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The Latest: California oil spilled near pipeline valve

Crude oil flows down a barranca after a spill in Ventura, Calif. Thursday, June 23, 2016. (Rob Varela/The Ventura County Star via AP) LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT
Crude oil flows down a barranca after a spill in Ventura, Calif. Thursday, June 23, 2016. (Rob Varela/The Ventura County Star via AP) LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT Crude oil flows down a barranca after a spill in Ventura, Calif. Thursday, June 23, 2016. (Rob Varela/The Ventura County Star via AP) LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) – The Latest on a spill of crude oil from a California pipeline (all times local):

1:10 p.m.

A representative of the company operating a pipeline that spilled thousands of gallons of crude in Southern California says the leak occurred in the vicinity of a valve.

Crimson Pipeline spokeswoman Kendall Klingler says crews were changing valves on the line Wednesday but it’s not known if the valve in question had been changed.

The oil that spilled Thursday was produced by another company, Aera Energy.