More than 200 entries have been received since Metro announced the tunnel boring machine naming contest in June, and now we’re down to just 10 finalists. Which name will end up on the side of the TBM that will be digging the Crenshaw/LAX tunnels? That’s up to you! The public is invited to help select the winners of a contest to choose a name and art work for the tunnel boring…

More than 200 entries have been received since Metro announced the tunnel boring machine naming contest in June, and now we’re down to just 10 finalists. Which name will end up on the side of the TBM that will be digging the Crenshaw/LAX tunnels? That’s up to you!

The public is invited to help select the winners of a contest to choose a name and art work for the tunnel boring machine (TBM) that will soon begin digging twin tunnels for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project.

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BY JOSEPH LEMON

Metro’s Business Interruption Fund was started to assist small businesses that may be impacted by construction of Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX line, the Little Tokyo area along the Regional Connector and Phase I of the Purple Line Extension.

More than $1 million in grants have been awarded since the first checks were distributed to qualifying merchants in April. The fund aims to provide assistance so that affected businesses can…