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Jan 26 3:39 pm
  • catalina island

Avalon ferry terminal receives $5M grant for improvements

Tess Kazenoff

The new terminal expansion and improvements will prepare the site for the next 25 years of predicted sea level rise, provide accessible passenger facilities and improve safety, security, pedestrian circulation and the overall user experience.

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Nov 11 2021 5:07 pm
  • catalina island

Brush fire blackens 17 acres on Catalina Island

City News Service

The fire was reported just before 1:50 p.m. in the area of 215 N. Sumner Ave. near the Black Jack Campground, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.  

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Mar 24 2021 9:12 am
  • catalina island

Monthly water bills could increase over 150% for Catalina residents

Brandon Richardson

SCE filed a request with the California Public Utilities Commission to also increase bills by a much smaller amount, 29 cents, for all of its 15 million customers to help pay for drought and environmental expenses on the island.

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Jan 6 2021 10:01 am
  • catalina island

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 2020 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 2020 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 2020 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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