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Santa Barbara County Judge Donna Geck refused to lift the injunction blocking Sable Offshore Corp. from restarting its Santa Ynez Unit pipelines, rejecting for the first time the company's claim that a federal Defense Production Act order overrides California law. She set a May 22 hearing on whether Sable, which resumed moving oil in March, should be held in contempt.

Jacob Wheeler finally won Major League Fishing's championship, catching 21 scorable bass for 51 pounds 11 ounces on Table Rock Lake's final day to beat Takahiro Omori by 13-3 and take $300,000.

MARTA started service on the Rapid A-Line, a five-mile route with 14 new stations linking downtown Atlanta to Capitol Gateway, Summerhill, Peoplestown and the BeltLine's Southside Trail, much of it in dedicated bus lanes. Construction continues along the corridor, with temporary stops standing in at five stations until final revenue service in the autumn.

WWE's flagship event returned to Las Vegas for a second straight year, drawing 97,126 fans over two nights; Cody Rhodes kept the Undisputed WWE Championship and Roman Reigns took the World Heavyweight title from CM Punk.

LACMA's permanent collection moved into a new home on 19 April 2026: a 275-metre curved building of glass and concrete that steps over Wilshire Boulevard on splayed piers, lifting 10,220 square metres of galleries some nine metres above the street. It completes a campus rebuild two decades in the making, replacing four of the museum's ageing buildings with a single level where the collection is shown without a fixed route through it.

The annual US-Philippine Balikatan exercise opened at Camp Aguinaldo with Japan and Canada joining as full participants for the first time alongside Australia, France and New Zealand.

Kaia Gerber fronts "For Kaia", Vuori's Spring 2026 campaign of new-season styles picked for her - AllTheForm, Sedona and Sunday track pieces - shot by Anthony Seklaoui, at $48 to $128.

The 2.25-mile automated people mover linking LAX's terminals to the Metro Rail system and the rental car centre began demonstration running without passengers, aiming for 30 consecutive days of error-free operation before it can carry anyone. Construction was originally due to finish in March 2023; Los Angeles World Airports has since agreed to more than $880 million in dispute payments on top of the $4.9 billion, 25-year contract, and has not announced an opening date.

Facing a $307 million shortfall, the SFMTA board unanimously passed a balanced two-year budget ($1.5 billion in FY2026-27, $1.6 billion in FY2027-28) that keeps Muni service whole for a year using a $200 million state loan, higher cable car fares and the end of the Clipper discount.

Ferrara Candy Company, maker of Nerds and Trolli, will build a 750,000 sq ft plant in Orangeburg County, its first in South Carolina, investing $675 million and creating 1,000 jobs over 10 years.

Heidi O'Neill, who spent 27 years at Nike and last ran its consumer, product and brand, will become Lululemon's CEO on 8 September 2026 on a US$1.4 million base salary.

Frankfurt Airport's new Terminal 3 opened after more than a decade of construction, giving Germany's biggest airport its first major expansion since the troubled Berlin Brandenburg saga.

Nestlé grew 3.5% organically in the first quarter, led by coffee, even though its infant formula recall cut about 0.9 points off growth; reported sales fell 5.7% to CHF 21.3 billion on the strong franc. It kept its 2026 guidance.

Noah Kahan's fourth album, co-produced with Aaron Dessner and Gabe Simon, opened at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with 389,000 units, the largest week for a rock album since Billboard began counting units in 2014.

Ferrero North America opened a $75 million Nutella Peanut production line at its Franklin Park, Illinois plant, creating 50 jobs and making the brand's first new flavor and its first product manufactured in the United States.