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Metro Los Angeles unleashes prehistoric beast for D Line debut

Nypost · · 303 words · By California Post Staff
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Metro Los Angeles unleashes prehistoric beast for D Line debut The first phase of Metro Los Angeles’ D Line extension officially opened — complete with a prehistoric nod to the ancient creatures that once roamed the land beneath one of its new stops.

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What happened

Metro Los Angeles unleashes prehistoric beast for D Line debut The first phase of Metro Los Angeles’ D Line extension officially opened — complete with a prehistoric nod to the ancient creatures that once roamed the land beneath one of its new stops.

Why it matters

The three new stops along Wilshire Boulevard — La Brea, Fairfax and La Cienega — came into operation Friday with a slew of Metro social media posts celebrating the launch as well as a giant costumed saber-toothed cat.

Common ground

The cat, who once roamed the area around the La Brea tar pits — an active fossil excavation site near the Fairfax stop — where natural asphalt has bubbled up from underground for more than 50,000 years.

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open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/08/us-news/metro-los-angeles-d-line-opens-with-help-o…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The asphalt has preserved millions of Ice Age-era remains including dire wolves, saber-toothed cats and mammoths.”
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Wikipedia and other authoritative sources confirm the site preserves Ice Age fossils, including megafauna. While the specific word 'millions' is not explicitly quantified in the snippets, the preservation of these specific species (dire wolves, saber-toothed cats, mammoths) is a well-documented fact of the site.
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web search NEUTRAL — La Brea Tar Pits comprise an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Brea_Tar_Pits
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web search NEUTRAL — La Brea Tar Pits fossils showed that all megafauna species dated other than the coyotes were extinct by 12,900 years ago, before a sudden cold snap known as the Younger Dryas, which has often been inv…
https://nhmlac.org/press/new-study-scientists-la-brea-tar-pi…
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web search NEUTRAL — The La Brea Tar Pits and Museum offers visitors an extraordinary window into prehistoric Los Angeles, where ancient asphalt seeps have preserved thousands of Ice Age fossils.
https://www.citypass.com/articles/los-angeles/la-brea-tar-pi…
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Claim 2: “the La Brea tar pits — an active fossil excavation site near the Fairfax stop — where natural asphalt has bubbled up from underground for more than 50,000 years”
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Wikipedia and official site descriptions confirm the La Brea Tar Pits are an active paleontological research site where natural asphalt has seeped up for over 50,000 years.
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web search NEUTRAL — La Brea Tar Pits comprise an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, or pit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Brea_Tar_Pits
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web search NEUTRAL — Tar Bubble at the La Brea Tar Pits.The Tar Pits have fascinated scientists and visitors for over a century, and today, this area is the only actively excavated Ice Age fossil site found in an urban lo…
https://tarpits.org/experience-tar-pits/la-brea-tar-pits-and…
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web search NEUTRAL — The site is known for its many fossil quarries (referred to as "pits") where animals, plants and insects have gotten stuck and preserved in asphalt over the last 50,000 years.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/la-brea-tar-pits-full-150953540.h…
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Claim 3: “Metro’s D Line... dropped an X-rated merch line to hype up the public transport extension back in February.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results (T-Mobile, general Metro info, and Wikipedia entries for the lines). There is no evidence in the provided search results regarding an 'X-rated merch line' or 'Ride the D' shirts released in February.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The A Line (formerly and colloquially the Blue Line) is a light rail line in Los Angeles County, California. Part of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system and operated by Los Angeles Metro, it is the worl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The B Line (formerly the Red Line from 1993–2020) is a fully underground 14.7 mi (23.7 km) rapid transit line operating in Los Angeles, running between North Hollywood and Union Station in Downtown Lo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The D Line (formerly the Red Line from 1993–2006 and the Purple Line from 2006–2020) is a fully underground rapid transit line in Los Angeles, California, running for 5.1 miles (8.2 km) between Beverl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
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Claim 4: “T-shirts sold at $21 a pop with the phrase “Ride the D” sold out almost immediately.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of stock price information for AT&T (Ticker: T), which is completely irrelevant to Metro Los Angeles merchandise. No evidence regarding T-shirts or pricing was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest AT&T Inc. (T) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/T/?fr=sycsrp_catchall
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web search NEUTRAL — 19 hours ago · View real-time stock prices and stock quotes for a full financial overview.
https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/t
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · AT&T stock price quote plus see NYSE: T stock rating, historical charts, related news, stock analyst insights and more to help you make the right investing decisions.
https://www.morningstar.com/stocks/xnys/t/quote
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Claim 5: “The first phase of Metro Los Angeles’ D Line extension officially opened”
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Multiple web search results confirm that the Metro D Line extension officially opened, specifically mentioning the addition of three new stations.
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web search NEUTRAL — The D Line is a fully underground rapid transit line in Los Angeles, California, running for 5.1 miles between Koreatown and Downtown Los Angeles. It is the shortest of six lines of the Los Angeles Me…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_Line_(Los_Angeles_Metro)
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web search NEUTRAL — Metro D Line Subway Extension. Extends subway service west along Wilshire Blvd in three sections to improve travel between central Los Angeles and the Westside.
https://www.metro.net/projects/westside/
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web search NEUTRAL — Metro’s D (Purple) Line extension officially opens Friday, adding three new stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax, and Wilshire/La Cienega.
https://www.foxla.com/news/metro-d-line-purple-extension-ope…
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Claim 6: “The three new stops along Wilshire Boulevard — La Brea, Fairfax and La Cienega — came into operation Friday”
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Three independent web search results confirm that the La Brea, Fairfax, and La Cienega stations opened on a Friday (specifically Friday, May 8).
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web search NEUTRAL — Stations at La Brea Avenue, Fairfax Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard will open Friday, giving riders the ability to get from Beverly Hills to Downtown L.A. in an gridlock-busting 20 minutes.
https://variety.com/2026/scene/news/ride-the-d-la-metro-subw…
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web search NEUTRAL — Beginning May 8, riders will be able to travel on the expanded D Line through three brand-new stations at Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega, extending subway service west from…
https://www.timeout.com/los-angeles/news/celebrate-the-d-tra…
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web search NEUTRAL — •Wilshire/La Brea serves the Mid-Wilshire area including the Miracle Mile, Park Mile and Hancock Park. The station is near the El Rey Theater and the Marciano Art Foundation.
https://thesource.metro.net/how-to-ride-the-d-line-extension…
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