Retired Baywatch lifeguards Marble and Gitelson to leave Island
Catalina residents and friends can wish two retiring Baywatch lifeguards farewell on June 2, as they move into new, possibly less exciting, lives off...
Autoette permit rules changed
Avalon has updated the rules for autoette permits. Hotels will be allowed to apply to the City Council for autoette permits for their guests....
Skateboard races to roll again
The year was 1977 and the sport of downhill skateboarding racing was still in an embryonic stage. The modern equipment, skateboard wheels and board...
Mysterious Island: UFO Action Galore
In last week’s column, I regaled you with the story of one of Catalina’s most famous UFO accounts; “famous” for the most part because...
Conservancy supporters celebrate at ‘Camp Catalina’ ball
Hiking boots and walking sticks were traded in for tuxedos and gowns last Saturday, April 13, as nearly 400 guests attended Camp Catalina—the 18th...
‘Wild Side Art Show and Sale’ artist of the week Andy...
Andy Evansen returns for a second year as a featured artist for “Catalina: The Wild Side Art Show and Sale,” scheduled for June 21-22,...
Fire drill held in Avalon
Regular and reserve Avalon fire personnel on Tuesday, April 16, stage a drill on a Sumner Avenue property that is scheduled for demolition.
Assistant Fire...
CHOICES struggling to stay afloat
Catalina’s CHOICES program that worked for more than a decade to keep Avalon’s youth on the straight path, free of substance abuse, continues to...
Eleven bald eagle eggs hatch on Catalina Island
Eleven bald eagle chicks have hatched this spring in seven Catalina Island nests.
These new additions to the Island’s eagle population continue one of Catalina’s...
Exhibition explores the life of amateur archaeologist Ralph Glidden
Few individuals connected with the history of Catalina Island lived a life as colorful and as riddled with contradictions and mystery as the archaeologist...
