Editor’s note: Jim Watson is the author of Mysterious Island Catalina, available at Amazon, Kindle and in stores in Avalon.
For most Americans throughout our history, the July Fourth holiday has been...
Far from his mountaintop Monticello, 33-year-old Thomas Jefferson sat in a hot and humid rented room at 700 Market Street 250 years ago this week. He was charged with the monumental...
For many years, Catalina Island and USC have shared a wonderful tradition of celebrating the Fourth of July together. The arrival of the USC band is always a highlight of the...
On June 24, Avalon Rotary Club installed its new Board of Directors, and Awarded Club and Community Members for their exemplary service. Two Board Members, Bryce Noll and Lourdes Thoricht completed...
The Wrigley Institute for Environment and Sustainability on Catalina Island has been educating and training Environmental Science degree candidates for years. The island campus gives undergraduate, graduate and Phd. candidates some...
Tournament play has begun in the Catalina CoEd Softball League. First game featured League Champion Leave it to Leo Handyman taking on Straight Up Builders.
Straight Up Builders were up first and...
Courtesy Avalon Ocean Club
On June 12, the students in NAC Avalon Ocean Club celebrated their last day of the Spring season and their first day of Summer with a Kayak Cleanup...
The Catalina Art Association presents the 4th Annual Catalina Art Fair & Exhibition (CAFE), our Easter Weekend Art Fair featuring local and visiting artists...
The Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce and the CEO Search Committee reported recently that Jim Luttjohann, of the Santa Fe Convention and Visitors Bureau,...
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...
