newport beach is known for its beautiful beaches and we want to protect our beaches and keep our residents and visitors safe. >> how about your concerns about resources? are you worried at all that there are enough resources to address this? even as we look at these images, we're also seeing those container ships, you know, by the dozens that are offshore. we talked about that story yesterday. and how even a lack of resources is why iso many are parked wher they are. they can't offload, in part there is enough personnel so do you have or share concerns about enough resources to address what seems to be a growing spill problem? >> i thought it might have been one of those offshore ships. we can see them lined up and down the coast from newport beach to long beach. they're not. it was an oil platform as you have reported. it's not the same agency as the l.a. and long beach ports trying to find people to work to do the offloading, resources are the multiagencies coordination led by the coast guard. i have not heard there's any lack of it. we have our lifeguards available, firefighter and anim

and looking live at huntington beach pier, the beach is now closed. the beach is also closed in laguna beach about 15 miles to the south of that place. the oil is likely to be washing up for several days. abc's zohreen shah is there. >> reporter: this massive oil spill now reaching the shores of one of southern california's most popular beaches. >> we are in the midst of a potential ecological disaster. the oil spill has significantly impacted our community. >> reporter: at least 126,000 gallons of post-production crude pouring into the pacific ocean causing one of the worst spills in the state's history. now lining nearly six miles of orange county with thick black tar, the leak stemming from a broken pipeline offshore from huntington beach's coastline. the company that owns the pipeline pledging full cooperation. >> we will do everything in our power to ensure that this is recovered as quickly as possible. and we won't be -- we won't be done until this is concluded. >> reporter: that oil slick stretching over nearly 13 square miles, from huntington

ryan: the port of long beach is owned by the city of long beach.t may have different priorities than the u.s. and economic strategic priorities as a nation. what are the odds they will invest the right amount of capital. the port of oakland is owned by the city of oakland. are they going to put in investments to keep the capacity low? they don't have the budget for that. there's a role for the federal government to come in and step in from an infrastructure perspective. caroline: is it just from getting the right people together in the right virtual room to understand where the pressure points are to alleviate them? we can talk about structure until we are blue in the face but that won't solve the problem in 2022. ryan: you want to have checks and balances and things, but when you've got a crisis, you don't have until next year. caroline: is the crisis being solved by these coordinated conversations? ryan: president biden statement last week said they're going to start pressuring the ports to run 24/7. it is a step in the right direction, but we ar

we've listed on johnson's beach for sale. for 3.7 million 10 rustic cabins and 38 campsites on 10 acres, but the show piece of it all that famous beach the right buyer for this is really recognizing and appreciating all of the value on the beach for more than 100 years. beach has been the playground for guests of the resort. the current owners are now retiring. during covid public access was limited to the beach. it's been so. sonoma county supervisor l s hopkins says officials are now considering making a bid on the property with a new vision. i mean, i think the most exciting opportunity is to really make the beach a regional park right a public space that everyone can come it's a business. it's not it's not a park hotel and restaurant owner. krista ludkey is bidding on the property too her dream preserving cherished memories from the past. for me, it's like, you know when i would go to the beach with my nieces and nephews and get a burger and a soft serve you were transported back to the 50s. you know, it's just i want peo

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beach. the impact already being felt on tourism. the last day of the pacific air show canceled. people urged to stay away from the beaches. images coming in of oil washing ashore. reports of dead birds, fish, and other wildlife. officials say they've stopped the flow. but warnings of a potential ecological disaster. and major questions remain about what caused the leak. zohreen shah leads us off from huntington beach. >> reporter: tonight, this massive oil spill now reaching the shores of one of southern california's most popular beaches. >> we are in the midst of a potential ecological disaster. the oil spill has significantly impacted our community. >> reporter: at least 126,000 gallons of post-production crude pouring into the pacific ocean, causing one of the worst spills in the state's history. now lining nearly six miles of orange county with thick black tar. the leak stemming from a broken pipeline roughly 4 1/2 miles from the coastline. today, the company pledging full cooperation. >

between the huntington beach pier in newport beach, shutting down miles of shoreline for the cleanup today, the operator of the pipeline said they are close to finding the source of that leak. we have examined more than 8000 ft of pipe. um and we have isolated one specific area of significant interest. um we did this primarily through our ov to this point, but we are sending divers down now to verify some. what we what we are seeing via the rv. um there's more information to come, but i think we're moving very closely to a source and a cause of this incident. now, people say they started to notice the smell of oil on friday, but that line was not shut down until saturday night. coming up in this newscast will have more coverage for you, including a live report. from orange county congresswoman michelle steel of huntington beach, is asking governor newsom to join her and asking the president for disaster declaration. in her letter, she said that federal resources will be needed to recover, saying quote. i have serious concerns about the environmental impacts of the spill and applaud t

i am mayor kim carr from the city of huntington beach.some for his continued support of huntington beach and bringing everybody together to make sure that this cleanup is quick effective. but most importantly, i really want our residents to know that this truly is an all hands on deck moment. everybody is taking this extremely seriously and rest assured we will not stop until everything is restored to its natural beauty. so again, i want to thank the u.s. coast guard. the department of fish and wildlife all of our federal agencies and state agencies are county support this is been a very long 72 hours and we're not out of the woods yet, but i want to reassure everybody that we're doing everything possible to make sure that we restore huntington beach to its natural beauty, place that we all love. so thank you so much. and thank you, governor, for all of your support and attention to this matter and with that, i'm going to introduce new port beach mayor. just isn't an on events in southern california. governor newsome in orange county righ

the oil spill resulted in 8 days of beach closures in huntington beach, but after clean water samples, the waves reopened to the delight of surfers and others who wanted to get their feet well. it. >> seen one blob of oil anywhere. you can see the shore lines. i don't -- anything. you can almost drink it. >> reporter: a lack of oil is what senator alex padilla and the sheriff observed as they flew along the coast as part of a briefing monday afternoon. >> we understood there was a time a few days ago when the oil, during flyovers, on the water, was visible. it was not visible to us today. that is a sign of improvement. that's a sign of progress in the right direction. >> reporter: senator padilla has called on the department of transportation to investigate repeated safety violations of the pipeline's own. the amount of oil that spilled is still unclear. >> this is still an active scenario. one of thrones there is not a single clear number on how much oil was spilled. a best and worst-case scenario continues to narrow as more information is found. >> reporter: mike ali makes his livin

to lagoona beach. beach regulars began to notice the spill on friday and saturday. >> there wasn't really a lot of oil. you could see just a little bit of a sheen on top. but it really didn't smell that good though. >> coast guard officials say more than 3,000 gallons of oil have been recovered so far and no word on what caused the pipeline to start leaking in the first place. the cleanup could take weeks or even months. >>> international bird rescue out of the bay area is on the wait to southern california to help save birds affected by the oil spill. the 50-year-old organization says time is of the essence because the birds could die. >> so when they are collected and oiled, first thing you notice is that they're pretty cold because the oil affects their ability to thermal regulate. they also spend a tremendous amount of time trying to preen the oil off them. its just kind of nasty thing. and as they are able to try to do that, they spend so much time trying to get the oil off them, they may not be e

we assess about four and a half miles off the coast of huntington beach and newport beach. it's created a very large sheen. than sheen is approaching our pristine california beaches, which i know is very upsetting to the citizens here in southern california. we have been monitoring this sheen overnight and through the day today, as well as yesterday using both overflights as well as onshore monitoring to detect what the extent of this oiling is. and what we know is there's a good likelihood, if you haven't seen it already, that this oil is going to approach our beaches. and we would expect some of this oil, unfortunately, is going to land on our beaches in the huntington and newport areas. and that is a very dynamic situation. it's evolving as we speak, as we continue to get assessments. and we will keep you updated regularly as we get more information. we do have both on water and onshore operations ongoing right now. we have boats deployed that are recovering oil that is able to be recovered. and we have teams, shoreline assessment teams on the shore that are assessing wh

. >>> this happened about 5 miles off huntington beach and part of that beach and other beaches are closed. the massive spill threatens wet lanlds, home to dozens of species of birds and other wildlife. divers are inspecting the pipeline as we understand, they haven't exactly found the source of the leak? >> they have not, victor, and alisyn, and that's what's so concerning for so many people here who live here, and who depend basic on the beach, and the thing is that the damage is done, even though they're working on it, they're trying to clean up, inspecting all of this,s damage is done, and when you say 126,000 gallons, the problem is that only about 3,000 gallons have been recovered so far. this is not going to be an easy clean up, and it's not going to be a quick one. that's why many of the residents here are so concerned and it's not just the wildlife. it's the wildlife, it's the economic aspects, so many aspects of this. >> we apologize. there's a press conference happening in huntington beach with officials involved in the clean up. let's listen. >> i will now turn it over to capta

we're investing in that last stage of the journey in france, on the beaches and around the beaches, witht officers, and it's not working as well as we want it to. we need to get to the stage where it's more likely than not that if you attempt to cross the channel, you will be stopped. french patrols are now stopping more than half the number of boats from crossing, but the number of attempts has mushroomed this year, partly thanks to covid restrictions drying up other transport routes. in the migrant camps, people smuggling networks seem to be flourishing, despite 65 criminal convictions related to small boat crossings and a newjoint intelligence centre set up here last year. hamid — that's not his real name — is one of many new arrivals from afghanistan. he was a soldier in the afghan national army and says he trained with the british forces. we voiced over his words to protect them. if i stayed, the taliban would kill me — and not only me, but my whole family. i went to the embassy and asked them to help me. i said "i worked with you". if you worked just one day for the army, the talib

we're investing in that last stage of the journey in france, on the beaches and around the beaches, withficers, and it's not working as well as we want it to. we need to get to the stage where it's more likely than not that if you attempt to cross the channel, you will be stopped. french patrols are now stopping more than half the number of boats from crossing, but the number of attempts has mushroomed this year, partly thanks to covid restrictions drying up other transport routes. in the migrant camps, people smuggling networks seem to be flourishing, despite 65 criminal convictions related to small boat crossings and a newjoint intelligence centre set up here last year. hamid — that's not his real name — is one of many new arrivals from afghanistan. he was a soldier in the afghan national army and says if i stayed, the taliban would kill me — and not only me, but my whole family. i went to the embassy and asked them to help me. i said "i worked with you". if you worked just one day for the army, the taliban will kill you — one day — and i'm national army. i worked many years with the a

the mayor of huntington beach said the city's beaches could remain closed for weeks or even months. lilia luciano has more. >> reporter: by sunrise, the oil started washing ashore in huntington beach about 40 miles south of l.a. the crude killing wildlife and threatening nearby wetlands. >> our local response efforts have been focused on two major priorities. first, protecting the health and safety of our residents and visitors. and second, preventing an ecological disaster. >> reporter: the coast guard deployed skimming equipment and booms to slow the spread. a ruptured pipeline from an offshore oil rig spewed at least 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean some five miles off shore. when did you realize that something was going on? >> so yesterday came out, and there were a lot of fish just swimming everywhere, jumping out of the water. >> the smell hits you. we're looking at our beautiful ocean -- this is our home. and there is just gunk everywhere. >> reporter: beaches are closed for cleanup, but that didn't stop people from heading there to see the damage. this area is home to a

that famous beach.each has been the playground for guests of the resort. the current owners are retiring. >> it has been so important to the community for summoning.needs -- to the >> it is a business, not a park. >> kristin luckey is also bidding on the park. >> when i would go to the beach with my nieces and nephews and get a burger and softserve you were transported back to the 50's. >> the sale of johnson's beach is personal to everyone who lives here. >> i do not think it is a a a aa is good, this is bad." there are many generations, history and good feelings. >> sonoma county plans a heari i on the possible purchase of johnson's beach. in kernville, cornellle, cornell abc 7 news. liz: california's eviction moratorium has expired. what happens >> building a better bay arearea finding solutions. liz: this is abc 7 newsliz:. we will start this half-hour --- >> building a better bay bettera finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. liz: we will will will w half-hour with the weather. frances: we have a w

successful beach resort for black people who called it bruce's beach.through imminent domain saying it was urgently needed for a public park and stayed vacant and untouched for 30 years. this year the california legislature said quote as a result of these intentional racially discriminatory acts, the bruises lost their land and their business, the bruce family moved out of the city of manhattan beach and the city immediately demolished the bruce's beach resort. anthony bruce is the great, great grandson of willa and charles bruce. >> when you're robbed of your dignity. when you're robbed of your integrity, when you're robbed of your descent basic rights as a human being and mistreated like that, i mean, it sticks with you for a long time. the person that was hurt the most from this was my grandfather bernard bruce because he was actually there. he knew charles and willa has his grandparents and for him, i think it was extreme he felt the prejudice. >> anthony bruce will now be in effect inheriting bruce's beach along with other descendants of willa and

beaches are closed from long beach to newport beach. >> reporter: alex, local officials are going as far as cancelling the iconic pacific air show scheduled for today. they said they were disappointed to do that. but they need to devote the proper amount of resources and attention to prevent the oil from encroaching on treasured areas off the coast of california, wetlands and nature reserves. northeastern 120,000 gallons of oil already pouring into the ocean. huntington beach and newport beach now closed to the public. local officials say they've already begun to see dead fish and boards washing up onshore with the dark oil. lifeguards report a strong odor in the air. that has prompted hazmat crews to respond to evaluate the seriousness of the situation, a county supervisor there releasing a statement saying in part the ramifications will extend beyond the visible oil and odor that residents are dealing with at the moment. the impact to the environment is irreversible. really it's a race against time. the u.s. coast guard, we're told, is leading the investigation, alex. >> emilie, th

the mayor of huntington beach, says the city's beaches could be closed for weeks or even months. as you heard there are sensitive ecological areas near the side of that spill, including the bolsa, chica ecological reserve and huntington beach wetlands, according to representative michele steel. the region's fragile ecosystem may have already been irreparably harmed, and she wants president biden to step in and help. she sent a letter to the president today asking him to issue a disaster declaration for orange county. in the letter, she wrote. it is imperative the federal government assist in recovery efforts. it went on to say constituents who live along the shoreline are already reporting strong odors. a disaster declaration would boost the federal government's response to the spill. so far, we have not heard from the white house about that request.a national league west championship. it was a big day, and it's not just the fans who are pumped up about the giants heading to the postseason. ktvu semantic quintana joining us now live after talking with excited fans and business ow

resort. >> we listed johnson's beach for sale. >> the showpiece of it all, that famous beach. >> for more johnson's beach has been the playground for guests of the resort. the current owners are retiring. >> it's been so important to the community for so many decades. >> officials are considering making a bid on the property with a new vision. >> a public space that it's a business, it's not a part. >> her dream, preserving terrorist memories. -- preserving cherished memories. >> i want people to experience that for years to come. >> the sale of johnson's beach is personal just about everyone who lives here, including downtown business owners. robin johnson hopesohnson hopess buyer is knows how precious this beach is to the community. >> there's many generations in history and good feelings. sonoma county plans a hearing on the possible purchase on october 6. >> there's a sense of exciting and don't screw it up. liz: still to eviction moratorium has expired. what happens next for people who cannot pay their rent. - i'm norm. - i'm szasz. [norm] and we live in columbia, missouri. we d

they don't want people on the beach because it is that dangerous. as we continue to learn just how bad this oil spill is. >> you can see more of chase cain's reporting on nbc lx. you stream lx any time by heading to lx.com or channel 185 on xfinity cable. one more note about the oil spill. part of the cleanup of this spill includes rescuing all those birds covered in oil. here is a look at one of the birds. staffers from the bay area's international bird rescue are down in southern california to help rescue the birds impacted by the spill. so far the group has rescued eight different species of birds including pelicans and ducks. a remind they're experts want people down in those beach areas not only it's dangerous for you, but it's also a good idea to -- it's a threat to those birds if you're there. >>> we're going get you caught up on other local stories we're following this evening. there are new questions about the seismic safety of san francisco's sinking and tilting millennium tower. the engineer hired to stop the sinking concedes that his pla

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shutting down of beaches in a place like orange county huntington beach is huge financially.f damage is this going to do financially to your community and environmentally with this oil spill? >> the health and safety are the most important priorities so shutting down the beaches is not something we take lightly and we did this in conjunction with the orange county health agency to make sure that the residents and visitors are impacted. we are in the midst of a best air show in north america. yesterday we had 1.5 million people on our beach enjoying the air show and we were hoping to have a second day of that as well so you can imagine all of the restaurants and the hotels and everybody that were gearing up for this massive crush of them on the beach so to shut down not just the beaches and the air show was pretty devastating for this community but in the last 18 months i have seen this community rally and come together and despite the challenges we seem to face we come back stronger. so while the beaches are closed the rest of the city is not closed so there's other opportuni

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in the report, aldrich claimed the sexual encounter with beach was consensual. beach and the former michigan high school athlete have filed lawsuits against the blackhawks for the team's handling of the case. mona, andrew. >> andrea, thank you. >>> coming up, what's happening now to the man who lived inside chicago o'hare's airport for three months without anyone noticing. >>> also ahead, dialing 911. the shortage of first responders and why it could be getting worse. been in the hospital for been in the hospital for 76 days now. by the grace of god i'm still here. 76 days now. it was a lot of dark times then. by the grace of god i'm still here. it was a lot of dark times then. i died three times. i died three times. they gave me a 5% chance of living. they gave me a 5% chance of living. they gave me a 5% chance of living. we take advantage of, like, simple things in life. we take advantage of, like, simple things in life. we take advantage of, like, simple things in life. like going to the bathroom and brushing your teeth. like going to the bathroom and brushin

beaches friends! drive and huntington beach, stretching south to dana point are off limits.ting to keep people off of the sand. >> reporter: this seabird is one of the spill victims. rescuers from the uc davis oil and wildlife care network have mobilized in orange county and collected the bird. federal state and local law enforcement have launched a criminal investigation. it is not clear yet when roughly 127,000 gallons of oil began leaking into the ocean off of huntington beach. a report was made to the coast guard, saturday morning, but some officials suggest the leak was discovered by the pipeline operator amplify energy hours earlier. ceo martin wilshire disputes this, and told reporters that the cause of the leak could be blamed on a ship that dropped its anchor on the pipeline. >> that is one of the possibilities, yes. >> reporter: health officials are warning people not to fish, swim, or surf in these waters, because they are potentially toxic. we are live in huntington beach. allen, back to you. >> what a catastrophe. michelle, thanks so much. >>> healthcare workers

according to long beach unified school district.formation direct director said the officer was employed since january and completed more than 600 hours of state required peace officer training and twice yearly finals train jg the officer is on paid administrative leave. pending the investigation. >> might have been doing something but she was unarmed and already fleeing. there was no reason for that cop to fire. >> reporter: long beach unified school district shared the use of force policy saying the officers have the duty to use firearms only for self defense or defense of others to prevent death and also says officers shall not fire warning shots, shall not fire at a fleeing person, a moving vehicle or through a vehicle window unless quote circumstances clearly warrant the use of a firearm as a final means of defense. a retired los angeles police officer saw the witness video and noted many children around who could have been harmed by the gun fire. >> there is no imminent threat to the officer or anyone else as they're seated in

don't like the beach. it's too cold out, and it's those kid that are impossible to get back out of the water at the end of the day. >> over the last few years, i think we've had at least 40 of our students participate in the city surf project. >> surfing helped me with, like, how to swim. >> we've start off with about two to four sessions in the pool before actually going out and surfing. >> swimming at the pool just helps us with, like, being, like, comfortable in the water and being calm and not being all -- not being anxious. >> so when we started the city surf project, one of the things we did was to say hey, this is the way to earn your p.e. credits. just getting kids to go try it was one of our initial challenges for the first year or two. but now that we've been doing it three or four years, we have a group of kids that's consistent, and the word has spread, that it's super fun, that you learn about the ocean. >> starting in the morning, you know, i get the vehicles ready, and then, i get all the ge

. >> reporter: former chicago blackhawks player kyle beach spoke on canadian tv after an independent investigation commissioned by the blackhawks confirmed his allegations from 11 years ago when he claimed his then coach, brad aldridge, sexually assaulted him. >> i buried this for 10 years, 11 years, and it's destroyed me from the inside-out. >> reporter: beach, 20 years old at the time, said he reported the assault and was told his accusation made it up the chain of command but he says nothing happened. and aldridge was allowed to celebrate with the team after their stanley cup win that year. >> it made me feel that i wasn't important. and it mad important. and it made me feel like that he was in the right and i was wrong. >> reporter: that summer, aldridge resigned and took a job coaching at a high school in michigan where he was later convicted of sexual abuse of a minor. beach admitted he dealt with homophobic slurs in the locker room and turned to alcohol and drugs. now 31, playing for a pro team in germany, beach visibly upset that aldridge hurt someone else. >> i'm sorry. i'm

there's now washing up on beaches. reynold reports now from huntington beach in california. an environmental catastrophe on the california coast. sandy beaches fouled by globs of tar shore birds. wading through wetlands soaked in oil, a burst pipeline from an offshore oil rig gushed half a 1000000 leaders of crude into the pacific from the air, the oily shining covers parts of the ocean surface beaches along a large stretch of coast are now closed. we know that there is oil ranging from huntington beach and now we know as far down as laguna and, and likely moving, continuing to move in a southerly direction. the area is so popular with swimmers, surfers and sun bathers, that huntington beach is nicknamed surfed city usa coastal conservation advocates are devastated. you know, it's kind of a sense of ha, you know, really sadness and tragedy combined with a sense that you'd kind of knew it's inevitable. emergency crews, etc. and on land are laying floating barriers to try to contain the oil and prevent even more damage. a number of birds soaked with oil have been rescued, but

i am a beach person, grew up in the beach, am from this area, and so to see this happening in my back yard, it's devastating. but i also know that the -- we're going to do everything that we can to make this even better than it was before. >> reporter: and the spill happened about 4.5 miles offshore, and there are still efforts being made right now to identify the exact source of where that leak happened, how this happened. so in addition to the cleanup, there are divers down there trying to identify how this problem started and we'll still be asking questions throughout the day. >> absolutely. thank you very much. >>> joining me now for more is brad avery, mayor of newport beach, california, which is in orange county. actually saw newport on that map that we were showing you during natasha's live shot. mayor, thank you for being here. i read that you were actually out on your own boat on saturday morning and you saw an oil slick. did you have any sense then of how bad this was going to be? >> well, not really. i was coming back from catalina with my family after a weekend. we were he

are beautiful beaches empty state senator dave men took an aerial tour of the spill tuesday.d the immediate concerns include a beach cleaning and protecting ecologically sensitive areas long-term concerns include the economy. the democratic senator is calling on congress to cancel existing and future contracts for offshore drilling in california. i think we feel like an >> you know, we've had too many of the steps oil spills and the amount oil we get these offshore drills. it's not that much as a percentage of california supply and certainly as a percent of global supply it getting rid of those will have negligible impacts on a book oil prices. but we see the risk to take pose to our local economy. star beautiful ecosystem. governor gavin newsom declared a state of emergency. in response. >> he echoed calls tuesday to ban offshore drilling time once and for all. >> to disabuse ourselves that this has to be part of our future. this is part of our past. but some republicans say with energy comes risk newsom's former recover placement candidate and southern california resident,

>> charles and willa bruce, an american couple, had the american dream like many of us of owning a beach property, establishing a business. that's what they did. >> reporter: they built a lodge, a cafe, a dance hall opened to all. it became an oasis for black families to swim and socialize without being harassed until the safe haven became a target. >> despite all the racial taunts, the kkk, the harassment, the burning of their facilities, the taunting and harassment of their guests, they survived and flourished for 12 years and it was at that point that the city of manhattan beach took it upon themselves to say, enough is enough. >> reporter: in 1924, manhattan beach officials seized the bruce's land, citing imminent doman and plans to build a park. they tried to fight the city to no avail they received just over $14,500 for their beachfront property. the land remained vacant for three decade, now, almost 100 years later a reckoning. >> this property was stolen from the bruce's. we're returning what was stolen and rightfully there's. >> the state returning the prime real estate to the c

long beach port complex. today the pipeline company suggested what may have caused the failure was an anchor for one of those ships. as the orange coast prepares to defend against more oil coming ashore, and as the undersea pipeline company says it's close to confirming the source of the leak, a state official offered a blunt announcement. >> this is a criminal case. >> reporter: no, it wasn't deliberate but possibly the result of negligence or something else, causing beaches to be closed from huntington to dana point. it's led to the closure of people entering or leaving. >> with respect to the hundreds of millions of dollars of devastation that it did to our environment and our economy, we are going to feel the impacts of this oil spill for generations. >> reporter: orange county d.a. todd spitzer among those listening to a noon hour briefing by the emergency response joint command. the leak began sometime before the operator of the offshore oil platform emergency pipeline reported it on saturday. they said

beaches, not surprisingly, are closed, all the way from long beach to newport beach. and today's specific air show finale has been canceled to keep people off the contaminated huntington beach sand and help rescue the wildlife there. emily is joining me now. this is heartbreaking. i'm a frequent patron of those beaches in the summertime. what are we learning about those? >> absolutely. hello there. it's really a race against time at this point. authorities feverishly working to stop the oil from continuing to leak into the ocean from the pipeline beach, and two, they're also trying to prevent the oil from leaking into treasured areas, nature preserves and wetlands. 120,000 gallons of oil pouring into the ocean. you said it, they made the difficult decision to cancel the last day of the iconic pacific air show. so authorities could devote their resources and energy to trying to manage what is being described as a potential disaster situation. huntington beach and newport beach, really a focal point for their response at this time. officials there describing how they're

huntington beach is closed right now to beachgoers, and so is laguna beach just to the south. who's it hazmat suits have set up booms to contain the spill and they're carefully cleaning globs of oil on the rocks. authorities say heavy crude oil is likely to keep washing ashore for several more days. this bill covers almost six nautical miles between the huntington beach pier and newport beach again as we said 126,000 gallons of oil have spilled. that's about 1/5 the size of an olympic size swimming pool. boxes william la jeunesse reports now from huntington beach, where officials fear there could be a big impact on fish and birds. thousands of gallons of slick oil, casting a sheen over the pacific ocean, a devastating result of this weekend spill off the coast of southern california, where officials believe at least 3000 barrels worth of crude. leaked from an underwater pipe. given that the spill exceeds 100,000 gallons, the coast guard has classified this situation in huntington beach in the surrounding areas, as in major spill cleanup efforts underway as crews focus on clear

it's not just huntington beach but steel beach that's all included. so it's very, very important. not only that last weekend we just had the u.s. open surfing competition. this is a beautiful beaches and, you know, when people visit, especially air show, yesterday we kind of like assume we have more than a million people and 500 visitors actually from our site of california they came. so this is beautiful place and we cannot really hurt the natural, you know, area. >> do you know the extent of the environmental damage at this point? >> as of right now that we are actually adjusting. that's the reason i went out this morning and joined the coast guard to take a tour of the, you know, spill damage and how they are cleaning up. so i saw the oil platform where it started, and it's about seven miles away from the beaches and i saw the efforts to stop oil spilling and we're doing whatever we can and we have a lot of volunteers. i just had the zoom meeting with all these surfers and, you know, conserver people and local leaders and they all want to volunteer. we're doing whatever we can.

orange county officials have closed all beaches in the city of laguna beach is cleanup of this oil spill is very much ongoing. the spill also forced the suspension of fishing in the affected area along the coast and there is growing concern tonight among some that this is going to be an environmental catastrophe. >> disgusting. >> there was these oil patches. some the size of frisbees some. there were probably 20 foot around its circumference and they were surprisingly thick with a lot of dog and they're just all over the place out there. >> officials said today the pipeline split open and was apparently dragged more than 100 feet along the ocean floor, possibly by a ship's anchor which they think may have caused this whole mess. the coast guard says the segment of pipe that was dragged was 3 quarters of a mile long and the from where the oil was spewing as more than a foot law. >> if you can picture the vertically. the pipeline has essentially been hold like a bow string and so at its widest point is a 105 feet away from where it was. so it is kind of an a in a that is the what we have

and yet here we are at the empty tables and the empty beaches on day 16. jonah, how al jazeera on la palmer island in the atlantic ocean. william shatner's boldly going for no other living. sy, fi stars have gone actually into space. the 90 role doctor became a science fiction icon when he played captain kirk him the u. s. sy fi series star trek is going to be joining 3 others on board of blue origin capsule, which is going to blast off from texas next week. shatner's going to become the oldest person to go into space so far. ah, this is audra 0. these are the top stories, facebook and it subsidiaries, instagram and what's up or now mostly back on line. after users were blocked for several hours, billions of people around the world have been affected, the companies apologize and says it does not believe any user data was compromised . phase.

is getting a little worse. >> we're in huntington beach to show you firsthand the impact

the huntington beach pier and the, and the shoreline and the waves washing up on the beach, each wave carrying. unfortunately, we did some more a crude oil, and this spill stretches for many kilometers south of here. now, divers went down to the location where the breach of the pipeline took place. and they found that the pipeline was a distorted. it's a 1200 meter section of the pipeline that was moved, displaced somehow about 45 meters. now, these are not little pipes like you'd have in your kitchen or your bathroom. this is a very large steel pipe covered and concrete according to amplify energy. the company that, that runs this a whole platform in pipeline. so it is not easy to move, it doesn't move with waves or water. so the suspicion is largely now on whether or not at some point it ships anchor, contacted, make contact with the pipeline and dragged it that, that, uh, 45 meters of the head of amplify energy said it was shaped like a bow. oh, so it was almost on sort of 2, it's 2, it's breaking point and there was the result. there was a 33 centimeter gash in the pipeline. now t

beaches are closed from long beach to newport beach.

and yet, here we are at the empty tables and the empty beaches on day 60. jonah, how al jazeera on la palmer island in the atlantic ocean to america, scientists have been awarded. this is nobel prize from medicine. david julius and other important part to push in was singled out for their discoveries about receptors for temperature and touch. the secretary general of the nobel committee called the findings crucial to our survival. the prize comes with a gold medal and more than a $1000000.00. it is true that walking through the supermarket, i'll one day seeing all these hot chili pepper saucers, et cetera. i was thinking we really have to get this project done. and, and my wife said, well then you should get on it is when you're looking at these things, i was looking at all the spices, but you're right that, you know, sensory systems. how we, what we see and how we hear and, and how we sense temperature and pressure needs really tell us about how we interact with the world. so when we see things in the world around us, it begs these questions naturally. jus

beaches are fouled, wildlife killed. >> the impact to the environment is irreversible. >> also tonight vaccination or suspension for not getting shots. some as early as tomorrow. the crackdown rejected in some states. >> i truly believe that the mandate only divides us and only divides us more. >> duncan: overseas, covid contradiction. poor countries still bait for vaccines but in europe the virus' retreat marks the return to old customs. >> plus divided democrats, the latest on a showdown putting the president's agenda in doubt. >> eye on america, what climate change is doing to the great lakes region. >> so this is the road to nowhere. >> it is. >> and later, we cruise to san francisco to celebrate the culture of low-riding. >> we've got heart, we've got soul. we've got spirits. >> this is the cbs weekend news from new york, with jericka duncan. >> good evening and thanks for joining us. california officials and cleanup crews are trying to limit the damage from a major offshore oil spill south of los angeles. the kreut has-- crude has spoiled beaches, killed fish and birds and threat