Idled oil rigs off the California coast could be back up and running soon if the federal government has its way.

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California has forced Huntington Beach and activities scheduled to take place in the region to shut down. A leak from an ...

Community leaders and environmental groups in California are opposing a federal proposal for new offshore oil and gas ...

For Santa Barbara, the oil pipeline debate is not new. It comes with hard-earned lessons shaped by decades of oil development ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters investigating a reported petroleum stench at a California beach last month didn’t take long to find a spill — oil was spreading across the sand and into the surf.

About 126,000 gallons of significant crude oil leaked into the waters in Southern California over the weekend that now threatens marine life and scenic beaches. In a news release, Amplify Energy Corp.

The Coast Guard received multiple reports of a possible fuel spill off the Southern California coast earlier than previously disclosed and asked local authorities to investigate about 15 hours before ...