Los Angeles Times | El Capitan beach to reopen a month after Santa Barbara County oil spill Los Angeles Times El Capitan State Beach will reopen next Friday, more than a month after 101,000 gallons of crude oil gushed from a ruptured pipeline off the Santa Barbara County coast. An assessment of the beach Thursday by the California Department of Parks and ... Beach Near Oil Spill to Reopen, as Probe Continues on Break |