Avalon Lions Club launches Community Action Team program
The members of the Avalon Lions Club are happy to announce the start of a new community support program. The program name “CAT” stands...
Avalon Dive History Exhibit makes its own history
Jon Council, the founder and developer of the Avalon Dive History Exhibit now on display in the Casino was awarded the Nick Icorn Diving...
John Davidson takes a bow four decades after Catalina experience
Four decades after spending a considerable sum of money to create a summer camp for singers at Toyon Bay on Catalina Island, entertainer John...
More than 2,000 attend 29th Buccaneer Days festival at Two Harbors
Pirates and swashbucklers of all types rolled into Two Harbors this past week as more than 2,000 festival goers gathered for the 29th Annual...
Entertainer John Davidson and troupe of students to return to Catalina
Entertainer John Davidson’s love of Catalina Island is well known by Islanders old enough to remember his groundbreaking summer camps four decades ago.
Davidson will...
It’s a wrap: 8th Catalina Film Fest in the books
The 8th annual Catalina Film Festival wrapped with awards issued in 14 film categories—selected from 100 films in competition from 67 countries—screened at venues...
First California impressionist painting exhibition with Catalina focus announced
The Catalina Island Museum’s winter exhibition When Sugar Loaf Stood: Early Catalina Paintings, will open to the public on Sunday, Oct. 7. The exhibition...
Sheriff’s Log: Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 2018
Editor’s note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station significant incidents report for the week of Sept. 26 to Oct. 2, 2018.
All suspects are...
32nd Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival October 2018
For a 32nd consecutive October the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival will be held “26 miles across the Sea.” (Actually, Catalina is 22 miles across...
Avalon Lancers suffer first loss of the football season
The Avalon Lancers football team had a hard-fought game last Friday against the Sage Hill Lightning but the outcome was not in Avalon’s favor....