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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - OCTOBER 11: Destiny Corrales, 14, left, and Hania Albarran, right, play in the surf as the Albarran family is visiting from Phoenix as clean-up crews continue to comb the beach at the Huntington Beach Pier after the city of Huntington Beach and California State Parks reopened city and state beaches at 6 a.m. Monday morning October 11, 2021. The t decision to reopen the beaches comes after water-quality testing results showed non-detectable amounts of oil associated toxins in ocean water according to Huntington Beach police spokesperson Jennifer Carey. Dunn said, "The waves were not as good but it feels good to be back in the water. I feel alive!" Huntington Beach Pier on Monday, Oct. 11, 2021 in Huntington Beach, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

California attorney general launches investigation into Orange County oil spill

October 12, 2021 at 4:53 a.m.

The California Department of Justice has launched an investigation into an oil spill that sent up to 131,000 gallons of crude into the waters off the Orange County coast, the...

Huntington Beach, CA - October 10: Oil spill cleanup crew from New Jersey clean up the oil spill at Huntington State Beach in Huntington Beach Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021. Environmental cleanup crews are spreading out across Huntington Beach and Newport Beach to cleanup the damage from a major oil spill off the Orange County coast that left crude spoiling beaches, killing fish and birds and threatening local wetlands. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

City, state beaches reopen in Huntington Beach as crews continue cleanup of O.C. coast

October 11, 2021 at 10:18 p.m.

The afternoon sun shined bright over Huntington Beach. The water sparkled blue. And nearby businesses were bustling with activity. If it weren't for the hundreds of yellow-vested crew combing...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA - OCTOBER 5, 2021 - - Surfer Eddie McKee walks near workers who continue cleaning the beach from a recent oil spill near the Huntington Beach Pier on Saturday, October 5, 2021. He was sizing up the situation to see if it was safe to surf. McKee runs Salt Water Tacky surf wax business from Huntington Beach. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Oil cleanup continues in Orange County as estimates drop for size of spill

October 11, 2021 at 3:14 p.m.

Small, glassy waves rolled up on shore Saturday morning, one week after an oil spill sent black tar clumps onto the sand in Huntington Beach, raising fears of long-term damage...

A major oil spill off the Orange County coast that left crude spoiling beaches, killing fish and birds and threatening local wetlands.

Oil from massive Orange County spill expected to wash onshore for several days

October 4, 2021 at 4:10 p.m.

Crews raced to contain a major oil spill off the Orange County coast as the leading edge of a miles-wide slick rolled onshore at Huntington Beach, leaving striations of crude...

Massive oil spill sends crude onto Orange County beaches, killing birds, marine life

October 4, 2021 at 3:43 p.m.

Crews raced Sunday to contain the damage from a major oil spill off the Orange County coast that left crude spoiling beaches, killing fish and birds and threatening local wetlands.The...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom responds to a question while meeting with reporters after casting his recall ballot at a voting center in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The last day to vote in the recall election is Tuesday Sept. 14. A majority of voters must mark "no" on the recall to keep Newsom in office. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Solemn remembrances, BBQ lunches and last-ditch pleas on recall campaign’s final weekend

September 12, 2021 at 12:52 a.m.

Three days before the recall election, California's candidates in the gubernatorial race were leaning into their last hours to sway voters, making campaign stops to commemorate Sept. 11, take shots...

MURRIETA, CA - AUGUST 31: The Murrieta Police Department Honor Guard line up at the Town Square Park Amphitheater to honor three Southern California Marines, including two from Riverside County, who were among 13 service killed in a suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021 in Murrieta, CA. On Tuesday, the city of Murrieta will honor all 13 service who lost their lives in the Thursday bombing, including l. Hunter Lopez, 22, of Indio, Lance l. Kareem Mae'Lee Grant Nikoui, 20, of Norco, and Lance l. Dylan Merola, 20, of Rancho Cucamonga. All three were assigned to 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Pendleton. The "Remembrance Ceremony Honoring Fallen Service " (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Jovenes y con ganas de ayudar: asi eran los marines de California que murieron en Kabul

September 4, 2021 at 11:12 p.m.

Shana Chappell se concentra en la pantalla de su celular, buscando un video de su hijo, Kareem Nikoui. Ese en el que está entreteniendo a la niña afgana, para alejar...

Parents, friends four Marines from California killed in Kabul bombing

September 2, 2021 at 1:31 p.m.

Shana Chappell scrolls through her smartphone, looking and looking for a video of her son, Kareem Nikoui. The one where he’s entertaining the little Afghan girl, taking her mind off...

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