City seeks grant for park project

Avalon staff are seeking a grant from the state government to support the Knabe Park and VFW Memorial Corridor Revitalization project. The matter will come back to the council if and when...

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...

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...

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...

Finishers of 2025’s 50/50 race

Pictured here are the finishers from the 2025 Avalon 50/50 race pose for a group photo. The Avalon Avalon Benefit 50 Mile/50K Run was...

Golf: Big Break winners

Catalina Island Women’s Club had their Big Break Tournament. The tournament has a point system to win. Points are given for longest drive, closest...

Live ‘Catalinaland’ retro slide show to celebrate Southern California’s enchanted island

The Catalina Island Museum will welcome self-proclaimed “Ambassador of Americana,” Charles Phoenix, to the stage of the historic Avalon Casino Theatre on Sunday, June...

Groundbreaking set for new museum

The Catalina Island Museum, the keeper of the island’s legacies, is poised to make history itself this weekend. On Saturday, Nov. 2, it will...

Lolo the barber will soon be ‘Lolo’ the film star

He’s not Jack Black, but every bit as funny. He’s not James Bond, but every bit as debonair. The truth is he’s Lolo Saldana,...

Rotary Club of Avalon, holds installation/demotion dinner

Courtesy of Avalon Rotary The new 2023-2024 Board of Directors for the “World Famous” Rotary Club of Avalon was installed on July 19, 2023, at...

IWS Bald Eagle Restoration Program is thriving

Love is in the air on Catalina Island, with the bald eagles that had disappeared from the Island for more than two decades continuing...

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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...