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Fuel tanker accident causes mess at LAX
A fuel tanker overturned and caused a big mess on the eastside of LAX near Aviation Boulevard Saturday.
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Seabirds fall victim to natural oil seepage
Seabirds have been washing ashore sick and malnourished recently as a result of naturally seeping oil off Santa Barbara.
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Video: Seabirds fall victim to natural oil seepage
Seabirds have been washing ashore sick and malnourished recently as a result of naturally seeping oil off Santa Barbara.
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Diesel fuel spills in Huntington Harbour
About five gallons of diesel fuel spilled in in Huntington Harbour, authorities said on Thursday morning.
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Oiled pelicans found in Santa Barbara area
Authorities are trying to determine how five brown pelicans became covered with oil in the Santa Barbara area.
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Rising waters complicate Exxon spill cleanup
Rising waters are complicating efforts to clean up an oil spill along the Yellowstone River in Montana.
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Part of OC road shut from oil spill may open
Part of a main road in Huntington Beach was closed due to an oil spill, but one lane may reopen on Monday.
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Mont. Exxon spill damage sparking tension
Tensions are rising over a spill from an oil line rupture along the Yellowstone River near Laurel, Mont.
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OC beach-linking street shut after oil spill
An oil spill has shut a major street linking the 405 to the ocean in Huntington Beach through the Fourth of July.
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Oil leak may close Goldenwest in Huntington
Part of a Huntington Beach street may be shut down for a few days while crews repair a leaking oil pipe.
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Ruptured pipeline sends oil onto Faria Beach
A big cleanup effort is under way in Ventura where crude oil from a broken pipeline spilled onto a beach.
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BP reportedly set to sell SoCal Arco stations
BP is reportedly set to sell its Arco refinery and gas stations in the Southland, a move that could impact drivers.
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Video: BP reportedly set to sell SoCal Arco stations
BP is reportedly set to sell its Arco refinery and gas stations in the Southland, a move that could impact drivers.
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Oil spills onto street in Harbor Gateway area
Oil spilled onto the streets in the Harbor Gateway area of Los Angeles Wednesday night.
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Kevin Costner touts oil plan on Capitol Hill
Actor Kevin Costner is on Capitol Hill Wednesday to promote his plan for future Gulf oil spill responses.
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Feds investigating Gulf platform fire
The agency that oversees offshore drilling will investigate the fire on an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
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No sign of oil spill after Gulf platform fire
The Coast Guard says there are no immediate signs of a spill from an oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Weather delays final plugging of BP well
Weather forced BP Monday to delay operations to remove a temporary cap that stopped more oil from flowing into the sea.
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Feds to remove temporary cap from Gulf well
The government says it will start work Monday to remove the temporary cap keeping oil from gushing out of the Gulf well.
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Photos: Cajun cooking after the BP oil spill
In dealing with the aftermath of Katrina and the oil spill, New Orleans has leaned on its restaurants for revival.
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BP VP testifies before federal panel
A BP vice president says critical time was wasted in the hours after the Gulf of Mexico well explosion.
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BP begins attempt to cut off gusher with mud
BP began forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well Tuesday in hopes of permanently sealing the gusher.
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Video: BP begins attempt to cut off gusher w/ mud
BP began forcing mud down the throat of its blown-out well Tuesday in hopes of permanently sealing the gusher.
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Gulf crews preparing to plug well for good
Gulf crews are planning to begin shoving mud and cement into the blown-out oil well at the seafloor on Monday.
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Questions arise on chemical use in oil spill
BP is facing harsh criticism from investigators who say the company is using an excessive amount of chemical dispersant.
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Debris in relief well sets back oil plug work
Debris found in the bottom of the relief well in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to push plugging work about a day.
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Cleanup will change once oil stops for good
Now that the oil has stopped flowing in the Gulf, officials are meeting to talk about what's next.
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100 days later, BP starts fresh w/new CEO
The Gulf oil spill has reached 100 days, and BP is trying to move forward after the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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BP replaces CEO Hayward, reports $17B loss
BP PLC announced Tuesday that American Robert Dudley will become the company's first ever non-British chief executive.
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BP CEO Hayward to step down in October
Officials say that the CEO of BP will step down in October and will take a job with company's joint venture in Russia.
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Official: BP CEO being replaced over spill
BP CEO Tony Hayward will be replaced, according to an anonymous senior U.S. government official.
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Evac of spill site called off, ships return
With improved weather, BP's evacuation of the Gulf has been called off and ships are returning to the leaky well.
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Ships evacuate oil spill site as storm nears
Work to permanently choke off BP's broken oil well stalled Friday as Tropical Storm Bonnie raced toward the Gulf.
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Tropical depression halts work on oil well
Crew members aboard ships in the Gulf prepared Thursday to evacuate as a storm halted work on BP's ruptured oil well.
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Gathering storm halts Gulf oil well work
A storm brewing in the Caribbean brought the deep-sea effort to plug the ruptured well to a near standstill Wednesday.
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Officials look past oil leaking from BP's cap
Oil is once again leaking from the cap on BP's ruptured well in the Gulf, but the stopper is staying put for now.
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BP's ruptured oil well leaking from top
A White House spokesman says BP's ruptured oil well is leaking at the top, along with seepage about two miles away.
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Well cap may bottle oil until permanent plug
BP said it hopes to keep using its new cap to block the oil from reaching the Gulf until they plug the well permanently.
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Gulf oil leak is plugged, but for how long?
The two-day test period for the new cap on the Gulf oil leak ended Saturday with no signs of additional leakage.
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Test results from well not as good as hoped
Pressure readings have been less than ideal from the new cap shutting oil into BP's busted well, officials said Friday.
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BP says no more oil going into Gulf of Mexico
BP says oil from its broken well has stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico for the first time since April.
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BP begins testing new cap over Gulf oil leak
BP began testing the new, tighter-fitting cap Wednesday that could finally choke off the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.
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BP testing delayed on Gulf oil fix
A pivotal moment in the Gulf oil crisis hit an unexpected snag Tuesday evening
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Lakeview Gusher still largest U.S. oil spill
Spilling at a rate of 1,800 barrels per day, the Lakeview Gusher still remains the largest oil spill in U.S. history.
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Video: Gulf residents heated by BP CEO's yacht trip
New video shows BP CEO Tony Hayward sailing off the coast of Isle of Wight as oil continues to spew in the Gulf of Mexico.
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134 EB reopens after tanker accident
All lanes have been reopened on the eastbound 134 Freeway after a gasoline tanker overturned Thursday morning.
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Video: 134 EB closed due overturned gasoline tanker
All lanes have been closed on the eastbound 134 Freeway at Bob Hope Drive after a gasoline tanker overturned.
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Photos: Overturned gas tanker shuts down EB 134
Check out images of a gasoline tanker that overturned Thursday morning, shutting down traffic on the EB 134 Freeway.
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SoCal center helps clean birds in BP oil spill
A Southern California bird-rescue group is sending a team of volunteers to the Gulf Coast.
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Acton mine offers oil spill clean-up solution
A mine in Los Angeles County could prove instrumental in BP's clean-up efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
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