Community Outpouring for PanCan Swim

Photo by Nick Morrow The annual Pan CAN swim fundraiser enjoyed one of its best draws since the event...

First-Ever Mermaid Festival offers day of activities

Catalina Island is diving into something brand new this fall: the inaugural Catalina Island Mermaid Festival, splashing into Avalon Oct. 25–26. The...

Come Join the PanCan Swim

It’s not too late to participate in the annual Pancreatic cancer fundraising swim on Saturday, Sept. 20. Meet...

Catalina Paddlers Brave Ocean

By Dominik Haering At dawn in Oceanside Harbor on August 23,...

Outdoor Adventure Club wraps up summer fishing fun

For the past ten weeks, island kids have been gathering on the Green Pier every weekend to take...

Newport Beach mayor to paddle from Catalina to Newport Beach

On Friday, Sept. 13, Newport Beach Mayor Hon. Joe Stapleton will undertake an ambitious 30-mile paddle across open ocean—from Catalina Island to...

Cherry Cove Concert

The 13th Annual Raft Up Concert returns on Aug. 31 in Cherry Cove. The concert starts at 4:30 p.m. with a special...

Avalon Harbor Report for July 2025

The May gray and June gloom continued into July, but I cannot think of an appropriate rhyming work to describe it! Suggestions...

Catalina Classic Paddleboard Race rules them all

Paddleboard endurance races have become a world-wide sport, but the return of the 48th Annual Catalina Classic Paddleboard race brings back the...

Fishing Derby results for Aug. 8, 2025 Islander

A total of 22 kids from Avalon, Santa Barbara, and Chicago joined in for the eighth fishing derby of the season on...