COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Unified Command is continuing its response Tuesday to the coastal oil spill in Orange and San Diego Counties. After strong winds and elevated swell heights impacted Southern California, the Unified Command deployed five shoreline assessment teams early Tuesday morning to survey the Orange County beaches and three cleanup teams were […]
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UPDATE 12: The Unified Command continues its response Monday to the coastal oil spill in Orange and San Diego Counties
COSTA MESA, Calif. — The Unified Command is continuing its response Monday to the coastal oil spill in Orange and San Diego Counties. As beach assessment and cleanup operations continue in Orange and San Diego Counties, the public can expect to see cleanup crews equipped in protective gear, monitoring, inspecting and cleaning the beaches. Beachgoers […]
IMAGERY RELEASE: Orange County Public Works employees open up the Santa Ana River berm to allow fresh salt water to enter the environmentally sensitive area
Orange County Public Works employees open up the Santa Ana River berm to allow fresh salt water to enter the environmentally sensitive area, Oct. 9, 2021. They also installed a water pump at Santa Ana River marsh to help increase oxygen levels to protect wildlife. The estuary was bermed off to protect it from oil. […]
IMAGERY RELEASE: SCAT teams in Carlsbad scan the shorelines for signs of oil, and submitted their findings to the Unified Command overseeing the oil spill response
SCAT teams in Carlsbad, Calif., scan the shorelines for signs of oil, and submitted their findings to the Unified Command overseeing the oil spill response.
IMAGERY RELEASE: Coast Guard and CDFW’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response provide information about the coastal oil cleanup response and techniques
The Coast Guard and California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response provide information about the coastal oil cleanup response and techniques, at The Balboa Pier Municipal in Newport Beach, Calif.
IMAGERY RELEASE: Volunteers help clean up oil on Bolsa Chica State Beach in Orange County
The first group of cleanup volunteers donned personal protective gear to clean up oil on Bolsa Chica State Beach in Orange County, California, Friday. The groups dug out clumps of tar balls on the beach with plastic hand shovels. There was an outpouring of support from the public, and approximately 200 volunteers were selected. The […]