Island Conservancy named Tourism Steward of the Year
The Catalina Island Conservancy’s rich heritage as a steward of 88% of the island’s land and over 60 endemic species won them a prize...
Disaster averted as sewer and water service restored to Avalon
UPDATE—According to a notice from the city of Avalon, repairs were sufficiently completed overnight to slowly resume fresh and salt water service to all...
Catalina foxes recover only to face new threat: roadkill
Through careful shepherding and other conservation practices, it appears as though the Catalina Island Conversancy has managed to explode the population of the endemic...
Chili Cookoff draws large Catalina crowd
This past Memorial Weekend’s 3rd annual Catalina Island Chili Cookoff was an overwhelming success. Twenty chili and nine salsa chefs competed for more than...
Travel endorsements keep coming for Catalina
Fresh from being named among the top 50 Expedia destinations in the nation, Catalina Island received three more endoresements this week, including kudos for...
Gold Star Mothers honored with a taste of Catalina hospitality
Twelve Gold Star mothers visited Avalon for a bit of pre-Memorial Day fellowship, food and fun at a weekend retreat organized by Laura Herzog,...
Woven by the wind: Island breezes create unique tapestry of knots
These are wind knots, knots that were tied by the wind in the tattered ends of the flags that flew from the Casino for...
Museum Silent Film Benefit and Art Auction a ‘magical’ success
Ninety-eight years after his first trip to Catalina Island, Harry Houdini returned over the weekend via a screening of Terror Island in the Avalon...
Scouts go to Camp Emerald Bay
Cassandra Burch, of Avalon, recently thanked Catalina Divers Supply and the crew of the Scuba Cat for making the Boys Scouts Pack 400’s overnight...
Avalon PromWalk continues graduation tradition
In what has become an Avalon School “rite of passage” for high school seniors, the annual “PromWalk” occurred this past week on Catalina’s famous...
