The state has awarded San Benito County a grant worth more than $15 million to use on a jail expansion project expected to add about 60 beds and ease local pressures from prison overcrowding.
A river parkway reaching from San Juan Bautista to the San Benito County Historical Park in Tres Pinos is in the early planning stages, and residents Wednesday had a chance to give some input on where they want the trails to go along the corridor.