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...
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...
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...
Catalina Island Company Stands with Maui
Catalina Island Company recently announced it is supporting the Maui Strong Fund, established by the Hawai’i Community Foundation in...
An informal look at amenities on some Southern California piers
The paper recently took a look what some Southern California piers have to offer. This...
Editor’s note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station significant incidents report for the week of March 3, 2021 to March 9, 2021.
All suspects...
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...
