LTA set to decide fate of public transit
HOLLISTER
– The Local Transportation Authority will make a final decision
on cuts to public transit in San Benito County at a public hearing
Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors
Chambers, 481 Fourth St.
LTA staff submitted options to reduce services to the County
Board of Supervisors Dec. 11 in anticipation of state budget cuts.
Those who cannot attend the meeting may submit written comments by
mail to: LTA, 330 Tres Pinos Road, Ste. C7, Hollister, CA 95023, or
by e-mailing
be***@sa**********.org
or faxing to 636-4160 by
January 12, at 5 p.m.
The preferred reduction plan cuts services by 35 percent. The
proposed reductions in services include:
– Fixed route
– eliminate service on all routes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday
through Friday.
– Dial-a-ride
– end service at 6 p.m., an hour earlier, Monday through Friday;
change Saturday service hours to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; eliminate
service Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
– Intercounty Gavilan
– eliminate routes with low ridership, Monday through Friday.
Affected times include service at 7:40 a.m. to 8:05 a.m., 7:55 a.m.
to 8:20 a.m., 8:20 a.m. to 8:40 a.m., and 2:10 p.m. to 2:55
p.m.
– Intercounty Greyhound
– Eliminate service on Sunday and eliminate routes with low
ridership on Saturday, including 10:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 3
p.m. to 4:25 p.m.
Time for burn permits
HOLLISTER – The new year means that it’s time to renew burning permits, according to James Dellamonica, captain with Cal Fire/San Benito County Fire Department.
The fire department issues two types of permits in San Benito County. The first is a residential permit for backyard burning of yard trimmings and the like. The residential burn season started on Dec. 1, 2008 and ends April 30. A new permit is needed each year.
Burn hours are 6-11 a.m., and only on prescribed burn days as required by the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, which can be reached for questions at 647-9411.
Agricultural burn permits are intended for farmers so they can dispose of orchard prunings and rotate crops. Permit-holders must be in areas zoned agricultural and give five or more planted acres of crops. The permit is valid for a calendar year, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31. Ag burn hours are 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on burn days.
LTA set to decide fate of public transit
HOLLISTER – The Local Transportation Authority will make a final decision on cuts to public transit in San Benito County at a public hearing Thursday, January 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Chambers, 481 Fourth St.
LTA staff submitted options to reduce services to the County Board of Supervisors Dec. 11 in anticipation of state budget cuts. Those who cannot attend the meeting may submit written comments by mail to: LTA, 330 Tres Pinos Road, Ste. C7, Hollister, CA 95023, or by e-mailing
be***@sa**********.org
or faxing to 636-4160 by January 12, at 5 p.m.
The preferred reduction plan cuts services by 35 percent. The proposed reductions in services include:
– Fixed route – eliminate service on all routes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
– Dial-a-ride – end service at 6 p.m., an hour earlier, Monday through Friday; change Saturday service hours to 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; eliminate service Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
– Intercounty Gavilan – eliminate routes with low ridership, Monday through Friday. Affected times include service at 7:40 a.m. to 8:05 a.m., 7:55 a.m. to 8:20 a.m., 8:20 a.m. to 8:40 a.m., and 2:10 p.m. to 2:55 p.m.
– Intercounty Greyhound – Eliminate service on Sunday and eliminate routes with low ridership on Saturday, including 10:50 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 4:25 p.m.
Off-highway vehicle group plans meeting in Visalia
VISALIA – The Bureau of Land Management Central California Resource Advisory Council Off-Highway Vehicle Subcommittee will meet Jan. 24 at the Tulare County Office of Education Board Room, 2637 W. Burrel Ave., Visalia.
The meeting will run from 10 a.m. to noon. Members of the public are welcome to attend the meeting. The subcommittee will conduct organizational business and discuss OHV issues for the subcommittee to address.
Depending on weather, a tour of the Tulare Off-Road Vehicle Park, 2300 W. Paige Ave. Tulare, may follow the meeting.
The twelve-member advisory council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of public land issues associated with public land management in Central California. The RAC approved formation of an OHV Subcommittee in April 2007. Steve Koretoff, Kerman, is the subcommittee chair.
For more information contact David Christy, BLM public affairs, at 916-985-4474.
Meters added to SJ freeways
SAN JOSE – New ramp meters along northbound Hwys. 85 and 87 will go live Tuesday, Jan. 13, during morning peak hours from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Monday through Friday. Meters on the southbound route will go live Tuesday, Jan. 27 and will be operational during peak hours from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., Monday through Friday. To acclimate drivers to the signals, they have been on since Dec. 29, but the lights have been continuously green.
The new ramp meter system is a collaboration between Caltrans and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, and it is intended to make travel faster and more reliable along the corridor.
Those with questions on the metering system or who would like to know which specific ramps have new meters, can call 510-286-4531 or visit www.dot.ca.gov/dist4/releases.htm.
Blood drive in SBC
HOLLISTER – The American Red Cross will be sponsoring a blood drive Thursday, Feb. 5 from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church Hall, 1670 Cienega Road, in Hollister.
To sign up for an appointment to donate, call 800-GIVE-LIFE (800-448-3543) or go to www.BeADonor.com and enter Hollister as the code. To find other blood drives scheduled in the region, visit www.BeADonor.com.
