Fall has been off to an exciting start for NAC Avalon Ocean Club. With Catalina’s endless summer weather continuing into October, our young ocean athletes have been making the most of...
Lourdes Thoricht took first place in the Judges’ Choice category at the 10th Annual Catalina Island Chili Cook-off with her Chicken Enchilada Chili, while attendees voted Avalon Smoke House’s Grandpa Richard’s...
The Avalon City Council on Oct. 6 gave directed staff to send a letter to the California Public Utilities Commission about the importance of broadband infrastructure to Islanders. The goal is...
For the Islander
Catalina Museum for Art & History will present Amelia Lockwood: Bells, on view Oct. 17, 2026 through April 4, 2027 in the museum’s Artists’ Plaza Gallery. Lockwood’s first solo...
The Catalina Island Museum took its programming online at the beginning of the pandemic. Since that time, it has been offering monthly educational programs...
Courtesy of Catalina Island Health
Catalina Island Health’s CEO Tim Kielpinski presented a bi-monthly update to the Avalon City Council during its meeting on Tuesday,...
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...
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...