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Earthquake faults crisscross LA. Is it safe to tunnel here?
Los Angeles Curbed   16 January 2019   USA   Los Angeles  
The underground portion of the soon-to-open Crenshaw/LAX Line is located in a liquefaction zone, where engineers must contend with damp, sandy soil that can destabilize in an earthquake. By Liz Kuball
<p>In December, tech billionaire Elon Musk and his tunneling startup, The Boring Company, unveiled a mile-long tunnel beneath Hawthorne&mdash;a prototype of an undergroundtransportation system called &ldquo;Loop.&rdquo;<br />Musk has repeatedly suggested that ...
Elon Musk will build a test tunnel for his high-speed Loop system in LA — but angry residents claim the plan is being rushed
Business Insider UK   23 May 2018   USA   Los Angeles  
Boring Company's underground test tunnel in Hawthorne, California. The Boring Company
<p>On May 17, Elon Musk outlined his Boring Company's plan to build a test tunnel for a high-speed transit system underneath several neighborhoods of Los Angeles, California.<br />Two community groups, made up of LA residents, filed a lawsuit against the City ...
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‘Very Small Risk’ That 3-Story Home Will Fall as Crews Monitor Active Landslide in Malibu, Fire Official Says
KTLA 5   17 January 2018   USA   Los Angeles  
An active landslide affects a three-story home in Malibu on Jan. 17, 2018. (Credit: KTLA)
<p>An actively moving landslide continued to threaten a three-story house nestled atop a hill in Malibu Wednesday evening, but Los Angeles County fire officials said the risk is "very small" that the home itself will fall into the canyon below.</p><p>Crews ...
Tunneling nearly complete on Metro's Regional Connector project
Los Angeles Curbed   11 December 2017   USA   Los Angeles  
<p>Construction crews are nearly finished excavating the second of two tunnels for Metro's Regional Connector project, and on Friday, the tunnel reached the future Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill subway station in Downtown LA.</p><p>A video from Metro captures ...
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