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SAN FRANCISCO — Pier 39 in San Francisco is seeing more sea lions on its docks than it has in the last 15 years. KPIX saw more than a thousand sea lions taking in the sun by the pier on Tuesday.

An unusually large herd of sea lions hauled out of the bay waters to hang out on the docks at Pier 39, a popular tourist destination. It's the most sea lions the area has seen in 15 years ...