{"id":55466,"date":"2026-04-30T19:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/chonkers-the-massive-sea-lion-is-drawing-crowds-at-san-francisco-pier-los-angeles-times\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:44:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:44:00","slug":"chonkers-the-massive-sea-lion-is-drawing-crowds-at-san-francisco-pier-los-angeles-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/chonkers-the-massive-sea-lion-is-drawing-crowds-at-san-francisco-pier-los-angeles-times\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Chonkers,\u2019 the massive sea lion, is drawing crowds at San Francisco pier &#8211; Los Angeles Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigwFBVV95cUxNcWg0bDZVLWJzREltRXVqakRnZDMwQUNUd3Jqa0N3NkZvb2lxR1UzRkNmSjdETmlSVjdoTUNKd1MyR1czblhQSmVEQnUybjgzRkNkam9mUmpGSnVzVEZoYnd1YnBfMU9pZVBjeXdqdTVaUVpTNi1CQUd5VmJqeTZFNGd5cw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Chonkers,\u2019 the massive sea lion, is drawing crowds at San Francisco pier<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Los Angeles Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMif0FVX3lxTE92Wmo0VDJzUm5vcllOUV85OE93R05mR01mcElPUWpPak9DTEE4b0FLYXF6aDdCU0xfNVJXOUJBSnZSeG1QOWtaNlZyeTVua2RIZWdORXVtQ3loNzdSWmxiR3Vqd2FhQ3lwNXoxQmZTQl8tZDFnbGhtVDJDd3dDNW8?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Chonkers the \u2018Food-Motivated\u2019 Sea Lion Plops Into San Francisco<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQUUE5azJJV3ZMdlQ4Zm9ZbUVxYW1xc3BLaGNFeEM0elludEt2cTVOOE1wYVRKTzVqbTJmcTQwOVUyQWlFTC1HVXd0QmdWUlNNcTVYc1RWaDA5Vjk3akV2UzZUZXg4cjhlU0NRRjROeERSbGx0M3hVZXctR3MyNndva09jV1A0cHdFUHJVNC1WeG5PSW1TSDA1WnVLeEJVS21UTDJVYg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Chonkers the sea lion draws crowds to San Francisco\u2019s Pier 39<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijgFBVV95cUxOOGxLTnEtSFhsQ2xDNjBHZ0lrbDBGMkEzbDg0ZGlIZjREMG1ZMERPWWRuTDNPbW1MdXJqdGV1eExMVUZzelVOdl9NeHZGbkFDbi1JVTZQaHBSeFFzY2RUeERvQ3R2SGZBaDl4NW5IclE3ZjRsa1VoY2FrS0tCclNFTkJwM081NWdZcTVHdDNR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Quite a presence&#8217;: Chonkers the 2,000-pound sea lion draws crowds at San Francisco pier<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">WCVB<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxQeXUyRFJicDdvblNOdDJHZHBrMTFnX2FYdUh5Q0ZDdzlBZVZZdlZFc0JPRWlsY0lEdGtjQTliemRKSEh0WExaeGFyWDZZN01za0UwNnNTTUl6NmRNUnV4LVJQUndYa0drdGZhX0dnWXdTOFlqc1lVTzFVNnFtOXpCVUVsYVpUNjlzR25menFra2czbVpzbERNYkU0WDhFc1FaLUJuaNIBqgFBVV95cUxOdldUbVZCTFcybngxaldydHJuQ2pXYmZza2hfbVlkbTNBdUNyZFpqanlyWkI4ei1rM0dZLUlsRVRDR0FPZ3c3aUU1VEdBLWp0cnJxczNyb1NENnliQ1VxNTRVNzB2SDZmXy1ZS3FsUzkzc2ZPZWZxZF9sbFNfaVpDckhVaEx5eGkwNXM3T3FSTUZNQXB4YW1BS2twYWxNRjZVX2xRR1ZxS2NLQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Viral giant sea lion &#8216;Chonkers&#8217; returns to San Francisco&#8217;s Pier 39<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">ABC News &#8211; Breaking News, Latest News and Videos<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Chonkers,\u2019 the massive sea lion, is drawing crowds at San Francisco pier&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times Chonkers the \u2018Food-Motivated\u2019 Sea Lion Plops Into San Francisco&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/04\/30\/chonkers-the-massive-sea-lion-is-drawing-crowds-at-san-francisco-pier-los-angeles-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55466\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}