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Conservancy’s Trailhead visitor center reopens

AVALON—Catalina Island has slowly begun reopening. The Catalina Island Conservancy’s Trailhead visitor center was among the latest to join the list of businesses and facilities to reopen on the island.

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Catalina Past Times: Coin Diving

AVALON—The Catalina Island Express rolls into Avalon Harbor these days with very little fanfare. No children clad in bathing suits chanting “throw a coin” greet her arrival into port; that

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Balboa-to-Catalina: First water-to-water flight

NEWPORT BEACH—The man credited with the first-ever flight within the state of California is also the first person to have piloted a plane across the Catalina Channel. Glenn Luther Martin,

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Take me out to the ball game

AVALON—In honor of baseball opening day on March 26, here’s some history about one of America’s favorite pastimes on Catalina Island. According to the Catalina Chamber, the Chicago Cubs first

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Boaters urged to not visit Two Harbors

TWO HARBORS—The Catalina Island Company has asked the local and regional boating community to not visit Two Harbors or the island’s West End during the COVID-19 crisis. Visitation to Two