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To get this week's question, reporter Susie Rachio found herself on a walk in the peninsula city of Belmont.

Where are we right now?

So we are on top of a hill in Belmont kind of looking I guess

Southeast just up of Cypriani.

Cypriani Boulevard is just a block from Ben Hilmer's home. He and his wife moved here from the Midwest

about three years ago. Today he's showing me a fire hydrant. This one definitely

has some personality. This has a character painted on it.

Blue eyes, red hat, and then patriotic outfits.

Red and white striped pants, some type of blue shirt or jacket.

It's cute, with nozzles for arms

and a little painted mouth permanently formed

into an oval.

It looks like he's exhaling or oohing at a nearby bird, but the faded paint also makes

it slightly creepy.

After he spotted this one, he noticed a couple more in his neighborhood and a few on Belmont's main drag

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