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OC oil spill: Rescuing birds requires a lot more than washing off the crude oil
The broken oil pipeline off the coast of Huntington Beach is an environmental catastrophe that has killed fish, contaminated wetlands, and left nearby birds covered in oil. Now wildlife experts are rescuing sick and injured animals, one by one.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenThe broken oil pipeline off the coast of Huntington Beach is an environmental catastrophe that has killed fish, contaminated wetlands, and left nearby birds covered in oil. Now wildlife experts are rescuing sick and injured animals, one by one.
Plus, a nonprofit organization called the Sidewalk Project supplies unhoused people with Narcan, clean syringes, condoms, pipes, and marijuana. And a new exhibition honors the history of the museum at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
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3 storiesBirds struggle to survive after OC oil spill. This team helps them get fed, hydrated, stabilized and clean
The broken oil pipeline off the coast of Huntington Beach has spilled 144,000 gallons of oil. The environmental catastrophe has killed fish, contaminated wetlands, and left nearby birds covered in oil. Now wildlife experts are rescuing sick and injured animals.
Read the story8 minHow a Narcan ‘Tree of Life’ prevents overdoses on Skid Row
A nonprofit called the Sidewalk Project supplies unhoused people with Narcan, clean syringes, condoms, pipes, and marijuana.
Read the story10 minAt Glendale’s Forest Lawn cemetery, check out a massive collection of Michelangelo art replicas
Forest Lawn Memorial Park is now home to Debbie Reynolds, Carrie Fisher, Lucille Ball, Gene Autry, Paul Walker, John Ritter, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson and many more.
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