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		<title>Letters to the Editor: Published March 27, 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Impressed by response to GRACE report I was very impressed by the ACC response to the GRACE report. The essay was thoughtful and insightful. Most of us do not know or acknowledge that child abuse is a lifelong sentence for the victims. This essay does this and realizes that good Christians do everything they are [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Island Health gives update to City Council</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 21:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina Island Health’s Director of Community Outreach Gail Fornasiere presented the bi-monthly update to the Avalon City Council during its meeting on Tuesday, March 17. The following are the key topics Fornasiere covered. Intergovernmental Transfer (IGT) with the City of Avalon Fornasiere explained that the process has started once again. The first step is for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon Harbor Activity Report for February 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This February’s weather was so nice that we had 466 boats moored this year compared to 351 boats in February 2025. The 2026 Avalon Harbor Underwater Cleanup was held on Feb. 21 this year and removed 1,200 pounds of trash from the harbor. On February 10, Harbor Patrol assisted a kayaker back to his boat [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>City to update floodplain model</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council last week authorized the city manager to execute a contract with BKF Engineers to provide floodplain modeling for Avalon. The maximum cost will be $30,000. The vote was 3-0. Mayor Anni Marshall and Councilmember Yesenia De La Rosa were absent for the Feb. 3 meeting. City Engineer Robert Greenlaw told the council [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catalina Island Health CEO provides update to council</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 20:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Catalina Island Health Catalina Island Health’s CEO Tim Kielpinski presented a bi-monthly update to the Avalon City Council during its meeting on Tuesday, January 20, 2026. The following are the key topics Kielpinski covered. Reminder of CIH’s key government funding sources CIH benefits from several key local and county funding sources that support [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Avalon,harbor union reach agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The City Council unanimously approved an agreement with the Avalon Harbor Employees at last week’s council meeting. The agreement covers the period from July 1, 2025, to June 39, 2028. The previous memorandum of understanding expired on June 30 of this year, according to the staff report by City Manager David Maistros. Maistros told the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Rays are fun to see, but you want to avoid them</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 21:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[November is upon us. Fall is here. A few swimmers have gone back to their wetsuits, but many are still enjoying warm water. On some of these early a.m.s, I look forward to swimming back along Descanso Beach looking for critters. One of the most seen by residents is the rounded sting ray (urobatis helleri). [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘Renzo’ pilots his final sea voyage</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 21:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It may not have been noticed by everyone, but on September 29 there was quite a ceremony in Avalon Bay. It was just another workday for islander Lorenzo Sampson, sort of, but it was also a celebration. Sampson, or “Renzo” as he was known to friends and colleagues, was wrapping up a 50-year career as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sheriff’s Log: Sept. 24 through Oct. 1, 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 20:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: The following is the Avalon Sheriff’s Station’s Significant Incidents Report for the period of Sept. 24 through Oct. 1, 2025. All individuals mentioned are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Please remember, not every call ends in handcuffs—sometimes it’s just a reminder, a warning, or a neighborly chat with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Climb in Tribute</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Photo by Nick Morrow Firefighters with the Avalon Station paid tribute to their fellow firefighters and other first responders who went into the twin towers on Sept. 11 in New York City, to battle the flames and attempt to save people after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Ten firefighters from Avalon Station, along with some paramedics [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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