The country’s first offshore oil drilling rig was built in the Santa Barbara channel in the late 19th century. By the 1920s, wooden piers and oil derricks filled the nearshore waters of ...

Pelicans float on the water with an offshore oil platform in the background in the Santa Barbara Channel off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif. in 2010 (AP photo/Mark J. Terrill, File) LOS ANGELES (CN ...

Promises to lower prices through mandating oil leasing are overblown and would actually line the pockets of Big Oil. An offshore oil platform in Santa Barbara Channel, California, with Santa Cruz ...