SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – The County of Santa Barbara Health Department has closed East Beach both east and west of the Mission Creek outfall after about 4,500 gallons of sewage spilled during heavy rains Wednesday.

The 4,500 gallons of sewage spilled in the 2700 block of De la Vina Street after a pump bypass failure shared the County of Santa Barbara in a press release Wednesday.

Specifically, the closure is from one-quarter mile east to one-eighth of a mile west of where Mission Creek meets the open ocean and signs have already been posted in the area detailed the County Health Department.

Contact with sewage-contaminated water increases the risk of illness and untreated rainwater runoff within three days after any rain event can increase the risk of illnesses including rashes, fever, ear infections, vomiting, and diarrhea explained the County Health Department.

Beachgoers are advised to avoid swimming in local waterways in the days after rains to avoid untreated runoff added the local health agency.

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By Taylor Romine, CNN

(CNN) — A traffic stop outside of Baltimore Wednesday ended with an undocumented man shot and another injured after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents allege the driver of a van drove directly at officers, prompting them to open fire.

It is the second incident publicized this week where ICE agents shot at an undocumented person during an operation after the person allegedly attempted to hurt agents, although that person wasn’t hit by gunfire.

In Wednesday’s incident, the driver of the van was shot and another undocumented migrant in the van was injured, but both are in stable condition and are expected to recover, the Department of Homeland Security said.

After a year of violent encounters between DHS and the public, the confrontation provides another example of how car crashes and rammings are taking center stage in encounters with federal agents as immigration enforcement has ramped up across the country.

Stop by ICE agents leads to shooting

ICE officers were in Glen Burnie, Maryland, Wednesday conducting “a targeted immigration enforcement operation” when they attempted to stop the two men, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.

The undocumented migrants were identified as Tiago Alexandre Sousa-Martins, a Portuguese man who was driving the van, and Solomon Antonio Serrano-Esquivel, a man from El Salvador who was a passenger, McLaughlin said.

Officers approached the van and asked Sousa-Martins to turn off the engine, but he refused and attempted to leave the scene, she said. He started ramming ICE vehicles and “then drove his van directly at ICE officers” as “it appeared he was trying to run them over,” McLaughlin said.

“Fearing for their lives and public safety, (officers) defensively fired their service weapons, striking the driver,” she said. Sousa-Martins then wrecked his car between two buildings, McLaughlin said, although photos shared by the agency on X show a white van crashed into a tree. CNN has reached out to DHS for clarification.

In the process of the crash, Serrano-Esquivel was also injured, she said.

Officers immediately gave medical care to the two men and took them to the hospital, McLaughlin said, adding no ICE agents were injured.

Sousa-Martins came to the US from Portugal in December 2008, but didn’t leave the country when his visa expired in February 2009, DHS said. The agency didn’t provide additional information on Serrano-Esquivel’s immigration history.

It is not immediately clear if the two men obtained legal representation.

CNN has reached out to local law enforcement in the area to see if they responded to the incident.

Rising car incidents over the last year

As images of dramatic immigration operations have risen across the country over the last year, incidents involving cars has become a common occurrence.

“Aggressors are now purposefully running into officers, boxing in law enforcement vehicles, running ICE law enforcement off the roads, and ramming their cars into law enforcement vehicles,” Emily Covington, ICE Assistant Director of Public Affairs, told CNN in October.

But the agency has been criticized for using the tactic itself, including controversial “precision immobilization technique” or “PIT” maneuvers, which force a car to spin out and stop. Experts have told CNN the maneuver is considered a use of deadl

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation approved Sable Offshore's plan to restart oil production off the Gaviota Coast.

The approval comes after the federal agency removed the California Office of State Fire Marshal from the restart process entirely earlier this month.

According to an 8-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration informed the Houston-based energy company that it had approved its restart plans for Line CA-324 and Line CA-325.

Line CA-324, formerly known as Line 901, has remained dormant since it ruptured, causing the 2015 Refugio Oil Spill which impacted 150 miles of California coastline and destroyed thousands of acres of shoreline habitats.

In September, Sable Offshore submitted official paperwork to restart oil production with the California Office of State Fire Marshal (OSFM) and the state-based safety agency responded the next month that there were still unmet conditions before an official restart.

Earlier this month, Sable Offshore informed investors that it had determined that the pipeline connecting the Santa Ynez Unit to Pentland Station in Kern County is technically an interstate pipeline under the Pipeline Safety Act and requested that federal regulators take over its restart plans involving the pipelines.

The Department of Transportation agreed with Sable Offshore's assessment and promptly asserted its authority over restart plans in mid-December.

"Ever since a catastrophic oil spill at Refugio Beach in 2015 led to a court-ordered consent decree, CAL FIRE - Office of the State Fire Marshal has been responsible for overseeing the repair of the lines that caused the spill, which are now operated by Sable Offshore Corp in Santa Barbara County," shared Daniel Villaseñor with the California Natural Resources Agency. "The Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is asserting these lines are within their jurisdiction and will assume regulatory authority of the lines going forward, and that the Office of the State Fire Marshal no longer has any role to play in keeping Californians safe from potential problems with these pipelines. The Administration is reviewing PHMSA’s new action and evaluating next steps."

The day before the decision to

Por Kevin Liptak, CNN

Suena el teléfono. ¿A tu hijo de 10 años le gustaría hablar con el presidente? Está siguiendo a Santa Claus desde su sala de estar en Palm Beach.

“Santa Claus es muy buena persona”, le dice el presidente Donald Trump, con traje y corbata dorada, a Jasper en Tulsa. “Queremos asegurarnos de que no se infiltre, de que no estemos infiltrando en nuestro país a un Santa Claus malo. Así que descubrimos que Santa Claus es bueno. Santa Claus te quiere. Santa Claus quiere a Oklahoma, como yo. Sabes que Oklahoma me trató muy bien en las elecciones. Así que yo quiero a Oklahoma. No te vayas nunca de Oklahoma, ¿de acuerdo?”

De acuerdo, dice Jasper.

Siguiente, general.

Esta Nochebuena Trump habla con los niños cuyas llamadas a NORAD (Mando Norteamericano de Defensa Aeroespacial) para rastrear a Papá Noel se han conectado a Mar-a-Lago. Es una tradición presidencial.

“Supongo que deberían escuchar todo esto”, les dice a sus reporteros, que observan desde los paneles de seda veneciana y las columnas románicas del elegante resort de Trump en Florida. Su altavoz está encendido, pero el de su esposa no.

“Está muy concentrada. La primera dama está muy concentrada”, dijo, mirando alrededor del árbol de Navidad hacia donde Melania Trump está sentada, con el auricular pegado a la oreja.

Ella no levanta la vista.

“Creo que es mejor que se duerman”, dice la primera dama por el auricular, de espaldas al presidente. “Y luego Santa Claus llegará a tu casa”.

“Puede concentrarse completamente sin escuchar esto”, dice el presidente. “Al menos saben lo que está pasando”.

A continuación, una niña de 8 años en Carolina del Norte.

“¡Suenas tan hermosa y tierna! ¡Suenas tan inteligente!”, le dice el presidente a Savannah, quien se pregunta: “¿Se enojará Santa Claus si no le dejamos galletas?”.

“No se enojará”, responde Trump, después de pedirle a Savannah que repita su pregunta. “Pero creo que se decepcionará mucho. Sabes, Santa Claus suele ser un poco angelical. ¿Sabes lo que significa angelical? Un poco pesado”.

Otra mirada a la primera dama, absorta en la conversación.

“Así puedes escuchar lo que está pasando. Creo que es un poco mejor”, dice, señalando el altavoz de su teléfono. “Las llamadas de un solo lado nunca son buenas, pero son mucho menos peligrosas”.

El ejército está rastreando a Santa Claus sobre Suecia, le informa el general a Trump.

“Así que Santa Claus tiene un buen viaje para llegar a tu parte del mundo”, le dice a Amelia en Kansas. “Dentro de cinco horas, Santa Claus bajará por tu chimenea”.

Amelia está preocupada por el carbón en su calcetín.

“¿Te refieres a carbón limpio y hermoso?”, pregunta Trump. “Tenía que hacerlo, lo siento”.

Siguiente, general. La línea telefónica está en silencio.

“¿Les gusta la sala? No hay problema con la altura del techo”, dice el presidente para llenar el silencio, mirando hacia el artesonado de pan de oro. “¿Oye, general?”

Un niño de cinco años en Pensilvania está esperando.

“Pensilvania es genial. De hecho, ganamos Pensilvania tres veces, pero ganamos Pensilvania. La ganamos por goleada. Así que me encanta Pensilvania”, declara Trump.

Papá Noel está ahora sobre Copenhague.

“Podríamos hacer esto todo el día”, proclama el presidente. “Tenemos que volver a China, Rusia, Ucrania. Tenemos que volver a otras cosas, pero esto… podrías hacer esto todo el día. Bien, general, estamos listos”.

Melania Trump ha colgado el teléfono.

“¿Cómo está, primera dama?”, pregunta el presidente desde el otro lado de la sala.

“Estoy esperando una llamada”, responde ella.

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