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Regulators to cut crucial irrigation water to formers who depend ston deon the sacramento river to keep their crops growing. this as they plan to shut down public showers at state beaches as a way to conserve water. everyone in california has been ordered to cut their water use by 25%. that's why it's so shocking that a public water company is accusing actor tom selleck of tapping into a fire hydrant and taking water he never had a right to. nbc's miguel almaguer has more from thousand oaks california. >> reporter: known to millions as magnum p.i. it took a real life private investigator to ac...

24 minutes past the hour right now. nearly nine miles of california coastline, including two santa barbara state beaches, are closed today on the holiday weekend, no less. >> incredible. think what about it means. no campers, no picnickers and no beach-goers allowed as they are rushing to clean up an oil spill. >> stephanie elam got a firsthand look inside the command center for cleanup operations. >> reporter: we never like to see any oil in california's coastline. >> reporter: from high above, emergency crews survey the coastline north of santa barbara, tracking an oil slick that is clearl...

Long enough so that we can get them completely clean, get them ready to go back out there, but not so long that they start to develop secondary problems and problems with being in captivity. >> reporter: and because it's also sensitive and delicate the call has gone out to people here not to take it upon themselves to rescue animals that they found. there are people here who are working on that but of course people can't get to these two very popular state beaches. state beaches that will now be closed until june 4th. alex? >> hey, scott, i mean, in terms of the cleanup, how much progress have...

Openly gay members but not leaders. >> the oil disaster on the move 17 boats working on the spill have now recovered over 9,000 gallons of oil. they hope to save animals. two state beaches are now closed because of it and there are more than 300 people cleaning up beaches and boats. >> we will do everything necessary to protect california's coastline. >> as for the company that owns the pipeline that burst on tuesday, plains all american federal records show 175 safety incidents since 2006. this morning millions of americans are hitting the road for the memorial day weekend. many of the high...

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