harn of Maryland takes in Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's "In America: Remember", a memorial for Americans who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as the national death toll nears 700,000, next to the Washington Monument in Washington, U.S., October 1, 2021. Photo by Leah Millis/REUTERS
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News Wrap: More than 120,000 U.S. children lost a caregiver to COVID-19

In our news wrap Thursday, a new study published in the medical journal "Pediatrics" found more than 120,000 American children lost a primary caregiver during the pandemic. The U.S. Labor Department reported the number of new jobless claims fell by…

Nation Oct 05

FILE PHOTO: Doses of Johnson & Johnson coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are seen in a mass vaccination site sup...
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News Wrap: Johnson & Johnson asks FDA to approve its COVID-19 booster shot

In our news wrap Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson asked the Food and Drug Administration to allow boosters for its single-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The U.S. Coast Guard now says something dragged a pipeline that spilled oil off Southern California over the…

Nation Oct 05

FILE PHOTO: Workers seal off Newport Beach harbor as a major California oil spill moves south down the coast
The Coast Guard says it didn’t have enough evidence initially to act on oil spill off California

Rear Admiral Brian Penoyer told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the Coast Guard was alerted Friday night by a “good Samaritan” that there was a sheen on the water.

By Brian Melley, Matthew Brown, Stefanie Dazio, Associated Press

Nation Oct 04

California oil spill comes ashore in Huntington Beach
Ship’s anchor among possible causes of California oil spill

The spill sent up to 126,000 gallons (572,807 liters) of heavy crude into the ocean. It contaminated the sands of famed Huntington Beach and other coastal communities.

By Amy Taxin, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Oct 04

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Southern California oil spill could be ‘ecological disaster,’ take weeks to clean up

By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris

Federal and state investigators are focusing on a 41-year-old pipeline as the cause of a massive oil spill off the Southern California coast. The 126,000 gallon oil spill is threatening wildlife and prompting a robust cleanup effort in the Pacific…

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Oct 04

Company suspected in oil spill had dozens of violations

By Amy Taxin, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

The company is under scrutiny after a suspected leak in an underwater pipeline fouled the sands of famed Huntington Beach and other coastal communities.

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Oct 04

Response time questioned in Southern California oil spill

By Amy Taxin, Christopher Weber, Associated Press

Some residents, business owners and environmentalists questioned whether authorities reacted quickly enough to contain one of the largest oil spills in recent California history.

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May 24

Oil-leaking pipeline had no automatic shut-off valve in California spill

By Carey Reed

Rough waters and high winds were complicating efforts to clean up a recent oil spill off the coast of California, state officials said Saturday.

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May 22

Photos: Capturing the slick from California’s oil spill

By Ariel Min, Joshua Barajas

For most of the week, hundreds of clean-up workers have collected globs of black goo and scrubbed rocks coated with the sticky substance to restore a California beach that was contaminated with oil.

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