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Pilot in runway celebration flyover dies in plane crash

One of the pilots who flew among six identical airplanes in a celebration flyover of the new runway...

Sheriff’s Log: June 19 to June 25

Editor’s note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station significant incidents report for the week of June 19 to June 25, 2019....

Island Company donates 2.5 acres of land for new hospital

New facility needed to meet state mandates for earthquake safety by 2030 One of the...

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....

Steve Hoefs to fill vacant council seat

Steve Hoefs, 52, will be sworn in as a new Avalon City Council member...

Helicopter crash claims a life

A helicopter crash claimed a man’s life on Catalina Island early this week. The helicopter crashed at a...

Sheriff’s Log: Sheriff’s Log: June 12 to 18, 2019

Editor’s note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station significant incidents report for the week of June 12...

Council to appoint someone to fill vacant seat

Council to name Pam Albers’ successor at next meeting. New member would hold position until March 2020 election

Avalon Council Member Pam Albers dead at 62

Avalon Council Member Pamela Albers died unexpectedly Sunday at a hospital in Torrance. She was 62. “We are absolutely devastated,”...

Airport in the Sky returns to grandeur

It some ways, as Philip Wrigley’s original 1940s era silver and blue DC-3 propeller airliner made a breathtaking fly-over of the island and ACE...