Conservancy names Kate Wheeler as president and CEO

The Catalina Island Conservancy Board of Directors and Benefactor Members have selected Kate Wheeler as the organization’s next president and CEO. She will begin Sept. 8. “Kate’s appointment is an exciting moment...

An Islander on living through Typhoon Bavi

Jim Watson is the author of Mysterious Island Catalina, available on Amazon and in stores in Avalon and Two Harbors. There is something so vast and clean about the Pacific Ocean. Unlike...

Bucks from Bobby program continues to provide for Avalon youths

Buck’s From Bobby, a local charitable organization, continues to provide opportunities for our local youth to expand their horizons. Just recently we sent 5 local boys to two different basketball camps...

Judge will decide fate of Catalina deer

With the ironic opening of what could be the last deer-hunting season on Catalina Island coming Oct. 24, the Catalina Island Conservancy announced this week that it will begin its own...

A new submission to Catalina’s Dive Museum

A former Avalon resident recently donated a photo and a Horn Shark horn necklace to the Dive Museum on Catalina Island. In 1962 Marc...

Playing the most original music in the world

Every time John Tusak steps into the world-famous Avalon Casino theatre, he follows in the footsteps of the world’s most famous musicians that have...

Letter to the Editor: published July 23, 2021

Thank you Thank you, and good style to whoever replaced the American flag atop the hill above Fairview … it just makes my morning that...

Catalina Year In Review 2012: April and May

Pebbly Beach Road project The California Coastal Commission unanimously approved a permit for the Pebbly Beach Road mitigation project on April 11. The permit would allow...

38th Annual Avalon Harbor cleanup set for Saturday

Saturday, Feb. 23 will mark the 38th Annual Avalon Harbor cleanup on Catalina Island. The event, which typically attracts over five hundred scuba divers...

Sheriff’s Log: Dec. 16 to Dec. 21, 2020

Editor’s note: The fol­low­­­ing is the Avalon Sheriff’s Sta­tion significant incidents report for the week of Dec. 16 to Dec. 21, 2020. All suspects are...

Catalina Realtors, Hamilton Cove RE, Bravo’s Landscaping win

The start of the second round of CoEd Softball began with Catalina Realtors taking on Coyote Joe’s. Catalina Realtors was up first, and used...

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Steven Douglas Eddy Jr, 55

Steven Douglas Eddy Jr., 55 years old, of Avalon, CA died on Feb. 21, 2026, in La Jolla, CA. His cause of death was...

Letters to the Editor: Published Jan. 23, 2026

Local merchants: sit up and pay attention Over the last two or three decades, a once-in-a-hundred years economic shift has been taking place. It’s called...

Celebrating Charlie Canby

Approximately 350 of Charlie Canby’s friends and family gathered at the Catalina Boat Yard recently, to celebrate his life. Pastor Enrique provided a eulogy...

Acclaimed artist debuts new work inspired by Avalon

The Catalina Museum of Art & History is proud to present From Los Angeles to Catalina: The Art of Sonia Romero, an intimate and...

Letters to the Editor: published April 4,2025

We were so saddened to learn of Lolo’s passing. I’m sure you could fill every edition until summer with condolences and memories from those...