Downtown Menlo Park is aglow in lights for the holidays

White lights line Santa Cruz Avenue and there’s an impressive new sparkling tree at Ravenswood and El Camino. And an long-standing tradition was restored last night at Fremont park a tree lighting. Despite light showers, families turned out to watch the slip get switched and stay to play on the haybale maze.

Nutty the Squirrel, Menlo Park’s newly-named mascot posed for photos with recently recently sworn in Mayor Ray Mueller, who was good enough to forward video taken by Katie Ferrick. Click to see: