City Attorney’s Office to challenge Conservancy restoration permit
Avalon will go to court to challenge the permit that allows the Catalina Island Conservancy’s restoration plan, which...
New leadership chapter for Catalina Island Conservancy
Courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy
For more than 50 years, the Catalina Island Conservancy has served as a steward...
Catalina Island Health CEO provides update to council
Courtesy of Catalina Island Health
Catalina Island Health’s CEO Tim Kielpinski presented a bi-monthly update to the Avalon City...
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...
You may qualify for direct access to physical therapy
Physical therapy is the obvious choice for conditions like, but not limited to, lower back pain, knee pain,...
Islander Birthday of Week
This week’s Birthday of the Week is Baby J Figueroa Hiniker, the name by which the Avalon community...
50/50 Run Benefits Catalina Community
The Avalon Benefit 50-mile/50-K Run is set to return to Catalina Island on Jan. 10 and it currently...
$250 for vacation rental license
The City Council unanimously approved an updated schedule for various city fees during the last meeting of 2025.
From Backyard Smoke to National Fire
What started as backyard barbecue on Catalina Island has grown into something much bigger.
Avalon Smokehouse, led by Catalina’s...
City, Carnival reach agreement
The city and Carnival have reached a five-year Preferential Access Agreement for cruise ship visits.
