keywords: environmental disaster, oil spill, santa barbara, off shore oil rig, oil cleanup crews
Synopsis: Oil spill off Los Angeles and Santa Barbara coastline brings oil sludge onto the beaches endangering environment and wildlife. Offshore drilling platform, pan to sludge on beach. Boats in channel as straw is blown onto water. Men in skiffs scooping up oil soaked straw in marina. 0il soaked beaches and activities of workers and equipment during cleanup. Santa Barbara area. Boat in channel as straw is blown onto water. Oil soaked debris on beach, two children with oily feet walking on beach. Workers washing slime from oil soaked waterfowl. Footage of dead birds. Duck on oily water of marina.
