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Oil spill closes Refugio and El Capitan campgrounds
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May 22, 2015
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Oil spill closes Refugio and El Capitan campgrounds
California State Parks closed several beaches and campgrounds just before Memorial Day weekend.
Officers from the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) set up a restricted area at Refugio State Beach after an oil spill in Goleta, California, May 19, 2015. An oil pipeline ruptured dumping oil into the Pacific Ocean near Santa Barbara, California, the US Coast Guard said. The spill was estimated at 21,000 gallons (80,000 liters) of oil, local media reported. AFP PHOTO/ ROBYN BECK (Photo credit should read ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
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California State Parks closed several beaches and campgrounds just before Memorial Day weekend.

Clean up is still underway at Santa Barbara’s coast following the oil spill at Refugio State Beach. As a result, several beaches and campgrounds closed just before Memorial Day weekend. 

Richard Rozzelle, Channel Coast Superintendent for California State Parks, was on the grounds and joined the show for more.