The California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park recently welcomed two new African penguin chicks, the first new chicks to hatch there since 2018.

The two chicks emerged from their shells on Nov. 1 and Nov. 3 and their names will be determined by a naming contest in January.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.