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...

Sheriff’s Log: June 13 to June 19, 2018

Editor’s note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station significant incidents report for the week of June 13 to June 19, 2018. All suspects are...

Catalina Medical Center to host flu shot clinics

Catalina Island Medical Center will host a series of flu shot clinics beginning next week. The first clinic will be held Tuesday, Oct. 16...

Sheriff’s Log: Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 2023

The following is the Avalon’s Sheriff’s Stations significant incidents report for the period of Aug. 3 to Aug. 9, 2023. All suspects are presumed innocent...

Catalina remembers the nation’s fallen

Avalon’s first-ever female post commander pf the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Jen Dreizehn (pictured standing), delivered her first Memorial Day speech on Monday. She...

Garden Party set for March 20

Celebrate the “first day of spring” with Avalon School’s Garden Party fundraiser at the Blueswater Avalon Restaurant on Thursday March 20 from 5-7 p.m....

Lions donate to Haitian orphans

Ten dozen brand-new Hanes T shirts are on the way to the United Hearts Orphanage  in Montrouis, Haiti. The 120 shirts are white with...

Mysterious Island: Giant squid

I remember the first time I saw one of them. I remember the first time I saw one of them. One evening years ago, I was...

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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...