this is refugio beach. that splotch you see is oil. the u.s. coast guard saying an oil pipeline has ruptured there this afternoon creating this spill that stretched four miles of the california coast. refugio beach is about 20 miles southwest of california, up the coast from los angeles. i think you can see here this is where the oil pipeline apparently burst. it didn't burst in the water, it burst on the land but it appears the spill, the oil, traveled down under a highway and ultimately into the water, into the ocean. authorities say the pipeline leaked today for about three hours. it was reportedly stopped by about 3:00 local time, 6:00 eastern time. this is the pipeline operated by plains all america pipeline. there's no word yet on how much oil spilled or, more importantly, what type of oil has spilled into the ocean here.