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Jan 6 10:01 am
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Feared to be extinct, Catalina Island shrew caught on camera by researchers

City News Service

The mouse-like creature with a long snout, which was listed as a Species of Special Concern in 1996 by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, was observed using a remote camera for the first time since 2004 by researchers with the Catalina Island Conservancy.  

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Oct 26 11:18 am
  • catalina island

Gusty Santa Ana winds batter Catalina Island, drive wildfire in Orange County

Staff and wire reports

Strong Santa Ana winds were battering boats anchored off of Catalina and driving a fast-moving brush fire in Orange County Monday morning.

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Jul 16 3:54 pm
  • catalina island

Private travel to Catalina Island is picking up again

Brandon Richardson

As the number of visitors to the island ebbs and flows, and regulations on the reopening of the economy change on a weekly basis, the business of ferrying people from the mainland to the town of Avalon has changed as well.

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May 14 9:47 am
  • coronavirus

Catalina Island Company opens boat moorings today

Staff Reports

The island has been struggling financially as closures due to the coronavirus pandemic have shuttered tourism, its main source of revenue.

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Aug 15 2019 8:36 am
  • catalina island

Coast Guard recovers 1,300 pounds of baled marijuana floating near Catalina Island

City News Service

It’s unclear where the bales came from and the case remains under investigation by federal authorities.

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Jan 27 2019 11:09 am
  • catalina island

‘2 birds, 1 stone’: Military partnership gets Catalina Island a new airport runway

Valerie Osier

“It’s not something that I ever thought we would do,” said Marine Sgt. Rebecca Beltran. “Getting out here to do this project, it opens up our eyes on our capabilities on what we’re able to do as a unit. So if we’re ever forward deployed, we know our capabilities and how long it may take us to do something, ie: lay an airstrip.”

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Jan 9 2019 3:47 pm
  • catalina island

Marines arrive in Catalina Island for airport runway rebuild

City News Service

About 70 troopers, flown in on helicopters to the Airport in the Sky, arrived Wednesday to help about 30 others who arrived last week to work on the 3,000-foot runway.

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Oct 30 2018 9:37 am
  • catalina island

Catalina Island’s ‘Airport in the Sky’ will be repaired—with help from the U.S. Marines

City News Service

The repair operation will upgrade the airport and provide the Marines with a training base to prepare troops for deployment to repair airfields in foreign stations.

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Jul 25 2018 10:22 am
  • catalina island

Three hurt when plane overshoots runway at Catalina Airport, authorities say

Jeremiah Dobruck

One person was moderately hurt and two had minor injuries, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

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Mar 9 2016 1:16 am
  • Catalina Express

Catalina Express Fares Drop to 2012 Levels Due to Decreasing Fuel Prices

Keeley Smith

That trip to Catalina—the one taken on any day that’s not your birthday—just got a tiny bit cheaper. The Catalina Express today announced it would be dropping its fares from $74.50 for adults to $72.00, along with slight drops in price round-the-board.

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