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Los Angeles TimesThursday, 7 May 2026
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65 years in the making: Rail backbone emerges
Metro to open segment of subway under Wilshire
The paper frames the transit opening as a historic, generational achievement, emphasizing the decades of political and financial hurdles overcome to complete the project.
The long-delayed extension of Los Angeles' subway system under Wilshire Boulevard represents a major infrastructural milestone for a city historically defined by its car-centric culture.
“65 years in the making”
“Civically engaged and progressive”
Support grows to vote out city attorney
A challenger of Hydee Feldstein Soto gains backing of D.A. and police union.
Details mounting opposition from law enforcement groups against the incumbent city attorney.
California under pressure to join redistricting war
Justices' voting rights ruling spurs calls for state to further redraw maps to counter GOP.
Highlights national Democratic pressure on the state to aggressively redraw electoral maps in response to actions in Republican-led states.
Becerra targeted in governor debate
Candidates clash on healthcare, wealth tax, immigration. There is some agreement too.
Describes contentious exchanges focusing on healthcare and immigration in the ongoing gubernatorial race.
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