ThinkProgress | The California Oil Spill Is Even Worse Than We Thought ThinkProgress Crews from Patriot Environmental Services collect oil-covered seaweed and sand from the shoreline at Refugio State Beach, north of Goleta, Calif., Wednesday, May 20, 2015. A broken onshore pipeline spewed oil down a storm drain and into the ocean for ... How does Santa Barbara match up with other US oil spills? Refugio Oil Spill: Company Ordered to Suspend Operation of Pipeline That Ruptured These Photos of Sea Creatures Soaked by Oil in California Will Break Your Heart |