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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...

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...

Jazztrax lineup for this weekend

VIOLINIST KAREN BRIGGS Ballroom Performance: Friday Evening, October 12 Born in Manhattan but raised in Portsmouth, Virginia before attending Norfolk State University. 1992 and 1996 saw her...

Mysterious Island: the Basilosaurus is extinct—right?

By Jim Watson We return you once again to the Mysteries of the Deep and another little gem I discovered while perusing vintage copies of...

History of Bald Eagles on Catalina

By Frank Hein Conservancy Director of Education Bald eagles aren’t newcomers to Catalina Island. They’ve been documented to have been on the Island since pre-Columbian times,...

Harbour Activity Report: September 2012

Wonderful weather, warm sea temperatures, calm seas and great events contributed to a great month for the Harbor. Our average high temperature was 74...

Ongoing Jazztrax Fest thrills

The first weekend of Catalina Island Jazztrax Festival, an annual music celebration that features the best musicians of smooth Jazz in the country at...

Football player out of ICU

The varsity quarterback who suffered a brain injury during the Avalon High School game is now out of the intensive care unit, according to...

Farewell to a Catalina pilot

He was a pilot, a politician, philanthropist and Boy Scout. Hugh T. “Bud” Smith exemplified those roles in his home of Catalina Island. Although Smith...

Where in the world is Juan Cabrillo?

From our “Maritime Mysteries” department comes this week’s column on an age-old, head-scratching riddle that has dogged historians for decades.  I know that just...