Our first Red Phone call came from a delightful Hollister woman
who urged the Crimson Crusader to get something done about the
bumpy, cracked pavement on the corner of North Street and San
Benito Street. The Crimson Crusader made a call over to Street
Supervisor Ray Rojas at the Hollister Public Works Department to
see what could be done to ease our caller’s traveling woes.
Our first Red Phone call came from a delightful Hollister woman who urged the Crimson Crusader to get something done about the bumpy, cracked pavement on the corner of North Street and San Benito Street. The Crimson Crusader made a call over to Street Supervisor Ray Rojas at the Hollister Public Works Department to see what could be done to ease our caller’s traveling woes.
Rojas, a man of swift action, said he would head out to the intersection in question for some reconnoitering posthaste. He also said that, depending on the extent of the problem, he could have a crew out there sometime next week.
Where the clippings go
Our next Red Phone call came from an environmentally friendly Hollister man with a passion for gardening. He asked the Crimson Crusader to find out what the city’s waste disposal department does with the lawn clippings and other green waste it collects. The Crimson Crusader made a quick call over to Hollister Disposal Customer Service Manager Esther Villarreal to answer our caller’s important question. Villarreal said Hollister Disposal takes the green waste to Z-Best in Gilroy for composting. Residents with questions about Hollister Disposal should feel free to call 637-5113.
Following the light
Our final Red Phone call came from a Hollister man who was feeling very much like a slave to the traffic light at the intersection of San Felipe and Fallon Road in Hollister. Our caller said that the recently installed traffic light took far too long to activate the green light for motorists traveling along San Felipe Road, which is a main thoroughfare. The Crimson Crusader passed our fed-up caller’s frustrations on to Street Supervisor Ray Rojas at the Hollister Public Works Department. Rojas said the signal might have gone slightly haywire after a recent accident at the intersection. He also promised to forward the traffic light timing issue to the city’s engineering department for review.
