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Jerry Ginsburg and Barbara Rever. Courtesy of Oils of Paicines.

Eat Drink Savor

Eat, Drink, Savor: Oils of Paicines serves up delicate flavors

Published 11/07/2021
BenitoLink Reporter, Robert Eliason

Organic olives from local orchards are picked at the right time for perfect oils.

Housing / Land Use

BLM Central Coast field office releases final environmental analysis for oil and gas

Published 05/09/2019
BenitoLink Staff

Planning document analyzes six alternative approaches to oil and gas leasing and development, specifies which lands would be open and the stipulations to be applied to protect resources.

Housing / Land Use

Fracking opponents, BLM talk future oil and gas leases in county

Published 03/17/2017
John Chadwell

BLM pitches plans to lease public lands for gas and oil exploration as anti-fracking protesters argue for local control

Image by Jason McCormick shows borderline between San Benito and Santa Clara counties — two of the legal battlegrounds among officials, oilmen and environmentalists.

Citadel plans to reroute litigation over San Benito County oil

Published 04/08/2015
Jason McCormick

CEO says Citadel has no plan to end legal pursuit supporting local interest

Business / Economy

County okays fund for legal defense of Measure J

Published 03/18/2015
Jason McCormick

Supervisors support public vehicle for private donations to help county legally defend new regulation that outlaws certain oil extraction techniques

Andy and Mary Hsia-Coron and Asst. County Clerk Angela Curro appear in this file photo.

Agriculture

Google chairman’s charity backs legal defense fund of Measure J

Published 03/04/2015
Jason McCormick

The Schmidt Family Foundation has backed a legal defense fund of a voter-approved ban of high-intensity petroleum operations.

Business / Economy

Oil company sues San Benito County

Published 03/02/2015
Jason McCormick

Formal filing follows $1.2 billion claim against county filed after passage of Measure J

Image of San Benito County, courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management

Business / Economy

Supes, Citadel trade shots over debt to Center for Biological Diversity

Published 02/04/2015
Jason McCormick

Supervisors say Citadel owes taxpayers $262,500; but oil company said it is appealing California court's decision, claiming that the debt issue should be decided in court

Business / Economy

Oil companies, county officials shed light on constitutional concerns of Measure J

Published 01/31/2015
Jason McCormick

County receives letter from California Resources Corp., sounding alarm over applicability of regulation as result of Measure J.

David Braun, a co-founder of Americans Against Fracking

Business / Economy

Anti-fracking advocates face questions concerning oil well maintenance

Published 01/20/2015
Jason McCormick

Citadel Exploration CEO breaks silence in statement to BenitoLink, while government officials and local activists continue fight against oil companies.