California oil spill may close beaches for months

The latest: Oil began washing up on beaches by early Sunday, and closures may expand and last for months.

• As of Sunday evening, 3,150 gallons of oil have been recovered from the spill area, the Coast Guard said.
• The pipeline from which it leaked has been shut off, Martyn Willsher, CEO of Houston-based Amplify Energy Corp., which owns the pipeline, told the AP.
• The leaking pipeline connects to oil production and drilling platforms, the AP reports, both of which are in federal waters.
• The full scope of wildlife impacts is not yet fully known.

The big picture: A host of extreme weather events amplified by climate change have battered California in recent months, from record heat to some of the largest wildfires in state history.

• For some residents, the spill is just another reminder of how California is ground zero for climate change.
• Wildfire photographer Stuart Palley captured this in an Instagram post: "The forests of my childhood have burned, and now the beaches from youth are covered in oil."

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