The denial marks a setback for California's ​efforts to stop the Santa Ynez project, ⁠which Sable restarted in March after the federal government's ​intervention. For Sable, it marks a major win, sending ​the company's shares up nearly 12%.

Fees charged by Lexis for conducting research on its databases are not recoverable as costs, Div. One of this district’s Court of Appeal has held, rejecting a prevailing defendant’s contention that a contrary 1993 California appellate opinion should be repudiated and the reasoning of two U.S. District Court memorandum opinions should be adopted.

Sonoma County's new Hall of Justice in Santa Rosa gets its public debut today, with a 1 PM ribbon-cutting featuring California Chief Justice Patricia Guerrero and local judges. The six-story building holds 15 courtrooms, sits next to the county's decades-old Hall of Justice, and is designed to centralize criminal, traffic, and dependency proceedings for residents.

Seven levels of white walls and public hallways engulfed in natural light with a clear view of Santa Rosa, Bennett Peak and Sonoma and Taylor mountains from the top floor. And on the other side of doors along those hallways, courtrooms with matching layouts, pew-style seating and windows allowing the natural light to continue flowing inside. This is what the public should expect at Sonoma County’s new courthouse that is slated for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon, May 29, with full operations commencing this summer.