Catalinaville raises record-breaking $5.1 million for new hospital

A new replacement hospital for Catalina Island is no longer just a vision. It is coming into focus. On Aug. 1, the Catalina Island Health Foundation raised an extraordinary $5.1 million in...

Council OKs amendment to Mole project

The City Council this week unanimously approved an amendment to the contract with Jordahl Construction, Inc. for the Cabrillo Mole Rehabilitation project. The increase would be for a maximum of $110,000...

Children’s Dental Health Clinic honors legacy of late Avalon Mayor Ralph Morrow

The Children’s Dental Health Clinic (CDHC) hosted an intimate gathering at its satellite clinic on the Avalon K-12 School campus in July to honor the late, multi-term Avalon Mayor Ralph Morrow...

Mysterious Island: Brother Bill

Jim Watson is the author of Mysterious Island Catalina: The Strange Side of Catalina, available on Amazon, Kindle and in stores in Avalon and Two Harbors. What follows is a ghost story...

Outdoor exploration is for everyone on Catalina

The following is the fourth in a series on why the Catalina Island Conservancy was created, its unique history and mission. The Catalina Island Conservancy...

An aloha baptism on Avalon’s Pebbly Beach

Island hosts socially distanced outdoor service Members of the Avalon Group of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints have not held in-person meetings...

Catalina Island Museum announces staff promotions

Gail Fornasiere now deputy director of External Affairs; Johnny Sampson is now deputy director and chief curator As the Catalina Island Museum begins its search...

Avalon PromWalk continues graduation tradition

In what has become an Avalon School “rite of passage” for high school seniors, the annual “PromWalk” occurred this past week on Catalina’s famous...

Historic shop moves into venerable building

Catalina Divers Supply, the oldest dive shop on Catalina Island, will soon be moving into a new location in the iconic Catalina Casino. With room...

Complicated, diverse life of Catalina Island foxes

Opportunity to learn more at Conservancy Lecture Series The Catalina Island Fox was once near extinction. Conservation efforts helped stabilize the island fox population and...

The passing of Helen (Greig) Wilson

Catalina Island lost one of its own on February 20, 2018. Helen (Greig) Wilson, 96, of Garden Grove is believed to have been the...

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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...