What can YOU do to eliminate litter? Read on! Mark your calendar: Saturday, September 15, 2018 is the next Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pickup on Highway 280. JUST THE FACTS: Date: Saturday, August 11, 2018. Location: Northbound Highway 280 between Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue, plus The Alameda exit on northbound Highway 880. Time: Three hours – 9:15 AM -12:15 PM. Participants: 8 total volunteers. Sabine and I were joined by veteran volunteers John, Charlie, Crista, Di

Did you make a resolution to get more exercise this year? Did you make one to do something positive for your community once a month?  Well, you can take care of BOTH of those resolutions this coming Saturday. This month the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Roundup on Highway 280 is scheduled for: Saturday, June 9 from 9:00-12:30. If you are planning to attend, please email me so I can plan the groups and areas we will be cleaning. If you have never attended one of these litter pick-u

Did you make a resolution to get more exercise this year? Did you make one to do something positive for your community once a month? Well, you can take care of BOTH of those resolutions this coming Saturday, March 17. This month the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Roundup on Highway 280 is scheduled for: Saturday, May 12 from 9:00-12:30. If you are planning to attend, please email me so I can plan the groups and areas we will be cleaning. If you have never attended one of these lit

PLASTIC BAG BANS REVISITED Mark your calendar: Saturday, May 12, 2018 is the next Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pickup on Highway 280. JUST THE FACTS: Date: Saturday, April 14, 2018. Location: Highway 280 NB between Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue, and The Alameda interchange at Highway 880 NB. Time: About 2.5 hours – 9:30 AM -12:30 PM. Participants: 6 volunteers. Sabine and I were joined by veteran volunteers Crista, Charlie, Richard, and Diane. What we collected: 26 to

Did you make a resolution to get more exercise this year? Did you make one to do something positive for your community once a month? Well, you can take care of BOTH of those resolutions this coming Saturday, March 17. This month the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Roundup on Highway 280 is scheduled for: Saturday, April 14 from 9:00-12:30. If you are planning to attend, please email me so I can plan the groups and areas we will be cleaning. If you have never attended one of these l

TWO EYESORES GONE FROM 280 NB Mark your calendar: Saturday, April 14, 2018 is the next Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pickup on Highway 280. JUST THE FACTS: Date: Saturday, March 17, 2018 Location: Highway 280 NB between Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue Time: About 2.5 hours – 9:15 AM -11:45 PM. Participants: 7 volunteers. Sabine and I were joined by veteran volunteers Crista, John, Charlie, and Diane, plus newcomer Brian. What we collected: 43 total bags, 3 of which were recyc

Did you make a resolution to get more exercise this year? Did you make one to do something positive for your community once a month? Well, you can take care of BOTH of those resolutions this coming Saturday, March 17. This month the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Roundup on Highway 280 is scheduled for: Saturday, March 17 9:00-12:30. If you are planning to attend, please email me so I can plan the groups and areas we will be cleaning. If you have never attended one of these litter

Mark your calendar: Saturday, March 17, 2018 is the next Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pickup on Highway 280. JUST THE FACTS: Date: Saturday, February 17, 2018 Location: Highway 280 NB between Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue Time: About 3 hours – 9:15 AM -12:15 PM. Participants: 7 volunteers. Sabine and I were joined by veteran volunteers Crista, John, and Charlie, plus two newcomers, Mary and Penny. What we collected: 25 total bags, 3 of which were recyclable aluminum c

Did you make a resolution to get more exercise this year? Did you make one to do something positive for your community once a month? Well, you can take care of BOTH of those resolutions this coming Saturday, February 17. Get your exercising filling some Adopt-A-Highway trash bags, and make our part of the world a little cleaner! It's been six weeks since our last clean-up (early in January), so our stretch of 280 really needs help. This month the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Ro

JUST SAY NO TO PLASTIC STRAWS Mark your calendar: Saturday, February 17, 2018 is the next Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pickup on Highway 280. JUST THE FACTS: Date: Saturday, January 6, 2018. Location: Highway 280 NB between Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue Time: About 3 hours – 9:15 AM -12:15 PM. Participants: 9 volunteers. I was joined by veteran volunteers Crista, John, Pam, Marty, Charlie, Agnes, Diana and her son. Sabine was absent again, visiting her mother. What we

Did you make a resolution to get more exercise this year? Did you make one to do something positive for your community once a month? Well, you can take care of BOTH of those resolutions this coming Saturday, January 6 Come get your exercising filling some Adopt-A-Highway trash bags with me, and make our part of the world a little cleaner! This month the Adopt-A-Highway Litter Roundup on Highway 280 is scheduled for Saturday, January 6, 9:00-12:30. If you are planning t

A FREEWAY GUARDIAN ANGEL: John’s Cribbs has worked for years with an Adopt-A-Highway group along Interstate 280 near San Jose City College when in June he stepped on a log causing him to fall and breaking his elbow and wrist. He missed only one litter pickup in July. Then he went above the call of duty. He picked up the tab for lunch at Coco’s for the 11 volunteers recently. “John received a nice year-end bonus and decided to treat us,” said Loui Tucker, the group leade

A Safe? On Highway 280? Mark your calendar: Saturday, November 18, 2017 is the next Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pickup on Highway 280. JUST THE FACTS: Date: Saturday, October 14, 2017. Location: Highway 280 NB between Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue Time: About 3 hours – 9:15 AM -12:15 PM. Participants: 7 volunteers. Sabine and I were joined by veteran volunteers Pam, Charley, Crista, Diana, and newcomer Marissa. What we collected: 25 total bags, three of which were

AYSO paperwork and Baseball Cards made a mess of two off-ramps! Mark your calendar: Saturday, October 14, 2017 is the next Adopt-A-Highway Litter Pickup on Highway 280. JUST THE FACTS: Date: Saturday, September 16, 2017. Location: Highway 280 NB between Meridian Avenue and Saratoga Avenue Time: About 3 hours – 9:15 AM -12:15 PM. Participants: 7 volunteers. I was joined by veteran volunteers Pam, John, Charley, Crista, Chris, and Katherine. What we collected: 24 total

A note from Mr. Roadshow: I love getting monthly emails from Loui Tucker, the San Jose woman who has led an Adopt-A-Highway cleanup crew on Interstate 280 and I-880 near Valley Fair mall for 11 years. Read on for the latest from her. Q Two weeks ago we found three checks totaling over $20,000 from the Santa Clara County Assessor near an onramp. The envelopes had been mailed 10 days earlier. We returned them to the address listed. The man who answered the door said someone

Q I am at my wit’s end with Caltrans over the graffiti problem on Interstate 280 between Highway 87 and Lawrence Expressway. I have emailed the Adopt-a-Highway program and put in several maintenance requests through the Caltrans website over the past two months. Tags are on every vertical surface — the support columns, the underside of the overpasses, the brick walls, the on-ramps, everywhere. The tags are stacking up and multiplying daily. Some of them are 8 feet tall! Did

Why would anyone stand on the shoulder of a freeway with cars and trucks whizzing by at 65 mph, or faster, to pick up plastic bags, cigarette butts, beer bottles and trash? For Loui Tucker, it’s about making a difference. For Carlo Pedron, it’s the challenge of making it happen every month. For John Cribbs, it’s the feeling of accomplishment. And for Jim Schallau, it’s knowing that something has to be done and a willingness to do it. They’re all part of the Caltrans A