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Coverage dated March 7, 2024 to March 8, 2024

Oil slick spotted near Southern California’s Huntington Beach

Headline from KTVZ Bend

By Cheri Mossburg and Zoë Howes, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard and local authorities are investigating an oil sheen in the waters off Huntington Beach in Southern California. The slick was spotted Thursday evening about a mile and a half offshore and is approximately two and a half miles long, the …

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Oil sheen confirmed off Huntington Beach; Coast Guard investigating (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Details are still scant, but an oil-like sheen can be seen in the Pacific Ocean two miles off the coast.

  2. NBC Los Angeles

    Oil spill off Huntington Beach coast being investigated (opens NBC Los Angeles)

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    NBC Los Angeles's feed description

    California officials are investigating an oil spill off the coast of Huntington Beach Friday morning.

  3. Los Angeles Times

    Coast Guard investigating possible oil spill off Huntington Beach coast (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    Details are still scant, but an oil-like sheen was reported in the Pacific Ocean two miles off the Orange County coast.

  4. ABC 7 Los Angeles

    Miles-long oil slick spotted off coast of Huntington Beach (opens ABC 7 Los Angeles)

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    ABC 7 Los Angeles's feed description

    A roughly 2.5-mile-long oil slick was spotted Friday off the coast of Huntington Beach, but its source remained unclear.

  5. KTVZ Bend

    Oil slick spotted near Southern California’s Huntington Beach (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Cheri Mossburg and Zoë Howes, CNN (CNN) — The US Coast Guard and local authorities are investigating an oil sheen in the waters off Huntington Beach in Southern California. The slick was spotted Thursday evening about a mile and a half offshore and is approximately two and a half miles long, the …

  6. New York Times

    California Officials Investigate Possible Oil Spill Off Huntington Beach (opens New York Times)

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    New York Times's feed description

    It was not immediately clear what caused an oil sheen that officials said was about 2.5 miles long and half a mile wide.

  7. KESQ Palm Springs

    Authorities investigate oily sheen off Southern California coast (opens KESQ Palm Springs)

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    HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities have detected a 2.5-mile (4 kilometer) long oil sheen off the coast of Southern California. But they said it doesn’t appear to be a crude spill and are investigating the cause. U.S.

  8. Times Of San Diego

    Coast Guard Investigating Oil Spill Off Huntington Beach (opens Times Of San Diego)

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    Times Of San Diego's feed description

    The sheen, estimated at 2.5 miles in length and 0.5 miles in width, was discovered after a Coast Guard helicopter flew over the site at sunrise.

  9. Courthouse News Service

    Officials investigate possible oil spill off Southern California coast (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    A 2.5-mile-long, half-mile-wide oil sheen was spotted off the coast of Huntington Beach on Thursday night. The cause has yet to be determined.

  10. Los Angeles Times

    Coast Guard still probing cause of oil sheen off the coast of Huntington Beach (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Los Angeles Times's feed description

    The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday continued to investigate the cause of an oil sheen off Huntington Beach not far from site of a 2021 spill.

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