Newport Beach officials have launched a 24/7 emergency drilling operation to repair an abandoned 1920s-era oil well that caused methane and oil to seep into a home on the Balboa Peninsula, prompting ...

For centuries, Californians have lived alongside some of the most visible natural oil seeps in the world. From the bubbling tar of the La Brea pits in Los Angeles to the slicks that rise offshore in ...

Oil has stopped seeping into Toro Canyon Creek, and it should stay that way. Santa Barbara County has finished building a new oil-water-separator system in the Carpinteria-Summerland area to address ...