16th Catalina Film Festival unveils three-day destination weekend

The 16th annual Catalina Film Festival returns to Avalon September 25–27, bringing filmmakers, audiences, and industry guests together for a focused three-day destination weekend of screenings, conversations, red carpets, parties, and...

Local youths get lessons in snorkeling

Approximately 25 local children recently had the opportunity to explore Catalina Island’s marine environment this summer through a partnership between Catalina Kids Snorkeling and the Catalina Island Outdoor Adventure Club (COAC). Catalina...

Catalina Co-Ed softball opens fall season

The Catalina CoEd Softball League returned to the diamond for the Fall Season. The first game was between Leave it to Leo Handyman and Straight Up Builders. Three base hits and a...

Mysterious Island: The Monster of Iron Bound Bay

Jim Watson is the author of Mysterious Island Catalina: The Strange Side of Catalina, available on Amazon and in stores in Avalon and Two Harbors. A million tales have been told around...

Rest in Peace: Robert V. Barlow (1921 – 2012)

Robert Virgil Barlow passed away in his sleep on Tuesday, Nov. 20, at his home on Marilla. He was born on Jan. 28, 1921,...

Opinion: A water shortage solution: a flexible pipeline to the shore

“Why does Avalon have to be held hostage to SCE?” I recall reading an earlier report where the State of California is awarding Catalina a...

Avalon to fix Crescent Avenue wall

The City Council this week authorized the emergency repair of the wall at the Crescent Avenue stairway. Approval required a minimum of four votes to...

Catalina Island Health encourages residents to safely dispose of sharps

Catalina Island Health and Leo’s Catalina Drugstore encourage the public to safely dispose of home-generated used sharps using a free mail-back package. Sharps is a...

Foundation sponsors educational field trips

Thanks to the generosity of many of our members at the Mariner’s Outreach Foundation, our Foundation’s recently established scholarship fund has grown beyond all...

Avalon captures CIF-SS championship

It might have been fate. It may have been divine intervention. It was definitely something from within. Something took over the Avalon High football...

Scuba Diving: Bat Rays Believe In The Tooth Ferry Too

Here I am once again on dry land daydreaming about the deep blue sea. Care to join me ? It’s that time of year...

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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...