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More than five years after its closure, it doesn’t look like San Justo Reservoir will be open anytime soon, according to San Benito County officials.

A debated plan to explore and drill for oil near the Pinnacles National Park in San Benito County has both environmental and oil supporters pushing back against each other’s claims about what the project means for the county and environment.

The California Legislature on Thursday passed a bill by Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Salinas, which would allow any immigrant to apply for a driver’s license. AB 60 passed out of the State Senate with a vote of 28-8 and was approved by the State Assembly with a vote of 55-19.

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.

Members of the San Benito County Board of Supervisors voiced concerns Tuesday about implementation of the federal Affordable Care Act, as the controversial law revs up enrollment starting Oct. 1 under the state-run “Covered California” health care exchange.

Congressman Sam Farr, who represents San Benito County, has announced his opposition to military action in Syria.

Former county sheriff’s deputy Jason Lei, accused of embezzling from the deputies union, faces a court hearing Thursday in San Benito County.

Nearly 150 local students arrived at school this week with bags full of supplies thanks to a drive sponsored by the United Way of San Benito County.

Kathy Johnson will be coming on board as the new director of the Hazel Hawkins Hospital Foundation on Sept. 3.

A key environmental document for a federal easement program aiming to permanently set aside huge swaths of rangeland notes that San Benito County is excluded from the proposal's preferred alternative.