That natural gas leak near Porter Ranch may take up to four months to plug, the Los Angeles Daily News reports. So far, more than 280 families have been forced to evacuate. Executives of the Southern California Gas Co. are to appear before the Los Angeles City Council to provide a progress report and explain why their community outreach fell short. “Their crisis communication plan … if they had one at all, has failed miserably,” said City Councilman Mitch Englander.