The latest impacts on Refugio State Beach can be spotted right away ... Refugio remained closed in the spring and early ...

Refugio State Beach, a protected state beach park in Santa Barbara County, is closed indefinitely due to major storm damage, officials announced this week. The California State Parks-owned beach ...

A Texas-based oil company announced to investors today that the California Office of the State Fire Marshal ... ruptured and released about 450,000 gallons of oil near Refugio State Beach. The state ...