In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Summerland Beach was bustling with offshore drilling activity, with hundreds of wells pumping out oil and gas from fertile fields below the Santa Barbara Channel.

A Unified Command of agencies is continuing to investigate and monitor petroleum sheens off Summerland Beach in Santa Barbara County. Lab results from multiple locations on and off the shore indicate ...

SUMMERLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- The Santa Barbara Public Health Department closed down Summerland Beach in Santa Barbara County after an oily substance was found near the shore. The Coast Guard Sector ...

Update (10:27 a.m.): U.S Coast Guard pollution responders are coordinating with partners in response to Friday's oil sheen reported off Summerland Beach. The estimated 1-and-a-half to 2-mile-long ...

The Santa Barbara County Public Health Department has re-opened Summerland Beach to the public. Oil and odors have decreased due to tide activity and natural processes. “Immediate health concerns have ...

Summerland Beach has been opened to the public again, Santa Barbara County Public Health officials announced Monday. The beach had been closed since Friday because of a large volume of oil on the ...

SUMMERLAND, Calif. - At the request of the Summerland Beautiful organization, Santa Barbara area fishermen rallied to help clean up a beach. Most of the large items picked up were lobster traps that ...

Authorities said it's coming from an area with very active seeps where crude oil leaks from fractures in the seafloor. SUMMERLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- The Coast Guard is investigating the source of an ...

For decades, Summerland Beach has suffered from a sticky plague: the constant seepage of oil from over 200 offshore wellheads, tracing back to the origins of the world’s first offshore oil wells in ...

SUMMERLAND (CBSLA.com/AP) — Santa Barbara County health officials have closed down Summerland Beach due to oil in the water and on the sand. The health department ...

Not long ago, saying “I live in Summerland,” would trigger a puzzled “where?” Then someone would mention the Big Yellow House. Had the restaurant then been empty and a shade of white as today, the ...