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>> reporter: the recovery and clean-up effort will take quite some time. we have watched as boats dragged a boom up and down the coast trying to collect that oil. so far, we've been told of one oiled duck that is receiving care and reports of other wildlife washing up with oil on them are being investigated. people have also found tar balls on the bottom of their feet and skin. and orange county public-health officials say that could be causing some skin irritation. health officials, on sunday, also said they would issue an advisory, especially for people with respiratory illnesses. warning th...

Been hit. a beautiful beach people go to. >> reporter: they call themselves surf city usa. some of them were expecting to come to the third day of an airshow yesterday where there were an expected 1 million people. the third day got canceled because, by saturday night, the oil had started to come up to the shoreline. right now the bottom line is that people need to stay out of the water, stay away from the shoreline. still, the folks we were meeting yesterday who came to the beach, they were getting tar balls stuck to the bottoms of their feet, trying to scrape that off at the wash stations be...

One oiled duck that is receiving veterinariry care. there are reports of other animals washing up with oil on them. those are being investigated now. other than that, a lot of people very annoyed at the tar balls they have picked up on the bottom of their feet from this beach. they have spent time trying to scrub it off at the washing stations and, you know, the health officials here say that's a problem. this could be a skin irritant to not try to get in contact with it, stay out of the water. in fact, even the evaporated products from the oil spill could cause irritation for ear, nose and th...

Removed from the water. crude tar washed over the pristine beaches. the oil killing birds and wildlife. cnn's natasha chen has more from huntington beach. >> more than 1200 gallons of oily water mixture have been deployed 12678900 gallons is the most amount. the recovery and cleanup will take quite some time. so far one oil ruddy duck is under animal care. people have found tar balls on the bottom of their feet and skin which orange county public health warns could cause skin irritation. they said sunday they would issue an advisory, especially for people with respiratory

Spillage that some people started smelling as early as friday evening, but that was officially reported on saturday morning. so that started coming onshore about saturday evening, and remember, this happened about four and a half miles offshore, so by saturday evening, people are seeing clumps of oil pop up on shore, reports of animals with oil on them as well. right now officially one oiled duck is receiving care and the rest of the reports are being investigated and the advice is for people to really stay out of the water, to stay away from the shoreline. the people we met yesterday were try...