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Hearing on gas terminal off Long Beach draws hundreds

A standing-room-only crowd of several hundred surfers, environmentalists, local politicians and residents gathered last night in Long Beach for a federal hearing on a liquid natural gas processing plant proposed for a 60.5-acre man-made island that would be built 13.5 miles south of the city's boardwalk.

Most of the about 50 people who spoke seemed opposed to the project.

Opponents...

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