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October 20, 2021 at 9:18 pm

Harbor patrol searched, couldn’t find California oil spill VIEW

Southern California harbor patrol boats picked up reports of a possible fuel spill off the coast on a marine radio emergency channel about an hour...

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October 20, 2021 at 9:44 am

Coast Guard had earlier notice about California oil spill VIEW

Records show the Coast Guard received multiple reports of a possible fuel spill off the Southern California coast earlier than previously disclosed.

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October 18, 2021 at 4:10 pm

Data shows ship crossed over oil pipeline that ruptured

Data shows a massive cargo ship that was supposed to be at anchor repeatedly crossed over an undersea oil pipeline during a January storm.

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October 14, 2021 at 9:11 pm

‘Soul-consuming’: Victim’s family reflects on Durst case VIEW

Robert Durst, 78, was convicted in Los Angeles Superior Court last month of first-degree murder for shooting Susan Berman point-blank in the back of the...

FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, file photo, New York real estate scion Robert Durst, 78, answers questions from defense attorney Dick DeGuerin, while testifying in his murder trial at the Inglewood Courthouse in Inglewood, Calif. The sentencing of Durst will be comparatively brief compared to his murder trial that stretched over the better part of two years. The New York real estate heir faces a mandatory term of life in prison without parole Thursday, Oct. 14 for the first-degree murder of his best friend, Susan Berman. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via AP, Pool, File) CALOS601 CALOS601

October 13, 2021 at 9:03 pm

Robert Durst sentenced to life in best friend’s murder VIEW

The sentencing of New York real estate heir Robert Durst will be comparatively brief compared with his murder trial that stretched over the better part...

October 11, 2021 at 9:03 pm

California oil spill legal fight likely to last years

Finding the cause of a major oil spill off Southern California, who is to blame and if they will be held accountable could take a...

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A worker in protective suit cleanw oil in an inlet leading to the Wetlands Talbert Marsh after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. A major oil spill off the coast of Southern California fouled popular beaches and killed wildlife while crews scrambled Sunday, to contain the crude before it spread further into protected wetlands. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) NYOTK NYOTK

October 6, 2021 at 9:47 pm

Small crack in pipeline may have delayed oil spill detection VIEW

The U.S. Coast Guard has boarded a massive cargo ship as it investigates the rupture of an offshore oil pipeline that sent crude washing up...

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Crews continue to clean the oil in the Wetlands Talbert Marsh after an oil spill in Huntington Beach, Calif., on Huntington Beach, Calif., on Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu) NYAG915 NYAG915

October 4, 2021 at 9:59 pm

Evidence suggests ship anchor snagged, dragged oil pipeline VIEW

Authorities say the pipeline that leaked tens of thousands of gallons oil into the water off Southern California was split open and apparently dragged along...

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September 27, 2021 at 3:03 pm

Gas blowout near Los Angeles leads to up to $1.8B settlement

Attorneys for families sickened and forced from their Los Angeles homes after the nation’s largest-known natural gas leak say they've reached a settlement of up...

FILE – In this March 20, 2020, file photo, a man covers his face with a mask as he walks past tents on skid row in Los Angeles. The 9th U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, overturned a federal judgeâ€™s sweeping order that required the city and county of Los Angeles to quickly find shelter for all homeless people living on downtownâ€™s Skid Row. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File) LA410 LA410

September 23, 2021 at 1:11 pm

US court order to house LA Skid Row homeless overturned

An appeals court overturned a federal judge’s sweeping order that required the city and county of Los Angeles to quickly find shelter for all homeless...