While desalination has been critical for the island’s water security, officials say Catalina must make tough choices as its reservoir levels continue to plummet.
A kayaker was airlifted to a hospital for surgery today after being bitten on one hand by a shark near Parsons Landing at Catalina Island.
A Los Angeles Times investigation last fall showing as many as half a million barrels of a now-banned pesticide are sitting on the ocean floor off Catalina Island has led a local assemblyman to propose a new resolution calling on the federal government to take action to protect the island’s ecosystem.
