California is suing the city of Huntington Beach for not following state housing laws.

A new government report says oil spills from tankers and pipelines in U.S. dropped dramatically from the last decade of the 1990s to the one from 2010 through 2019.

A pipeline operator and two subsidiaries have agreed to plead guilty to negligently discharging oil off the Southern California coast in connection with a pipeline break that covered beaches with blobs of crude.

The California Coastal Commission has rejected a long-standing proposal to build a $1.4 billion seawater desalination plant to turn ocean water into drinking water.

Authorities say DNA from a coyote that bit a girl on Southern California’s Huntington Beach last week matched samples from one of two coyotes shot and killed following the attack.

If you’re out exploring nature and you find water with an oily sheen on it the Michigan Department of Natural Resources wants you to poke it with a stick.

A Houston-based oil company has sued two container ship operators and an organization that oversees marine traffic, saying they failed to prevent last fall's underwater pipeline leak off the Southern California coast.

A month after a Southern California offshore oil spill, environmental advocates say they plan to sue the federal government over the failure to review and update plans for platforms off thecoast.

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

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 long time.

A popular Southern California beach that was closed for more than a week after an undersea pipeline leaked crude into ocean waters has reopened far sooner than many expected.

After a crude oil sheen was detected on the waters off the Southern California coast, environmentalists feared the worst.

More than five days after an offshore pipeline ruptured off the Southern California coast, there’s still no confirmation of exactly how much oil has spilled into the ocean.

Oil spilling into federal waters off California's coast has prompted fresh calls for an end to offshore oil drilling in state and federal waters.

Evidence emerged Tuesday that a ship’s anchor snagged and dragged an underwater pipeline that ruptured and spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil off Southern California.

An offshore oil spill in Southern California threatens marine life and scenic beaches and also the lifestyle of those who regularly surf and walk the shore.

Crews on the water and on shore worked feverishly to limit environmental damage from one of the largest oil spills in recent California history.

California Republicans didn't draw the huge turnout they needed in this week’s recall election to remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The Associated Press has declared that Gov. Gavin Newsom had survived a recall effort, with a majority of voters choosing not to oust the Democratic governor with just over a year remaining in his first term.

Nearly 40,000 people were fined about $1.30 each in the past two weeks for not wearing face masks. As is true of many places, Tokyo's nightlife bars, clubs, cabarets and karaoke parlors has been seen as a weak link in efforts to contain the virus. Officials have struggled over the trade-off between curbing the spread of the virus and protecting the ailing economy. The Democrat's order came as the state reported a record number of new confirmed cases. Few other countries have shown the will to impose such stringent measures to keep the virus at bay.

Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images(CNN) - An underground electrical vault exploded at a restaurant in Huntington Beach, California, Saturday, leaving four people injured. The explosion took place during an Oktoberfest celebration at the Old World restaurant, where firefighters initially responded to a report of an electrical fire, Huntington Beach Fire Battalion Chief Jeffrey Lopez said. An underground electrical vault exploded as firefighters went to open it, Lopez said. Huntington Beach firefighters worked to evacuate all of the restaurant's patrons and made sure the fire was under control, Lopez said. Two firefighters and two civilians were injured in the explosion.

Powell, who is 5'3", 120 pounds, brown hair and brown eyes, is described as an experienced hiker, according to the Sheriff's Office. Once contacted, Inyo Search and Rescue and Inyo Sheriff immediately began to look for Powell using aerial equipment with thermal detection abilities that had been provided by California Highway Patrol -Inland Division Air Operations. Investigators believe that Mr. Powell was not involved in Mrs. Powell's disappearance," Carma Roper, a spokeswoman for the Inyo County Sheriff's Office, told CNN on Monday. Multiple agencies, including China Lake Mountain Rescue Group, Fresno Search and Rescue (SAR), Riverside SAR, Tulare SAR, El Dorado SAR, Mariposa SAR, and CA Rescue Dog Association, continue to search for the resident. Anyone with information should contact the Inyo County Sheriff's Office at 760-878-0383.