Tar and oil spotted on Devereux and Sands beaches near UC Santa Barbara over the weekend are from “natural seep events,” a county spokesperson confirmed to Noozhawk.
Members of the public submitted multiple reports of tar and oil sightings to the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) over the weekend, stating that there was an “unusual amount of liquid tar” present.
Kelsey Gerckens Buttitta, the county’s communications manager, said county staff visited the area recently and “did not observe any unusual amounts of oil or tar.”…