Efforts to stop California chemical leak in Orange County on "new trajectory," officials say, as 50,000 remain evacuated

Local News Efforts to stop California chemical leak in Orange County on "new trajectory," officials say, as 50,000 remain evacuated By Austin Turner, Austin Turner Web Producer, CBS News Los Angeles Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he worked at KTLA, the San Jose Mercury News, the Sedona Red Rock News and various other outlets as a news and sports reporter. Read Full Bio Austin Turner, Julie Sharp, Julie Sharp Web Producer, CBS Los Angeles Julie Sharp is a digital producer at CBS Los Angeles. She is a South Bay native and majored in print journalism at Cal State University Long Beach. Julie previously reported for the Beach Reporter, contributed to the Palos Verdes Pulse and worked as a video journalist for CBS News before joining the CBS News Los Angeles website team. Read Full Bio Julie Sharp, Chelsea Hylton, Chelsea Hylton Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. An Inglewood native, Hylton has her master's degree from USC. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region. Before joining CBS in 2024, she worked at NBC LA, Telemundo 52, The Los Angeles Times and KOMO 4 News in Seattle. Read Full Bio Chelsea Hylton, Matthew Rodriguez, Dean Fioresi Dean Fioresi Web Producer, CBS Los Angeles Dean Fioresi is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. He covers breaking news throughout Southern California. When he's not writing about local events, he enjoys focusing on sports and entertainment. Read Full Bio Dean Fioresi May 24, 2026 / 2:04 PM EDT / CBS LA Add CBS News on Google Efforts to stop a California industrial disaster were on a "new trajectory" on Sunday, officials said, revealing that crews discovered a pressure-relieving crack in the tank behind a toxic chemical leak in Orange County, where 50,000 people remain evacuated.In a post to X, Orange County Fire Authority Interim Chi...