The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) held a statewide Litter Removal Day and Enforcement Day on Thursday, April 21 to pick up litter, trash and debris along the state highway system and to educate the public about this costly issue. Caltrans District 10 employees picked up 1,552 bags of litter, trash and debris in its eight counties – Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne. Locally, Escalon resident Jeff Hoxsie was involved by working a stretch of Highway 120 in memory of Diane Elaine Smith, and he periodically does the clean up in her honor, cleaning up from Campbell to Victory.