Greater LA

Huntington Beach oil spill is the latest in history of California’s offshore mishaps


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A reported 126,000 gallons of crude oil is leaking out of a broken pipeline located some four miles off the coast of Huntington Beach. Some of it is making its way onshore. The pipeline connected an offshore oil platform named Elly to a refinery station in Long Beach. This spill is comparable to the 2015 spill at Refugio Beach in Santa Barbara — in terms of size, scope, and public sentiment. That’s according to CSU Channel Islands environmental professor Sean Anderson. Greater LA also looks at how the state’s Homekey program is trying to convert old motels into new housing for people living on the streets.

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