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Missing Sea Lions May Have Found Safe Harbor

By David KnowlesJan 6th 2010 – 4:28PM
Dave Saubert

Dave Saubert

SAN FRANCISCO (Jan. 6) – Call it the case of the missing sea lions. And it may have just been solved. A huge influx of California sea lions, some of whom are believed to have fled San Francisco's Pier 39 in late November, have turned up on the coast of Oregon at a protected habitat and tourist attraction called Sea...

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  • 12/16/11 Holiday Lights & Sights Boat Parade Source: CBS - KPIX 5 - San Francisco CA More than 100 boats, each festooned with lights and holiday decorations, will parade along the San Francisco Bay waterfront on Friday, December 16, 2011 starting at 6:00pm.
  • 11/14/11 Jonathan Aspatore helps dads hone their networking Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA "I know, it's down in Fisherman's Wharf, which makes locals get all scrunchy in the face. But there is no place that has more things for kids to do per square inch than the Pier: an aquarium, multiple rides, bungee jumping and the famous carousel. You can point out the floating oddity that is Forbes Island and show them the pictures of the Eagle Cafe being wheeled down the waterfront."
  • 08/12/11 Dining on the Dock of the Bay at Pier 39 Source: Babble We took the boys to San Francisco earlier this summer – a trip they won't soon forget.
  • 02/23/11 Pier 39 event lets you get close to thousands of tulips Source: The San Francisco Examiner - San Francisco CA Denise Dirickson, the Pier 39 director of environmental services, will be hosting public tours during Tulipmania through Sunday at Pier 39.
  • 02/17/11 Tulipmania: Pier 39 begins celebration of blooms Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA "I tell people that not all 39,000 bulbs will bloom at once," says Denise Dirickson, the director of environmental services at Pier 39, where Tulipmania begins Saturday.

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