The Mormon Temple in the Oakland hills went all-out this year lighting up their impressive garden plaza, as seen from the overflow parking lot across the street.
Met some nice folks who showed me a path affording a different (clear) view of the building, and the truck marked "Temple Security" twice drove past in the parking lot without bothering to stop and ask what I was doing.
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