Letters to the Editor: published Friday, Aug. 30, 2019
Don’t ruin paradise with cruise ships
The notion that additional revenue from a cruise ship will lift this city...
City and Island Company to talk about issue of development...
Avalon Mayor Anni Marshall supports development impact fees; the Catalina Island Company opposes them. She sees development fees...
Guest column: Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines may return to Catalina Island
Editor's note: Jim Luttjohann is president and CEO of the Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce.
Recently a ship’s agent...
Chamber announces 2019 Business of the Year
The Harvey Cowell Business of the Year Award is given in
honor of Harvey Cowell, one of 15 visionary businessmen who on June...
Aviation legend Lacy contributes to Airport in the Sky
The Catalina Island Conservancy announced last week that aviation legend Clay Lacy has donated $250,000 toward Catalina’s Airport in the Sky, ACE...
Council talks about raising revenue
Creating new off-season events to bring visitors to Avalon,
increasing the sales taxes, and changing from permits for short-term rentals to
licenses were among...
June 2019 visitor count up from May, but down from last...
First the good news: more visitors came to
Catalina in June of this year than in May, according to numbers recently posted
on the...
Catalina real estate: a historical overview
By Earl Schrader, Catalina Realtors
The Catalina Islander recently asked me to do a
monthly real estate column as an...
Celebrating the Fourth of July 2019 Island Style
Summer officially started last week, but the heart of the summer season will be felt on Thursday, when...
Catalina Island Medical Center unveils vision for new hospital
Following the sudden and somewhat surprising donation of a 2.5-acre parcel from the Santa Catalina Island Company dedicated...
