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Evacuation orders were issued for Mineral King Road from Highway 198 to Oak Grove Bridge, and Mineral King Drive up to Sequoia National Park boundary.

While the Orange County spill has leaked at least 126,000 gallons of crude into the ocean, its size is still far less than several other catastrophic spills in California and elsewhere.

California's distaste for offshore drilling dates back to the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. Here's a recap of how the state has led the charge against the practice ever since.

A low-pressure system will bring a chance of lightning and showers over the Orange County oil spill area, officials said.

Divers are completing an intricate inspection of the pipelines on the sea floor, about 80 to 100 feet below the ocean's surface.

The oil likely will continue to encroach on Orange County beaches for the next few days, officials said.

Mayor Eric Garcetti has been forced into a waiting game as Senate Republicans slow the confirmation process for President Biden's appointees. Garcetti was nominated in July to be U.S. Ambassador to India, but it's uncertain when his appointment will be heard by the Senate.

The name change is the first of its kind for a California park, part of a broad effort to identify and rectify derogatory names attached to state parks and transportation systems, officials said.

Amplify Energy Corp., the owner of the offshore oil operation, had recently emerged from bankruptcy, while a subsidiary amassed numerous federal noncompliance incidents.

Fostering a kitten or puppy can be incredibly hard. But having a golden retriever-Saint Bernard mix helping out makes it easier.

The pipeline failure caused roughly 130,000 gallons of oil to gush into the Catalina Channel, creating a slick that spanned about 8,320 acres — larger than the size of Santa Monica.

Times columnist Sandy Banks recalls her time working on the "Black L.A.: Looking at Diversity" series in 1982.

The time it took to determine the scope of the leak has sparked questions from residents and others about how the early hours of the crisis were handled.

Throughout Sunday afternoon, people gathered at the mouth of the Santa Ana River between Newport and Huntington beaches after a major oil spill caused at least 126,000 gallons of crude to spill into Orange County coastal waters.

The oil had already killed or poisoned untold numbers of birds, fish and mammals, despoiling their habitat for perhaps years to come.