Yahoo News | Efforts underway to scrub spilled oil from California coast Yahoo News The area is home to offshore oil rigs, and small amounts of tar from natural seepage regularly show up on beaches. In 1969, several hundred thousand gallons spilled from a blowout on an oil platform and thousands of seabirds and many marine mammals ... Photos: A ruptured pipeline dumped 21000 gallons of oil on the California ... Santa Barbara Oil Spill: Crews Race to Contain Estimated 21000 Gallons Ruptured pipeline spills 21000 gallons of oil along California coast |