Straight Up Builders is league champion

It all came down to the final week of League Play for the Catalina CoEd Softball League. Straight Up Builders took on Buoys & Gulls in a must win to stay...

Catalina observes Veterans Day

Veterans Day is a special day across the USA, but especially on Catalina Island. The Catalina Island Conservancy published a photo of the troops at the Airport in the Sky to...

Conservancy adds solar array to Island grid

Visitors traversing Catalina Island wildlands near the Airport in the Sky will soon encounter an unexpected silhouette on the landscape. It’s not that of an animal, rather it’s the steel structure...

Aquarium hosts ocean based film festival

The innovation-minded CEO of the Aquarium of the Pacific unveiled yet another swirl in the ocean of ideas on Sunday, Nov. 8 as the institution hosted its first-ever film festival to...

Lancers basketball team learning lessons on the court

The Avalon Boys Basketball Program has started the 2021-2022 season and so far they have been taught a few lessons by their competition. Avalon opened...

Catalina co-ed softball opens spring season

For the Islander After a long winter’s nap, Catalina CoEd Softball returned to the field with two great games. First up was Buoys & Gulls...

Ring them bells: Chimes Tower is declared sound; now being restored

Structural engineer Tim Canby recently examined Avalon’s iconic Chimes Tower, and declared it to be solidly in place and structurally sound. The newly-formed board...

City nomination period ends Dec. 8

The presidential primary will be held March 5. Also on the ballot will be the office of Avalon mayor (for two years), two City...

A Look Back: Catalina progress since Fire of 2007

What we learned and what has changed in 13 years This week marks 13 years since the Catalina Island fire of May 10-15, 2007. It was...

Candidates civil during 4-hour forum

When Catalina residents go to the polls to vote on April 12, they will choose their candidates for the Avalon City Council at a...

Crime Log

Editor’s note: The fol-low-ing is the Avalon Sheriff’s Sta-tion significant incidents report for the week of Sept. 16  to Sept. 22, 2020.  All suspects...

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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...