TREES DECORATED WTH HAND KNIT SWEATERS
Loan officer Alex Galloway, left, and United American Bank CEO John Schrup, right, attach a hand knit sweater around one of the 35 trees in the downtown district in San Mateo, Calif., on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. The Downtown Art Project paired vlolunteers from sponsor United American Bank with local artists to install the sweaters on 35 trees and saftey pylons along the road in downtown San Mateo. Sisters Lorna and Jill Watt hand loomed nearly 40 miles of yarn for over 50 hours in their downtown home studio. (John Green/Bay Area News Group)