Ripon’s Spring Cleanup is the first two weeks of May.It is also a chance for many out-of-towners with pickup trucks to stock up for their weekend flea market booths.The city’s collection event is set for May 2 to May 12, however many put their discards out weeks before causing unsightly neighborhoods in all too many cases. Last Saturday morning was a good example when scores of pickups entered Ripon from the freeway off ramps and began scouting for the treasures they knew they would find left out in front of Ripon homes.One man was seen parking his truck in the middle of the street when he spied a monitor left in an already picked over pile. Another stopped for a swimming pool slide complete with a six foot ladder.
Scavengers descend on Ripon
Pick thru junk left on street for city clean-up
