CIYC establishes scholarship for Avalon HS

For 25 years, Catalina Island Yacht Club Foundation has been committed to charitable giving, supporting non-profit organizations whose mission and work benefits the City of Avalon and Catalina Island. Through our...

Helicopter crash update

The National Transportation Safety Board recently released a preliminary report on the helicopter crash that claimed three lives on Sept. 30. Two other people aboard were injured, one seriously. The REACH Air...

Avalon to subsidize taxi service for six months

By Charles M. Kelly The council on Oct. 20 directed the city manager to execute an agreement with Catalina Transportation Services, Inc. to provide a temporary subsidy for a six-month taxi service...

Straight Up Builders, Sunset B&G win

The second round of play of the Catalina CoEd Softball League concluded this past Thursday. Game one had Buoys & Gulls taking on Straight Up Builders. Straight Up Builders used four...

Catalina Island Museum turns 65 celebration planned for Sept. 8

The Catalina Island Museum has come a long way. In 1953 Philip K. Wrigley and a group of community leaders founded the Catalina Island...

Catalina eatery under new local ownership

Original Antonio’s – and its nearly half a century of serving Catalina Island residents and visitors – will continue, thanks to new owners Mike...

Scouts Go For Bold

Avalon Girl Scout Troop 2073 Cadettes are hosting the Go for the Bold Troop 2073 Olympics. These seventh- and eighth-grade girls have organized this...

Catalina Couples: Mickey Mann and Susie Budd

Mickey Mann and Susie Budd enjoying the company of each other having dinner at The Lobster Trap. Mickey is employed with Parisi Builders and...

Museum Silent Film Benefit and Art Auction a ‘magical’ success

Ninety-eight years after his first trip to Catalina Island, Harry Houdini returned over the weekend via a screening of Terror Island in the Avalon...

New tour offers flying with the fish

IEX Helicopters (“Island Express Helicopters”) has teamed up with acclaimed marine scientist, Diane Alps to launch the first and only Heli-Marine Expedition on the...

Avalon ramps up with skateboard, BMX event

RampFEST 2022, a follow up event to Paint to Skate, saw many new faces in the crowd and three times as many competitors displaying...

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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...