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Crude was no longer leaking from a Southern California pipeline believed to be the source of a massive oil spill that closed miles of popular beaches on Sunday, according to the head of the company that owns the facility.
“We are starting to see oil-covered fish and birds washing up along our coastline," Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly Sunday to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history,
Vandenberg launch of Delta IV Heavy rocket blasts off without hitch Kaytlyn Leslie Apr. 26— Update 2:10 p.m.: The ULA rocket successfully launched at 1:47 p.m. Its vapor trail was visible shortly after in Ventura County. Update 12:15 p.m.: The rocket is now expected to launch one minute later, at 1:47 p.m. The one-minute adjustment is due to a Collision Avoidance (COLA) closure that prohibits liftoff at the opening of the window today, according to ULA. COLAs are "brief moments in time when the launch is not allowed to occur because the trajectory would pass too close to another object al...
Darrell Berkheimer | Columnist Our first trip of 2021 — after waiting more than a year to go on a trip — turned out to be one of disappointment. For months I had been looking forward to visiting Solvang, California’s Danish town, to photograph the Danish-style buildings and sample the pastries. We also had read about the town’s narrated trolley tour behind a pair of big draft horses. Another photo opportunity, I thought. We left Monday morning, the day after Easter, and battled nasty, tension-building traffic down the two lanes of Interstate 5. So I must repeat what I suspect hundreds...