Alameda: Seals, lots and lots of them, are gathering
Forty-nine of the notoriously shy creatures, which monitors say was a record, were sunning themselves on the specially-built floating platform on Christmas Eve. "We are thrilled that it has turned out to be a success," said Richard Bangert, who worked to get the platform installed because the seals' previous gathering location - an old dock that had partly fallen into the water - was going to be removed to make way for a new ferry maintenance and operations center.
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