The group of mostly male sea lions travels every year from the Channel Islands to rest and feed; they usually stay along adjacent beaches but this time, they decided to call San Carlos Beach their home.
It isn't bacteria-tainted water or a sewage leak that's forced the closure of one of Monterey's beaches in the middle of its summer tourist season. It's a huge colony of sea lions, who have decided to occupy a stretch of San Carlos Beach on busy Cannery Row instead of their normal rocky sanctuary a short distance away. And by the looks of it, the pinnipeds won't be leaving anytime soon.
City officials don't know when the sea lions, who've already been at the beach for two weeks, will leave but they usually stay between three and four weeks, Huelga said. The city's parks staff has been working with the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary to monitor the animals.
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