Friday’s Headlines: It’s D Day!
The D opens at 12:30 p.m. today, with subway service to three new art-filled stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega! Join in the celebration - which includes DJs, food vendors, arts & crafts, and more - at Wilshire/Western and each of the three new stations - which runs til 4 p.m. Or ride Metro free all weekend!
8:20 AM PDT on May 8, 2026
- New D Line Subway Will Change How Angelenos Get Around (SBLA)
- Metro opens three new D Line stations along Wilshire Boulevard (NBCLA)
- All aboard the D Line! First phase of historic Metro line extension opens today (LAist)
- First eyed 6 decades ago, history-making D-Line subway opens first leg Friday (Los Angeles Daily News)
- The LAT asks if Metro has done enough or whether riding the D will entail a learning curve (LAT)
- Why it took 65 years to build L.A.’s most important rail line (LAT)
- The D Line in under a minute:
- Metrolink sees surge in ridership as soaring gas prices push SoCal commuters toward public transit (ABC7)
- Burbank adopts plan for new library and civic center plaza (Urbanize LA)
- The mothers who walked for peace in Boyle Heights (Boyle Heights Beat)
- $50,000 reward offered after visiting Cubs fan killed in South L.A. hit-and-run (KTLA)
- ‘Ghost stops’ with no body cam footage land LAPD gang unit members under investigation (LAT, KTLA)
- Students profiled and detained by LAPD just hours before graduation finally get their moment to shine (Boyle Heights Beat)
- Daily Memo: A Push for ‘Quieter’ Immigration Raids and An Increasing Use of Force at Detention Centers (L.A. TACO)
- Trump’s Immigration Agenda Has Forced Hundreds of Kids Into Foster Care (NOTUS)
- What a Bike Ride Showed Me About Apartheid’s Legacy (NYT)
- ‘It Hurts My Heart’: Black Elders Reflect on Tennessee Plan To Strip Memphis of Power (Capital B News)
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