A brush fire that broke out in the San Fernando Valley Wednesday afternoon injured one person, caused a shutdown of an LA Metro line and encroached on structures before forward progress was stopped.

Ridership numbers for the B Line and D Line, which Metro combines, were more than 1.8 million in March. The route sees more than 65,000 daily riders on average. Advertisement.

CBS News Los Angeles Live. As Los Angeles Metro continues work on the D Line Subway Extension Project, the D, or Purple Line will close for a little over two months beginning May 17.

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Los Angeles Metro’s D Line (the purple one) will be closed from May 17 to July 25 to complete the first leg of the extension. Three new D Line stops should be ready for riders later this year.

The Metro K Line, formerly known as the Crenshaw/LAX line, is finally finished and will open to the public on Oct. 7, Metro officials announced Thursday.

Beginning Saturday, some service on the Metro C (Green) Line will be suspended in phases so the agency can replace the light rail power lines between the Hawthorne/Lennox and Redondo Beach stations.