City sends letter to PUC

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...

Emerald Bay Camping & Marine Science Adventure

NAC Avalon Ocean Club embarked on its first-ever overnight camping adventure down the coast to Emerald Bay. This marked the farthest and longest our young ocean warriors have ventured from Avalon...

Winners crowned at 10th Annual Catalina Island Chili Cook-off

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...

Lancers win GVB League Championship

The Avalon High School girls volleyball team has captured its fourth league championship in seven seasons, finishing league play with an impressive 6-2 record and earning a spot in the CIF...

NAC AOC paddles 13 miles to Two Harbors

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...

Catalina Museum spotlights ceramic artist Lockwood in first solo museum exhibition

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...

Straight Up Builders, Buoys & Gulls win

Week 5 of the Catalina CoEd Softball League was a shake-up week. Straight Up Builders took on undefeated Sunset Bar & Grill in the first game. Straight Up Builders opened with...

17th Taste Around of Avalon winners announced

Love Catalina Island, sponsor of the seventeenth annual Taste Around of Avalon, is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s “Best Tastes.” This year’s...

Avalon students get camera equipment

The Avalon High Yearbook and Photography students recently received a gift of five Nikon D3500 cameras, five lenses, bags, and extra chargers, SD cards,...

Edison prepares for water rationing

Avalon residents and business owners have begun receiving notices from Southern California Edison, telling them just how much water will be allotted to them...

Sheriff’s Log: published Oct. 4, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station significant incidents report for the week of Sept. 25 to Oct. 1, 2019. All suspects...

Avalon Harbor Report for July 2025

The May gray and June gloom continued into July, but I cannot think of an appropriate rhyming work to describe it! Suggestions welcome! The...

City Council receives annual cruise ship report

The City Council this week voted 3-1 to receive and file the annual cruise ship report. Councilmember Mary Schickling cast the dissenting vote. Councilmember Lisa...

Insights from your local thalassophile … Pacific Torpedo Rays are amazing, but don’t touch

The Pacific Torpedo Ray is one of the most beautiful you can encounter in our waters. The common visitor has been seen by swimmers...

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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...