As the final round of a storm series closes in on Southern California, crews are racing to clean up an oil spill in Ventura County after about 420 gallons leaked into a remote creek, officials said. The spill was first reported Tuesday afternoon at Carbon California’s Hamp facility,

A unified command included the state's Office of Spill Prevention and Response, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Ventura County Sheriff's Office and Carbon California. As of Wednesday, there were no reports of wildlife impacted by the oil, but authorities asked the public to report any sightings to 1-877-823-6926.

The amount of crude oil spilled in an offshore pipeline leak in Southern California is believed to be close to 25,000 gallons, or only about one-fifth of what officials initially feared, a Coast Guard official said Thursday. The leak off the coast of ...