oil project

State Fish and Wildlife officials say about 420 gallons of oil spilled from a facility in the mountains north of Santa Paula.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors voted to start action to reject the transfer of county permits for the facilities.

Sable Offshore Corporation said it hopes to have the pipeline back in operation this summer. It's already reactivated some oil wells off the Santa Barbara County coastline.

In an unrelated decision, a state water agency is seeking legal action against the company because of potential wastewater impacts on waterways.

Santa Barbara County Supervisors deadlock 2-2 over whether ownership change for some major oil facilities should be allowed. The result is no action on the issue.

Aera Energy produces about 25% of the state's oil and gas.

A hearing over a controversial proposal to add some new oil wells and related facilities at an onshore oil field on the Central Coast could be postponed…